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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.
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WHERE WE’RE HEADED: CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY TRENDS FOR 2015 AND BEYOND
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.
Technology is evolving at an exponential rate
It took less than 40 years to go from the first PC
to the first iPad
… and just 4 years to go from the first iPad to
Google Glass
3D printing
Augmented reality
We need to pay attention to emerging trends in
technology
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
1. DEVICE CONVERGENCE: PHABLETS TO REPLACE TABLETS ON-SITE
Phone + Tablet
Phablet
Source: Deloitte TMT Predictions 2014
Source: Deloitte TMT Predictions 2014 iPhone 6
Tablets on-site for plans
You no longer need to choose between a
smartphone and a large screen
2. AUGMENTED REALITY AND WEARABLES TO MAKE BIM AND VDC MORE ACCESSIBLE
We’ve been communicating 3D intentions with 2D tools:
Spreadsheets, paper drawings, etc.
Augmented reality is helping to improve that
iPhone 6
…and wearables are making it even better
3. NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATIONS (NFC) TO GAIN POPULARITY ON-SITE
NFC is a secure form of data exchange that allows data
to be transferred from physical tags to NFC
devices
The smartphone in your pocket will be an NFC
device.
4. TRULY PAPERLESS JOBSITES
Paperless = Cloud
The key to going truly paperless is complete
adoption
It’s where we’re headed…
What seems like a stretch of the imagination today, may
well be the reality of tomorrow.
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