where we're headed: construction technology trends for 2015
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Technology is evolving at an exponential rate. Each year we will see more impressive advancements than the last, and the time between a technology being born and its practical application will continue to become shorter and shorter. Today, we’re seeing a lot of advancements that deal with the blending of the digital and physical worlds such as 3D printing and augmented reality. Making right now, a more important time than ever for construction professionals to pay attention to emerging trends in technology and ideate around how these trends can help in the industry. Here is a compilation of trends in construction technology that are going to be important to pay attention to in 2015 and beyond.TRANSCRIPT
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WHERE WE’RE HEADED: CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY TRENDS FOR 2015 AND BEYOND
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LAUREN HASEGAWA Co-Founder, Bridgit
Lauren is a Structural Engineering graduate with a background in concrete restoration. As a young engineer, Lauren has always had an interest in how new technologies can improve efficiency and productivity on construction projects. With this passion, she founded Bridgit, a mobile and web communication platform for the construction industry in 2012. Bridgit focuses on developing mobile-first solutions that can help relieve on-site pain points, such as deficiency management. Lauren is an active m e n t o r t o y o u n g w o m e n i n engineering and a frequent speaker at local and national industry events focused on construction innovation.
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Technology is evolving at an exponential rate
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It took less than 40 years to go from the first PC
to the first iPad
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… and just 4 years to go from the first iPad to
Google Glass
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3D printing
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Augmented reality
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We need to pay attention to emerging trends in
technology
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Construction Technology Trends for 2015 1. Device convergence: Phablets to replace
tablets on-site
2. Augmented reality and wearables to make BIM and VDC more accessible
3. Near-field communications (NFC) to gain popularity on-site
4. Truly paperless jobsites
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1. DEVICE CONVERGENCE: PHABLETS TO REPLACE TABLETS ON-SITE
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Phone + Tablet
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Phablet
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Source: Deloitte TMT Predictions 2014
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Source: Deloitte TMT Predictions 2014 iPhone 6
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Tablets on-site for plans
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You no longer need to choose between a
smartphone and a large screen
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2. AUGMENTED REALITY AND WEARABLES TO MAKE BIM AND VDC MORE ACCESSIBLE
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We’ve been communicating 3D intentions with 2D tools:
Spreadsheets, paper drawings, etc.
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Augmented reality is helping to improve that
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iPhone 6
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…and wearables are making it even better
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3. NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATIONS (NFC) TO GAIN POPULARITY ON-SITE
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NFC is a secure form of data exchange that allows data
to be transferred from physical tags to NFC
devices
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The smartphone in your pocket will be an NFC
device.
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4. TRULY PAPERLESS JOBSITES
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Paperless = Cloud
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The key to going truly paperless is complete
adoption
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It’s where we’re headed…
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What seems like a stretch of the imagination today, may
well be the reality of tomorrow.
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