Does the NY Construction Industry Need Better Technology?

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Does the New York
Construction Industry
Need Better Technology?

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According to the New York
Building Congress, building permits
for residential units in the city
jumped 71% in 2013

Here are some of the technologies
that have already proven
themselves in the field

Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID)

Turner Construction inserted
RFID tags in contractor hardhats,
enabling tag readers
to log their location at all times

• Locate key personnel quickly

• Rapidly identify efficiencies

• Know how many employees
are on site if evacuation
was necessary

By focusing on effective
risk management and improved
process, the company faces
lower costs and reduced risk
of employee injury

GPS Satellite Systems

Crane manufacturer Manitowoc
Falcon partnered with wireless
device company Trimble
to outfit its cranes with “collision
avoidance technology”

• Provide real-time positioning
for several cranes on one
construction site

• Prevent collision-based
equipment damage

• Keep construction sites safer for
crane operators

Site monitoring via GPS represents
better and safer work processes,
improved fleet management, and
other benefits to the construction
industry

Building Information Modeling

BIM is an intelligent design process
that generates and manages
building data throughout the
duration of the project

• Speeding project completion

• Lowering costs

• Improving overall quality

By allowing projects to be
visualized early, BIM boosts
efficiency in building design
and construction

Building Management Systems

In August 2013,
Honeywell retrofitted the
Spring Creek Towers in Brooklyn
with a centralized
building-management system
and local-area network

• Energy consumption

• Operating efficiency

• Building security

By incorporating this technology
into building requirements,
construction companies will make
projects more attractive and
benefit accordingly

The Benefits of Looking Ahead

• Manage more building projects

• Perform work at comparatively
lower margins

• Win more construction jobs

• Create a safer workplace

Building-oriented technology and
the smart devices and programs
used to implement it appear to be
the next evolution in construction

General Electric is so confident
in the future of smart devices that
the company has a plan in place
to outfit all construction equipment
with smart sensors

Writing for Construtech magazine,
Michael Zucci of ZBRELLA
Technology Consulting warned,

"There is a digital war going on
right now between the top
construction companies,
and by the time everyone else
hears about it the war will be over
and the lines will be drawn."

What will it ultimately decide?

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