The increasing popularity of the term Io Tot Internet of Things is transforming things in almost every sector, including the construction industry. In future construction industry will have far-reaching consequences by using inter-connected machines that collect data from each other and communicate with each other.
Like other industries, the earlier construction industry
also used the interaction between humans as the primary communication style.
However, IoT technology has introduced two new forms
of communication i.e., human to machine and machine to machine to increase
communication in the construction industry.
Before knowing how IoT can enhance construction industry
in 2020, let us know what IoT is?
Introduction with IoT
IoT predicts a future in which nearly all objects will
have processors and sensors to share information by using the internet. In this
way, a world of interconnected devices is suggested by IoT, including heavy
equipment used in the construction industry to the appliances used in a
household.
Conventionally internet-connected humans around the
world now IoT will connect all the objects of the world through the internet.
IoT has already started revolutionizing the entire world
with the introduction of Alexa from Amazon, driverless cars, and smart homes as
a number of sensors are used in them. In this way, IoT will undoubtedly change
the construction industry also by 2020.
According to a report, the number of devices
interconnected through IoT will increase to an enormous level by 2020. IoT can
help in enhancing the construction industry by 2020 through some of its
applications like:
Safety at the construction site
In the commercial world, you can find a number of
wearable technologies which can provide real-time information about the workers
to the management.
Activity Trackers are one of the currently used wearable
IoT technologies that can provide you information about the distance traveled
by you, calories burned and your heart rate, etc. Supervisors of a construction
project can also use activity trackers to monitor the vital signs of their
workers remotely.
Another practical application of IoT that can be used at
construction sites, beside activity Trackers, is Smart Vest. This vest can not
only keep the wearer fresh but also translate between languages and measure his
vital signs.
Many sensors can also be used at sensitive areas, floors,
and heavy equipment instead of orange cones to discourage
people to come closer to them to a dangerous limit. In this way, IoT can help
in preventing many accidents occurring at construction sites due to this
reason.
Monitoring corrective maintenance of equipment to improve
efficiency
The sensors used in heavy machinery can help in
increasing its efficiency by tracking all the parameters of the construction
equipment ranging from the work-hours of usage to their repairs.
Whether the sensors are used on heavy excavators or
drills, they can provide real-time information about the status of the
essential parts of that equipment to the management.
It will help control in taking the decision about the
corrective maintenance or replacement of that equipment without delaying the
things unnecessarily. In this way, IoT will abolish the need for a middleman to
keep these records manually as now machines can directly talk to the management
about their condition.
Management of Construction Site
The site of construction can be managed more effectively
by using IoT technology. The facial recognition cameras and RFID sensors can
remotely check the logs automatically at the time of the works along with keeping
the record of the absentees. It will also eliminate the paperwork in the
management as smart devices will take care of almost every aspect of the
administration.
It will also help HR managers by providing them. People
Analytics containing information about the talents, health, and working habits
of the workers so that they can take suitable decisions effectively.
IoT will also help improving communication between the
teams by sharing the data collected by the devices through the internet so that
arrangements can be taken and problems are fixed effectively.
Monitoring security of construction site
The entry of unregistered intruders or personnel to the
restricted areas can be discouraged by using RFD tags and smart cameras for
facial recognition. IoT will allow supervisors to observe the site of
construction remotely from anywhere in the world by using an internet
connection. The cameras used for image recognition can also be used for
locating equipment by reading their tags, they can also be used for alerting
the management about wrongly placed items as well as leaks, hazards, and
breaches.
Thus, IoT can enhance the construction industry in 2020
in various ways.
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