We tend to not necessarily go for environmental ratings, so we can offer BREEAM, but it doesn’t have to be applied to every project.

Lamont recalls an incident whereby a local council reported a noise complaint early in the morning, thought to be caused by the construction site operating outside of consented hours.Using triangulated sensor data, the site manager was able to definitively establish that his site was not responsible for the noise, and was further able to offer insight into the actual cause.

Moreover, he was also quickly and easily able to provide a report of the problem..In this particular instance, we see technology reducing stress for a busy site manager, who didn’t have to waste time investigating the issue further.Here, construction technology enabled people to quickly and easily return to work.

In another example, onsite sensor cameras were able to detect overnight theft and the captured images were successfully used by the police.Using IoT in this way also creates a differentiating, reputational advantage for contractors, as these companies are seen to be running very tight, lean, safe and productive operations.

This could ultimately enable such contractors to win more business, forcing other players to adopt these types of beneficial practices in order to keep up..

Improving the future of construction.http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesIdentifying the processes and scope for lab design.

A laboratory is a space in which a number of processes are undertaken in a methodical order, similar to any production line or manufacturing facility.Understanding these processes seems like an obvious element in laboratory design, but members within the client team often have differing opinions as to the scope.. A good client will always call on the expertise of the lab users - the scientists - to help define the brief.

Meeting with those users to understand the processes being undertaken is fundamental to delivering a successful laboratory design project.However, this can lead to budget issues; the laboratory designer must evaluate the costs of the users’ requests against the functionality of the lab to determine the scope.