After a successful 2017 in the field of construction technology and innovation, it is time to focus on the new emerging innovations that will add value to the achievements of last year. The pace at which construction innovations were growing in 2017 is not likely to slow down in 2018. This is good news for pre-construction organizations that embrace construction innovations to boost the costs, efficiency, safety, and quality of development and construction. If you are planning to be among pre-construction planning leaders, here are three major construction innovations to watch in 2018:
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Information modeling in the building and construction industry takes into account the most critical activities in a construction project such as collaboration, which was adopted after the initial launch of Building Information Modeling (BIM). BIM has been evolving from time to time and has introduced essential levels which includes the extent of collaboration it offers.
At the moment, BIM has raised a lot of interests from commercial industries that engage in building activities. More and more designers are making use of BIM technology in their work activities. There are more versions of this technology such as the 5D which provides shorter project scope understandings and increases productivity.
Prefabrication
Construction and building industries have been using this application for years. Today, most construction companies are making use of prefabrication technology, which allows them to easily access and change the way construction industries are integrating prefabrication into their processes.
For instance, architects provide a mobile technology innovation, which offers complete visibility into the process of prefabrication. When prefabrication technology is used, anyone involved in the project can have a view on what is being designed, where the design-build process is taking place and when it will be delivered.
Virtual Reality
Virtual reality has finally made it from the gaming industry into the real world. Most construction industries use 4D virtual reality to fully immerse their customers and other stakeholders in the field of planned construction during both pre-con planning and post-construction design stages in major projects such as airports, hotels, entertainment complex, and zoo parking.
During this session, stakeholders are immersed in a fully interactive and immersive environment which allows them to win output plans and meet construction expectations. It also helps them to work around special conditions that could otherwise be tricky in real life.
While virtual reality has been seen to be the backbone of most construction processes, it has become increasingly high in demand for both owners and mainstream developers. 4D applications allow developers to plan and design every part of the construction process. This application has improved everything from efficiency to safety and provided more consistent and quality products at the end.
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