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Fran Fran Rabuck Rabuck Director Director, Real Time Asset Lab Real Time Asset Lab Bentley Systems Bentley Systems Radisson Plaza Hotel Radisson Plaza Hotel Minneapolis, MN Minneapolis, MN September 17 September 17 - - 19, 2007 19, 2007 Top 10 Technology Trends in Construction Top 10 Technology Trends in Construction
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Fran Fran RabuckRabuckDirectorDirector, Real Time Asset LabReal Time Asset Lab
Bentley SystemsBentley SystemsRadisson Plaza HotelRadisson Plaza Hotel
Minneapolis, MNMinneapolis, MNSeptember 17September 17--19, 200719, 2007
Top 10 Technology Trends in ConstructionTop 10 Technology Trends in Construction
“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten."
Bill Gates
Top Ten Technologies
#10 – The Cell Phone Pervasive and Underutilized
Not just smartphonesiPhone is just the beginning & a Trojan Horse2 Billion cell phonesNFC – RFIDGPS in the phone700 MHz New Spectrum – Google, Apple, YahooFMC and Cognitive RadioUMPC devices
#9 – Smart BrowsersMicrosoft Silverlight, Google Gears and Adobe AIRBrowsers on/off line, cross platform, rich mediaE.g. Microsoft Silverlight add-on for Firefox, Safari, and runs on Linux, and works offlineThe browser is the new OS“Today, you always know whether you are on the Internet or on your PC's hard drive. Tomorrow, you will not care and may not even know.” – Bill Gates
#8 – Next Gen Wireless802.11n – higher speed, 4th
GenerationWiMax (Sprint/Clearwire)70 Mb/s over 50 kilometers Mobile WiMax – 802.16e-2005ZigBee and Mesh Networks 802.11p – WAVE -Dedicated Short Range Communications for ITS (5.9 Ghz)WiMedia – UltraWideBand (UWB) – wireless USB up to 480 Mb/s – short distanceNew Plant Wireless players –beyond CISCO
#7 – Sensors, EverywhereNot just for concrete anymoreDriven by Green movement, better predictive maintenance and flexibilityIP becomes the 4th
UtilityProprietary UI to open, integrated, web-based, touch-screensBridges and other infrastructure – man vs. machine?
#6 – Haptic TechnologyTouch screen technology will become pervasiveiPhone, Samsung W559, LG PradaMicrosoft SurfaceRe-engineering HMI for plantsImproved collaboration in design cyclesInteractive training simulation
www.immersion.com/corporate/press_room/pdfs/Value-of-Haptics_May07v1-lr.pdf
#5 – Location, Location, LocationBeyond GPS and GoogleIn-Building LocationTrack and Trace of equipment and peopleGIS and Buildings, viewed as oneNew technologies on the horizon – Rosum, Galileo and moreWatch OGC!
#4 – 3D Gets Real3D, 4D modeling is here3D Printing – soon for $5000!3D input devicesImprovements in Visualization, walk-thrus, stereoscopic imagesAugmented Reality –combination of virtual and real worlds.Second Life – Out, World Wide Reality – In
#3 – Security and Safety
$1B/Yr lost on construction sites20% increase in thefts every year since 1996Employee “ID” for security and safetyFIPS 201, HSPD-12DeWalt MobileLock
#2 – Workforce Automation, Training, and Process
Multilingual, global workforceFaster Just-in-time trainingAlternate mediaProcess ImprovementInnovation and Future PlanningZachry Machine Training
Top Ten Technologies
#1 –YOU!
Innovation is – IN!Cautious investment in new technologiesCollaboration and pooling of risks, softens the blowHow do we spend your money?
Other Technologies
RoboticsNano Technology/MaterialsSimulationRFIDOther?
1st & 2nd Rules of Technology
“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”
Bill Gates
