MEP Middle East – November 2018

30 MEP Middle East | N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 8 http://www.mepmiddleeast.com

PRODUCT

By Gil Mildworth, VP of Business Development at SiteAware

D

igitalisation, enabled by new tech-
nologies like drones in construc-
tion, is set to transform ever ything
about construction, especially the
costs associated with it. According
to Boston Consulting Group, full-scale digi-
talization in the non-residential construction
market would, within 10 years, be capable
of producing annual global cost savings
of $0.7-1.2tr (13-21%) on engineering and
construction. And, according to McKinsey,
project level digitisation can reduce overall
project costs by 45%.
Yet on the whole, while the design and
planning phases of construction have turned
largely to digitalization, the construction
phase has been lagging in terms of available

HOW DRONES IN

CONSTRUCTION STREAMLINE

VISUAL JOBSITE ANALYTICS

tools and their execution on site.

Fortunately, a new SiteAware integration

with Autodesk’s BIM 360 is closing that gap.

What SiteAware and the BIM 360 Integra-

tion Does

The SiteAware and BIM 360 integration allows

companies to streamline construction with

digital replica and visual analytics of their

construction sites. It uses a combination of

off-the-shelf drones, uniquely controlled with

the SiteAware technology, SiteAware applica-

tions, and BIM 360 cloud software to provide

an ongoing, up to date, visual analysis of the

construction site. Here’s how.

A SiteAware-controlled drone scans the

construction site. SiteAware permits the user

to upload scan sata which is processed into

2D and 3D models in the cloud.

Data is then available for viewing, anno-

tating, collaborating, and sharing.via a web

based application

With SiteAware proprietar y algorithms

models can be further analyzed and com-

pared to CAD and BIM plans.

Over time, new site scans are extrapolated

into 4D models with automatically detecting

progress and changes.

The BIM 360 integration allows any insight

captured with the SiteAware Viewer to be

seamlessly shared to BIM 360 and anything

in the BIM 360 software to ser ve as an at-

tachment, allowing for real-time comparisons

between plans and current as-built condi-