The Future of Construction Site Surveillance: Part 1

By Cotney Construction Law.

This two-part article discusses the future of construction site surveillance and how technology may speed up and finely tune the building process.

Sadly there is a common stereotype about all the work that is done on construction sites or rather the lack of work being done. The cliche is that construction workers  just stand around doing nothing while on the job site. While anyone familiar with the construction industry knows that this is far from the truth, the fact remains that many construction projects may end up running past their deadlines and will come in over budget. This dilemma is one that those in the construction field are constantly looking to avoid.

The missing of a deadline on a construction project can result in financial penalties for contractors, affect the bidding process on other jobs, compromise a contract, and even ruin the contractor’s professional reputation. This is part one of a four part article in which we discuss the future of construction site surveillance and how technology might make building process more efficient and effective. Everyone in the construction industry will benefit if a new process can be found that reduces delays by monitoring the work being performed at construction sites.

Projects within the construction industry may someday be supervised by robotic devices like drones and rovers. Most construction sites already use various types of drones for aerial shots. This footage is used to provide valuable intel for the exterior of construction projects; however, the interior  of construction sites has lacked advanced autonomous technology that can record, inspect, or analyze the building process of a site. This was true until the emergence of tech company Doxel, which recently unveiled its newest, groundbreaking invention.

Doxel’s has developed, after receiving $4.5 million in funding, artificial intelligent rovers that can provide construction sites with measured data that is much more precise than the average inspector can with his or her handy tape measure. While the rover may look like an adorable and more sophisticated version of the robotic vacuums some homeowners purchase to aimlessly move around their living space, these Doxel rovers are capable of a much more advanced level of technology and can roam pre-coordinated paths that encompass the whole construction site.

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