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Construction Technology Needs Assessment

Explore technology improvements in field operations for enhanced productivity and safety in the construction industry. Identifying areas with the best payback potential.

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Construction Technology Needs Assessment

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  1. Construction Technology Needs Assessment Update Technology Needs Research Team Gareth Williams, Chair

  2. Technology Needs Assessment Bob Chesi U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Willy Fecht Phillips Petroleum Rob Powers BE&K Engineering Co. Mike Vorster Virginia Tech Gary Williams Bechtel, Chair Past members Frank Beddings SMS Demag Edgar Hanley U.S. Department of State Carl Kersten Naval Facilities Engineering Command Kirk Morrow BE&K Engineering Co. Jim Torburg Cherne Contracting Corp.

  3. Mission • Identify areas of the construction industry that: • can be improved by technology. • provide the best payback. • Focus on field operations, not engineering, procurement, or business operations.

  4. Background and History • In 1982 and 1992, CII took snapshots in time. • The studies focused on disciplines and industries. • Recommendations for technology improvements were noted in: • Structural steel erection • Electrical fabrication and installation • Piping fabrication and erection

  5. There Were Nagging Concerns

  6. The Research Got Us Thinking

  7. Our Approach • Research highlights • Review the team’s model of how technology is implemented • Standard processes • Barriers • Enablers

  8. The Research • Focused on operational activities • Analyzed differences in perceptions • Explored technology barriers and enablers

  9. Operational Activities • Personnel management • Tasks and work performance • Onsite information flow • Field materials management • Layout and position control • Reforming, improving, or dramatically changing existing operations • Short-term task and work assignment planning and optimization

  10. Alternate Views • CII member companies — senior management • Superintendents and construction supervisors

  11. Results 1 2 3 4 Senior Management Craft Supervision 1.00 Operational Importance 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.00 Technology Improvement Potential

  12. Onsite Information Flow 1.00 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.00 Senior Management Craft Supervision Providing drawings, specifications and other work management information to the labor at the work site. Operational Importance Technology Improvement Potential

  13. Field Materials Management Senior Management Craft Supervision 1.00 Tracking, locating, finding, and distributing the right material to right location at the right time. Operational Importance 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.00 Technology Improvement Potential

  14. Task & Work Performance 1.00 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.00 Senior Management Craft Supervision Training and developing skills in work assignments to improve production, cost quality and safety. Operational Importance Technology Improvement Potential

  15. Changing Existing Operations 1.00 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.00 Senior Management Craft Supervision Improving the production, cost quality, and safety of operations within the scope of your craft(s) through a dramatic change in current methods. Operational Importance Technology Improvement Potential

  16. Personnel Management 1.00 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.00 Senior Management Craft Supervision Keeping a record of and tracking the skills, availability, training, and location of craft labor. Operational Importance Technology Improvement Potential

  17. Layout and Position Control Senior Management Craft Supervision 1.00 Providing survey information to set out and control the location, position, and alignment of work done. Operational Importance 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.00 Technology Improvement Potential

  18. Improving Existing Conditions Senior Management Craft Supervision 1.00 Improving the production, cost quality, and safety of field operations within the scope of your craft(s) with little change in current methods. Operational Importance 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.00 Technology Improvement Potential

  19. Summary of Results • Unanimous agreement that technology developments will add significant value: • Onsite information flow – providing drawings, specifications and other work management information to the labor at the work site. • Field material management – tracking, finding and distributing the right material to the right location at the right time.

  20. Barriers & Enablers Identified perceived barriers and factors necessary for implementation

  21. Effective training under field conditions Able to improve safety Attributes for Implementation Clear and positive benefit-to-cost Able to augment shortage of skills Robust and reliable Able to produce more work with fewer people Supplier support and service Acceptance of process and work product

  22. Attributes for Implementation Mgmt Supv. 1. 1. Clear and positive benefit-to-cost ratio 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

  23. Attributes for Implementation Mgmt Supv. 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. More work, fewer people 2. 5.

  24. Attributes for Implementation Mgmt Supv. 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 2. Ability to improve safety 5.

  25. Attributes for Implementation Mgmt Supv. 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 2. Effective training in field conditions 6.

  26. Attributes for Implementation Mgmt Supv. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Robust & reliable to operate 3. 8.

  27. Summary of Results • Also important is: • Unanimous agreement on the most important enabler for new technology: Clear and positive benefit to cost ratio • Ability to do more work with less people • Ability to improve safety • Effective training and use in field conditions

  28. Lessons • Inconsistent understanding of what is needed and important. • Many people involved with different needs and viewpoints and drivers. • Poor follow-through.

  29. General Consensus “The path to general implementation of a great idea and technology solution is long and tortuous.”

  30. General Consensus “The construction industry is decades behind in taking advantage of new technology.”

  31. The Process • The needs assessments have been a “batch process” to date. • We need a continuous, market-driven process in the future.

  32. The Technology Implementation Cycle Solutions Needs

  33. The Technology Implementation Cycle Solutions Needs

  34. The Technology Implementation Cycle Solutions Needs

  35. The Technology Implementation Cycle Solutions Needs

  36. The Technology Implementation Cycle Solutions Needs

  37. The Technology Implementation Cycle Solutions Needs

  38. The Technology Implementation Cycle Solutions Needs

  39. An Issue for Decades • Technology needs assessment teams • Fully integrated automated project processes (FIAPP) • FIATECH • CII’s Breakthrough Strategy Committee • Teams dedicated to studying specific technology tools

  40. The Technology Implementation Cycle Solutions Needs

  41. The Technology Implementation Cycle

  42. The Implementation Session • Hand out the pamphlet • Details of the technology implementation cycle • Case studies of successful technological solutions: • Hilti fastening systems • Laser-scanned as-builts • GPS Bulk Material Tracking System

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