CONNECTING SYSTEMS AND SITE
ROADS & INFRASTRUCTURE SPEAKS TO INEIGHT EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT - ASIA PACIFIC ROB BRYANT ABOUT HOW DIGITALISATION IMPROVES FIELD EXECUTION.
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ny infrastructure project begins with strict requirements for materials, measurements, safety and performance. A structure and series of tasks to be completed is then created by a team of project planners and set out for foremen, surveyors, contractors and builders to complete. Information is distributed out to each worker on the job and the task is performed. However, written requirements can sometimes leave room for human error when transferred between the planning team and the workers onsite. This can result in incorrect measurements, work performed on the wrong version of plans and a number of other missteps that slow productivity. Digitalising a project’s workflow process and enabling information to be updated in real time reduces the risk of human error. It ensures all workers on a project are up to date and working to the correct requirements. InEight Executive Vice President - Asia Pacific Rob Bryant speaks to Roads & Infrastructure about the benefits of digitalising data and connecting one’s systems to a site. “Digitalisation is essentially a productive way to capture and organise all of the
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information on a project in order for it to be interrogated and reported on quickly and easily,” Mr. Bryant says. Digital records could consist of text-based documents, drawings, photographic or video evidence, or 3D models of the project. “Projects today are more technologically complex than ever before. There is more information that exists as part of the asset, which creates demand for solutions to manage it, because there are more layers of information that need to be interrogated and understood,” Mr. Bryant says. InEight’s field execution management
solutions bridge the gap, enabling more efficient capture, sharing and communication of critical information in real time, facilitating productivity. “In the past, those on-site had to rely on the vast amount of information that might be stored back in the site or design engineer’s office. Now they can inspect that information and any changes or photographs can be captured and sent back in real time,” Mr. Bryant says. Users have access to the tools from the
