Smart infrastructure, data collection and the connection of built assets will become increasingly common in the future, according to Autodesk’s construction manifesto Constructing with the Power of Digital.
The report, which has been authored by Dominic Thasarathar, states that as physical components, equipment and systems become increasingly complex and interconnected with smart sensors, buildings have the potential to become more responsive to the needs of owners and end-users.
Thasarathar said: “The traditional notion that buildings and infrastructure assets are static, with a predetermined way of delivering value, and a cap on that value which is intrinsically linked to the asset’s fabric and physical components installed at the time of construction, is changing.
“The end-user experience is increasingly going to become personalised, for example, optimising workspace environments for temperature, ventilation and lighting.
“And as our cities become digitally ‘lit up’, that experience will be personalised between assets too, for example, transport systems communicating the impact of delays in real-time on passenger journeys, and advising alternative routes.”
He gives an example of BIM-AM (asset management) which is being used by the Hong Kong government department, EMSD23.
Moving beyond individual assets, access to data may also support contractors in building new relationships with clients based on outcomes rather than price or even value.
Unprecedented levels of data, such as occupancy levels, usage patterns, energy performance, water consumption and passenger journeys will offer increasing benefits to the industry and contractor/client relationship.
