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Let's for one moment think what if...
Ÿ What if site location and information
could be gathered by automated
stations and robots and sent to the
office?
Ÿ What if design solutions could then be
developed and optimized through
parametrical design and the help of
artificial intelligence, in common data
environments and considering cost and
the environmental impact including
carbon footprints? Figure 3: Boston Dynamics' Spot the Robot Dog armed
with the Trimble X7 3D scanner
Ÿ What if virtual models for the different Author image
disciplines could be created and
integrated before being passed back to
site where they would be accessed As we head toward true digital
through the use of handheld devices for collaboration and the optimization of the
purposes such as viewing drawings or entire plan, concept, build, and operate
real life visualization and clash lifecycle many of the players in the industry
detection, particularly with the use of are scrambling to help define what the
augmented reality? future of construction will look like and

Ÿ What if the progress and the changes concepts such as the constructible
made during the erection stages could
also be easily communicated, tracked process are emerging.
and accommodated for? For sure, there is an overhead in terms of
Ÿ What if sensors could be incorporated investment, but there seems to be
into the different elements of a building consensus that if done properly, the
to ensure the right levels of energy
efficiency and comfort and controlled transformation in the industry will help
through the internet of things? strip out the friction and the waste from the

Ÿ What if a physical asset could be whole chain with welcomed benefits in the
virtually represented by a dynamic and long-run. It's left to us as industry
connected digital twin making it possible representatives, to participate and
to predict future behaviour at design embrace this exciting and evolving
stage and collecting information from
sensors for the safety and operation of revolution.
the structure through its lifecycle?
As they say, watch this space...

Wouldn't it be nice?
It would, and it can, the technology Helder M. R. Caetano

is here now and it's just a matter of Structural Engineer / Product Owner
Trimble
finding the right level of requirement
and the workflow for each project. Perfil | Profile

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