数字化结构

Time pressure, unexpected costs, and changes in design and delays are inevitable in nearly all construction projects. In most cases, erroneous or inefficient sharing of information and data is the underlying cause for these issues.

These barriers are torn down by connecting and sharing data across all elements of the construction chain in real time, increasing productivity and efficiency. This digitalisation of sites advances the construction industry and is fundamental to what is often referred to as intelligent construction.

Construction companies agree digitalisation is a trend that will drive the industry and lead it to make tremendous gains in both productivity and quality. According to the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry, 93 per cent of construction players agree that digitalisation will influence every one of their processes.

To address the industry’s needs to share 3D data in real time, Leica Geosystems developedConX, a cloud solution and web interface to seamlessly integrate, manage and analyse surveying and machine control workflows for construction projects.

Construction data in real time, everywhere

According to Roland Berger, a global strategy consulting firm, the four keys to the digital transformation are:

• Digital data
• Digital access
• Automation
• Connectivity

In this sense, Leica ConX is designed to increase collaboration and simplify the data handling of machine control operations by integrating and automating workflows, enabling remote control of connected machines, and creating real-time data exchange from the office to the field and back. Personnel and machines on the jobsite need to share the same data and stay in sync with changes so work can be completed on time, on budget, and to specification. ConX allows users to share and visualise positioning, reference model and constructed data. Field and machine control solutions connected to ConX can remotely receive and share information, and access the web interface for visualising the data anywhere with internet access.

“Leica ConX is an investment to simplify and expedite the flow of critical information between the site and the office helping to maximise the productivity of the technology and resources while reducing the burden of data collection, aggregation and reporting,” said Doug Eggert, product manager at Leica Geosystems.

Most open, user friendly solution

This cloud-based collaboration tool enables users to efficiently manage all connected construction projects, including third party platforms, and share job-related data with all stakeholders. With ConX, non-experienced users will be able to visualise and validate localised reference models, survey data and constructed data.

“在投资Leica GeoSystems机器控制和定位技术时，操作员可以选择将其产品连接到CONX平台，从而为他们提供在项目级别汇总，管理和存储3D数据的工具。亚搏彩票手机版下载连接后，可以远程支持每个产品，并可以无缝地与与客户帐户连接的任何其他连接的应用程序或设备以及应用程序一起交换数据。通过这种方式，CONX使从事建设项目的每个人都可以访问，以设计，构建，管理或验证完成工作的作用。

我们正在努力使事情变得简单，并避免向我们的最终用户介绍新的和繁琐的工作流程。取而代之的是，我们将现有工作流程自动化，并将现代工作现场生成的大量信息纳入直观分析工具中，从而易于影响和监视工作现场的生产。” Eggert说。

Trending towards digitalisation

Even though there is a trend toward digitalisation in the construction industry, few construction companies are taking complete advantage of tools that digitise their processes. In an analysis by Harvard Business Review that compared how digitally advanced 22 sectors are, construction ranked second to last.

Players in the construction industry that strategise how they will integrate digitalisation have a better chance to create new businesses, stay competitive and improve productivity. Companies that ignore this trend have the risk to fall behind by losing business due to the lack of productivity.

“We are seeing an increase in project tenders requiring the use of 3D machines and field solutions for not only production and optimisation but also the subsequent data capture that is used to validate and report the work that was completed. Managing all of this data is an ever increasing problem for our customers so we aim to provide the best solution to solve it,” concluded Eggert.