The ‘Defining the Need’ report is a fantastic first manifestation of the ‘harmonise, digitise and rationalise’ policy.

To begin, we can use digital technology to offer more advanced ways to conduct onsite processes which aren’t normally digitalised, such as counting rebar.Using construction technology in this way facilitates benefits like on the day sign-off, with confirmation that the correct tonnage has been installed.

asBuilt believes the construction industry’s core problem lies in connectivity, and that we need to be evaluating where we should be looking to unlock connectivity on construction sites.That makes this a technology landing issue, rather than a technology platform issue.In other words, what’s important here is where the construction technology lands, and why that’s effective.. On a broader level, this type of construction technology work relates to the current industry conversation surrounding the ecosystem of connected digital platforms that are starting to emerge in construction, with core connective pieces beginning to come together.

These new software platforms are focused on stitching together other software products and allowing them to talk to each other in a particular way.While there are lots of companies solving problems in isolation, asBuilt say it’s the work of aggregating the data and bringing it together, causing it to be viewable all at once, which will create the great unlock needed to transform the future of construction.. Lamont doesn’t believe this unlock is going to happen at client level, and says he doesn’t think the industry should focus its effort on chasing the people with the money to impart digitization.

He’s also concerned about people focusing too heavily on potentially incidental uses of technology within buildings, which, he says, ultimately won’t contribute to solving the bigger picture problem.

He talks about his experience working within the design and construction industry in Australia, and the way contractual risk is pushed down onto contractors, who then push it further down the chain.The digital twin is used for simulation and experimentation, while the real-world thing provides feedback that can be used to affect the digital world.

It’s possible that a digital twin could be real time, but it’s not a requirement.Sharp explains that thorough investigation of historic data is more important.

In other words, do the lights always go down when it rains?Analysis of this type of pattern data is just as likely to help us achieve higher performing services as real time data.. Data and The National Digital Twin.