Tech giants Google and
CISCO will be among the speakers at a special conference being held in
Birmingham to showcase how new smart technology can be applied to digital
building techniques.
Birmingham City
University will host the Exploring Data
Beyond BIM event on Wednesday 29 November at its Curzon Building in
the Eastside of Birmingham.
The conference will
look at the use of data in 3D building design and Building Information
Modelling (BIM), with speakers from CISCO and Google providing key speeches on
how their organisations are using the wide range of data available to underpin
their work.
The event will
highlight the range of sensors and smart devices available and how these can be
used to learn more about areas and environments to transform how individual
buildings, communities and entire cities are constructed.
Using data such as
that held by the UK Met Office, climate information, environmental factors, and
details of traffic systems can be studied to hand a significant boost to the
creation of buildings to ensure they fit within the needs of the area and its residents.
The growth of smart
technology in cities will mean that in the future key components such as
buildings, vehicles and environments will have their own data sets with the
potential to reimagine how digital construction is approached.
Professor Stephen
Scaysbrook said: “With the government making the use of BIM a priority, the
next step is working how to get the most of out of the vast amount of
information we have on hand to make sure buildings meet the demands of their
environments.
“If we can use all the
data we have available to inform how we plan and building, then it could
completely transform how we build entire cities and transport networks.
“It is fantastic to
have Google and CISCO joining us to speak about how they have approached both
storing and utilising the vast amounts of data they have and it could provide
some key insights into how these processes can be applied to building professionals.”
The event will tackle
three major points facing the industry:
- How
sensor data can benefit building design and management
- Challenges
of adding sensors to designs e.g. providing accurate instructions to
suppliers to put a sensor in place
- How to
collect, collate and understand sensor data and add value with the
addition of external data sets.
