10/18/2010. Focus. Information technology landscape

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Emerging Tools to Enable Construction Engineering Construction Engineering Conference: Opportunity and Vision for Education, Practice, and Research Blacksburg, VA October 1, 2010 A. B. Cleveland, Jr.

1 Emerging Tools to Enable Construction Engineering Construction Engineering Conference: Opportunity and Vision for Education, Practice, and Research Blacksburg, VA October 1, 2010 A. B. Cleveland, Jr. Senior Vice President, Platform Technology & Applied Research Bentley Systems, Inc. Exton, PA Focus Delivery and effective use of rich and complex technical content by mobile construction personnel Using tools these personnel would commonly carry Not restrict movement, accessibility, etc. Maintain safety 2 Information technology landscape Server-based computing cycles, memory, and mass storage are very plentiful and infinitely scalable. High bandwidth wireless communications are affordable, readily available everywhere. Portable smart devices are readily available, affordable and well accepted for certain types of applications. Raw computing power, mass storage and memory of these portable devices, while somewhat limited today, it is continually improving

2 Enabling technologies New computing form factors Handheld, multipurpose New user interface technologies and paradigms Wireless 4 Enabling technologies Virtual reality 5 Enabling technologies Augmented reality 6 2

3 Marker-based Augmented Reality 7 Enabling technologies Digital paper 8 ProjectWise Dynamic Plot Capture Drawing Markups in Real-Time Printed Drawings with Dynamic Layer Download and Synchronize Markups Print Using Everyday Printers and Plotters View Markups with Original Source Model Prepare Drawing for Plotting 9 3

4 Dynamic Plots 10 Potential applications Location-based virtual reality Provide portable VR capabilities to mobile users Graphics + business data Content relevant to user location Standard mobile devices Tablet PC, Smart phone, iphone, ipad Multiple uses beyond VR Does not limit mobility or safety Wireless connectivity Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G User interface appropriate for mobile user Leverage new device capabilities Touch screen, GPS, compass, inertial sensors 11 Location-based Virtual Reality

5 Location-based Virtual Reality 13 Potential applications Exposing the unseen with augmented reality Superimpose the virtual over the real Planned work Hidden components Perform digital queries on the real world 14 Exposing the unseen with Augmented Reality

$locations Often fixed virtual environments Can we get 80% of the experience for a fraction of the cost? Modest hardware invesement Easily set up 16 WWW.BENTLEY.$

6 Potential applications Immersive virtual reality in a construction trailer Virtual reality CAVE s provide a completely immersive virtual experience with many productive uses, BUT Very expensive Fixed locations Often fixed virtual environments Can we get 80% of the experience for a fraction of the cost? Modest hardware invesement Easily set up 16 Immersive virtual reality in a construction trailer 17 Potential applications Paper the new User Interface Digital paper is real today Digital capture of markups made on paper What s next? Component query Drawing provenance Multimedia comments 3D interaction Integration with markup workflows

7 Paper the new User Interface 19 Major obstacles Transforming digital content for construction use Misalignment in information requirements Scope, structure, level of detail Information requires transformation Normalizing the information into a usable information model; Aggregating the information from multiple sources; Decomposing high level information to the necessary level of detail; Filtering information for a specific purpose or task; Re-organizing information to be consistent with a specific task or application Delivering the information in the appropriate format for a given application Today largely a manual process 20 Major obstacles Transforming digital content for construction use Accurate real-time positioning No single technology provides solution Comprehensive, accurate Accuracy is critical for many applications

8 Major obstacles Transforming digital content for construction use Accurate real-time positioning User interfaces for construction Downsizing the desktop is inadequate Additional requirements for construction workers They are mobile; cannot be encumbered and restrict their mobility They work in a hazardous environment; distractions jeopardize their safety The job site is temporary and must mobilize and demobilize quickly They often work outdoors and other extreme environments wearing gloves and protective gear 22 Major obstacles Transforming digital content for construction use Accurate real-time positioning User interfaces for construction 23 Summary The construction industry is poised to realize potentially dramatic improvement in productivity, quality, and safety enabled by construction engineering and information technology Basic information technology platform and tools are in place The killer apps will depend on addressing 3 key issues: Transforming design information into construction information Accurate, real-time positioning User interfaces appropriate for construction

Programme TOC. CONNECT Platform CONNECTION Client MicroStation CONNECT Edition i-models what is comming

Programme TOC. CONNECT Platform CONNECTION Client MicroStation CONNECT Edition i-models what is comming Bentley CONNECT CONNECT Platform MicroStation CONNECT Edition 1 WWW.BENTLEY.COM 2016 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 2016 Bentley Systems, Incorporated Programme TOC CONNECT Platform CONNECTION Client MicroStation