Accurate numbers to track jobsite activity and topography can mean the difference between completing a project on time and on budget. The addition of Smart Construction Field and Smart Construction Drone to Komatsu’s suite of jobsite technologies provides two new tools to help contractors better manage projects.
Using data to track spending allows contractors to analyze those numbers quickly and find cost-effective ways to manage and resource projects. Komatsu has partnered with Moovila, a provider of project management software, to develop Smart Construction Field, a mobile app that allows contractors to easily record jobsite activity and analyze operational efficiencies in near real time.
Reports generated by Smart Construction Field can track daily jobsite conditions, and task progress can be broken down by labor, equipment and materials, including machine utilization and fuel distribution, receipts, timecards and subcontractor work. Regardless of equipment brand, Smart Construction Field can collect machine data from an entire fleet.
Smart Construction Drone survey technology captures quantities for production tracking and billing without personnel walking the jobsite to do a manual survey. Users can gather and analyze data throughout each project phase with topographic surveys that incorporate hundreds of thousands of data points. With the capability to take still photos from up to 400 ft. above ground level or under bridge decks, the solution can be used as pre-job verification or to keep stakeholders up to date.
Smart Construction Drone can be paired with Smart Construction Dashboard. Built to combine data from multiple sources into one comprehensive picture, Smart Construction Dashboard combines 3D design data with aerial mapping and intelligent machine data to let contractors confirm quantities and visualize job site progress.
“When the Smart Construction group came in, they integrated everything together, and the transition felt seamless,” said Kevin Hawkinson, vice president of operations, A.W. Oakes & Son. “Now, we can take the data, transfer it to the machines, get data back from the machines to the office, and utilize all of that information across the board for bidding, customer reference and billing.”
Smart Construction Dashboard is powered by the 3D visualization power and geospatial accuracy of Cesium, a platform to visualize, analyze and share 3D data.
