The construction industry has substantial socio-economic impact, both nationally and internationally. Yet, given the obvious importance of the industry, it is surprising that the general view of our industry is one that is resistant to change, inefficient and lagging behind most industries in terms of technology implementation. This is largely due to the nature of how our industry operates, and the relatively low awareness of technology capability among industry players. With globalization happening at such an immense pace, operational costs on the rise, and increasing demand for more quality and sophisticated buildings, we need better ways of doing business now. As already proven in other industries, technology can help small companies to act "big", and help big companies to act "small". Small construction firms can leverage on technologies to acquire some of the capabilities and market access of larger organizations, while large construction firms can use technologies to achieve some of the agility and responsiveness of small organizations. This presentation will give you a great eye-opener to some cutting edge technologies for the construction industry. You will learn of various specialist technologies that can help you to design and construct buildings with good quality, on schedule, and within budget. We will share with you some tips on choosing the right technology, and various implementation strategies to ensure you get the most out of technology in your business process.

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Thomas Cheah
Independent Software Consultant
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Building the Smarter Way
A guide to technology for the building industry

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Construction Industry Productivity
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Labor productivity index for US construction industry and all non-farm industries from 1964 through 2003.

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Why we lag behind technology?
• We are physical-based industry rather than information-
based
• Our fragmented specialization hinders whole process
improvement.
• Not sure what and how technologies can help us?
• Don’t know how to choose the right technology?
• Don’t understand the best way to make full use the
technology.
• Too short term focused. Overlook long term vision.
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Why use technology?
• Reduces operational cost.
• Increases profit margin.
• Better control of project budget.
• Accelerates project time.
• Enhance communication between stakeholders.
• Saves time on administrative project work.
• Increases overall quality of project.
• Greater customer satisfaction.
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When to use technology?
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Concept Design Design Development Construction
Cost/Effect
Time
Project Cost
Potential Effect on Cost,
Schedule, Quality, and
Performance

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For Owners, Developers and
Architects
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Requirements Management
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Keeps all your requirement data in a centralized, secured, and structured location over the web. This improves
communication and collaboration between project stakeholders.

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Quick 3D Sketching
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Provides quick generation of schematic design and rendering. This helps you in communicating and presenting
proposed building space and layout.

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Building Rapid Prototyping
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Conceptualizes your building design rapidly, tells you instantly the total and breakdown cost, and analyzes the design for
correctness. This accelerates feasibility studies to create a lean design that fits your budget and design requirements.

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For Architects and Engineers
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Design Validation and Analysis
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Checks design against program requirements to conform to design intent, building codes and regulations. This
greatly saves time over the tedious job of manual checking and improves the overall quality of a building.

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Civil Analysis and Design
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Performs analysis on your civil design such as water network, storm water network, drain network, sewerage network,
and earthworks. This automates the computation of civil works that greatly improves your design accuracy and reliability.

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Environmental Analysis
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Provides insight into behaviors associated with a design and provides assessment of gross energy, lighting use, as
and estimated operating costs. This improves overall building performance and quality in terms of energy efficiency.

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For Contractors, Sub-
contractors, and Builders
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Pre-Tender Cost Estimation
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Automates calculation of construction costs to get reliable and accurate cost estimates through automatic quantity take-
off. It also evaluates and compares prices of sub-contractors side-by-side to choose the most competitive tender.

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Construction Simulator
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Integrates design, cost and scheduling data to simulate and visualize construction process. This helps you to discover
potential site problems through automatic clash detection, forecast cash flow, and plan ahead for material procurement.

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Budget Performance Analysis
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Quick analysis of your current running costs against the initial budget to ensure that the project costs are still under
control. This provides you the opportunities to rectify any budget overrun early in the project to bring them back on track.

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Sub-Contractors Billing
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Facilitates progress billing with all your sub-contractors to ensure all project progress claims to be monitored and
released on a timely basis.

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For Owners and Facility
Managers
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Land Information Modeling
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Consolidates information from various sources into an intuitive 3D user interface to improve information flow and consistency
between personnel and departments. This eliminates information redundancies and improves organization of information.

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Maintenance Management
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Plans maintenance schedules, defines and executes work-order to create, assign, and manage recurring maintenance
tasks efficiently. This ensures your facility is well maintained to reduce capital costs and increase its value over time.

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Virtual Facility Management
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Visualizes complete facility information in 2D and 3D model that provides you up-to-date information of your
facility, including the physical structure, mechanical and electrical systems, furnishings, furniture and equipment.

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Visual Facility Assessment
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Generates color coded view of building that shows the condition assessment of facilities indicated by different
colors changing over time. It can also provide quick visualization of spaces by type and department.

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Critical Technology Attributes
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3D model +
data
Centralized
data model
Coordinated
data
Supports
project team
collaboration
Supports
distributed
work process

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Technology Adoption Strategy
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Successful
Technology
Adoption
Clear
Business
Goals
Evaluation
Metrics
Pilot
Project
Prototype
Dry Run

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What To Do Next?
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Identify business vision, strategy, and milestones.
Talk your trusted technology consultant on your
requirements.
Look at process automation opportunities or pilot
project.
Evaluate and choose the right solution.
Participate in technology seminar, workshop, and
tradeshow.

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Feel free to contact me at
thomascheah@procto.biz
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Thank You!