Toward smart digital solutions for building construction

Author:Bernd Moeller

当今的建筑行业的特征是建筑周期较短，预算缩小以及对准确数据按需的期望不断提高。尽管这种情况给承包商带来了许多挑战，但它也为希望在竞争日益激烈的市场中与众不同的公司创造了巨大的机会。

Coordination issues between design teams in the office and construction teams on site are common in most construction projects. Going digital enables construction professionals to see and understand what is missing and needed on a site. Whether a construction company is actively embracing BIM or just looking for a way to increase efficiency and transparency on the jobsite, integratingaccurate as-built data capture, digital construction layout workflows, and early deviation detection and documentation can help them reach their goals.

Leica Geosystems helps to tear down the barriers to digitalisation by providingefficient tools for building construction that smoothen the work on site, the workflow and data flow between design teams in the office and construction teams on site.

Clever functions and routines that boost productivity

对生产力的追求是推动所有用户级别的数字化需求，并促进技术高级硬件和软件解决方案以及智能服务。为了提高生产率，Leica Geosystems创建了一种新的建筑布局解决方案，该解决方案在运输时实现了以前从未有过的速度和精确度digital plans on site.

用于建筑布局的新图标解决方案提供了一个多合一的量身定制的硬件和软件，用于建筑构建中的所有定位和测量任务 - 它由两个新的图标机器人总站组成bob appleLeica Icon CC80平板电脑具有增强版的定制图标构建构建现场软件。

图标机器人总站的一人操作增加bob applelayout productivity by more than 50 per cent compared to traditional methods. With industry-leading prism lock, increased range and better measurement speed, challenging and changing environmental surroundings are no reason to lose our user’s target. In case of interruption of lock by co-workers, other trades, or equipment on a congested site, re-lock to the prism occurs automatically and quickly.

The new auto-staking feature of the iCON build software, coupled with an enhanced management of work tasks plusimproved handling of design models在criti提高生产率cal phases of the construction process.

The key is digitalisation

Digitalisation in the building construction industry has many facets. There are many different personas involved with varying objectives and expectations – connecting key stakeholders with an integrated solution is key to merge in real time the design and reality on site with all stakeholder needs.

The iCON layout solution connects different parties involved with remote support functions to enable site managers to help or advise layout crews online on the best solution of a request from site. Via Leica ConX cloud solution, up to date plans anddata can be coordinated easier and in real timeso the office and the construction site are always synchronised with the latest project data to improve productivity and reduce rework and delays.

Complemented with Leica iCON prep office software, the iCON layout solution offers a complete preparation, editing and reporting toolkit.

Better BIM

Through digitalisation, more complex design data are also now available to construction teams on site. Until now, data enriched design models, however, were too complex to construct from. Reducing the digital information to just what is required to carry out the actual construction step is key to keep efficiency high. Leica Geosystems removed the hurdles in the data flow byfacilitating 3D design models out on construction sites.

Where design models had to be adapted, converted or points for layout manually had to be added, now rich intelligent design data from the iCON build software can be handed over from the office to the field crews as fully rendered 3D models right in the field. Field crews havefull flexibility in selecting their work packagesby objects with simple yet powerful filter mechanisms inside the iCON build construction field software, significantlyincreasing efficiency on site. Because of its structure into object classes such as columns, slabs, or beams, each design model can be simplified by ignoring classes that are not relevant for the construction layout process, such as furniture for instance.

Unlike alternative solutions, iCON build does not rely on simple background graphics for context and pre-produced extracted point lists for layout which increases errors (wrong selections) and reduces flexibility (not adaptable to last minute changes of design or site conditions). iCON build providesfull autonomy to the field crewwhile maintaining detail integrity of theintelligent design model. This makes them autonomous and highly reactive to non-planned changes on site. Operating in this digital reality, firms can alert stakeholders to required revisions and further improve design and final layout.

Data management departments in building construction companies, for instance, consider efficiency increase and cost savings in double-digit growth rates. By better integrating BIM processes,critical issues and risks can be identified at an early point in the design phase with coordination of data from all involved stakeholders in the construction process.