The Future of Digital Technologies in Construction

Mark Sawyer

Director, Industry Strategy for Construction

March 23, 2017

Industries Served

Agriculture Transportation

& LogisticsConstruction

& Operations

Geospatial Natural Resources,

Utilities & Gov’t

Building Design,

Construction and

Operation

Civil and Site

Construction and

Engineering

Each project is unique

Work is field intensive

Technology is transformative

Trends

Digital Computing

Financial Cycles

Tech in Construction

Digitization of

Construction

Digital Co puti g’s Future

1981 1994 2007

Source: Chris Dixon, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

The Computing Environment

Digital Co puti g’s FutureThe Accessibility of Data

Source: (1) Chris Dixon, Andreessen Horowitz, (2) Statista.

2007

Gestation Growth

Worldwide Internet Users

World Population 7.4B

Digital Co puti g’s Future

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Size

(m

m3)

ENIAC

Microcomputer

PersonalComputer

Laptop

Smartphone

Size of a Full Computer System

EmbeddedProcessors

The Form Factor of Computing

Source: Chris Dixon, Andreessen Horowitz. ENIAC size by this author.

Raspberry Pi Zero

1 GHz Linux Computer for $5.00

(November 2015)

Digital Co puti g’s FutureThe Golden Age of AI

Human Performance

Source: www.image-net.org

Digital Co puti g’s FutureThe Golden Age of AI

Courtesy: Teradeep Object Classifier

Digital Co puti g’s FutureThe Golden Age of AI

Courtesy: Teradeep Object Classifier

Digital Co puti g’s Future1.The Accessibility of Data

2.The Form Factor of Computing

3.The Golden Age of AI

Digital Computing

Trends

Digital Computing

Tech in Construction

Digitization of

Construction

Digital Technologies That Will Change Construction

I agi i g co structio ’s digital future.Agarwal, Chandrasekaran, and Sridhar. McKinsey&Company. June 2016.

http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/infrastructure/our-insights/imagining-constructions-digital-future

Digital Technologies That Will Change Construction

1High-definitionsurveying andgeolocation

2Next gen 5DBIM

3Digital Collaborationand mobility

4IoT andadvancedanalytics

5Future-proofdesign andconstruction

Rapid digital mappingand estimating

Design platformfor the future

Intelligent asset managementand decision making

Moving to paperless projectsfrom the office to the workforce

Designing with materials andmethods of the future

Source: McKinsey&Company, Imagining Construction’s Digital Future.Agarwal, et. al. June 2016.

Digital Technologies That Will Change Construction

1High-definitionsurveying andgeolocation

2Next gen 5DBIM

3Digital Collaborationand mobility

4IoT andadvancedanalytics

5Future-proofdesign andconstruction

Digitalconstructionorganization

Developing next generationof digital-native leaders

Source: McKinsey&Company, Imagining Construction’s Digital Future.Agarwal, et. al. June 2016.

Digital Technologies That Will Change Construction

Cloud Computing

Mobile Solutions

LEO & 5G/6G

3D Modeling, BIM & 5D

VR/AR

Drones

Digital Positioning & Robotics

Internet of Things - IoT

Wearable Tech

Cloud Computing

Mobile Solutions

LEO & 5G/6G

3D Modeling, BIM & 5D

VR/AR

Drones

Digital Positioning & Robotics

Internet of Things - IoT

Wearable Tech

Digital Technologies That Will Change Construction

(Accessibility)

(Form Factor)

(AI)

Cloud Computing

Mobile Solutions

LEO & 5G/6G

3D Modeling, BIM & 5D

VR/AR

Drones

Digital Positioning & Robotics

Internet of Things - IoT

Wearable TechLinking Office-to-Site, Virtual-to-Physical

Digital Technologies That Will Change Construction

Cloud/MobileComputing

&Connectivity

DigitalPositioning,Imaging &Analysis

TheConstructible

Model

The Internetof Things in

Construction

Digitization of

Construction

Putting it all together at Trimble

Planning & Management

Applications

Realtime Data To &

From the Field

Section TitleThe Future of Digital Technologies in Construction