SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A visual data analytics tool utilizing drones capturing high-resolution video and photos, piloted at the Golden 1 Center construction site in Sacramento, California, earned an award for innovation from the Turner Construction Company. This is the fourth year the company has highlighted outstanding innovations and achievements.
A team from University of Illinois, funded by a nearly $1-million National Science Foundation Cyber-Physical Systems grant, developed a predictive visual data analytics tools to automate and streamline today’s time-consuming practices for construction progress monitoring.
This award-winning solution utilizes both images and videos taken with camera drones and 4-D Building Information Modeling to quickly identify and visually communicate performance problems during construction projects via smartphones and tablets to project participants on and off the site.
The pilot project goal was to use the resulting color-coded 3-D visual production models from University of Illinois’ technology to easily and quickly inform project stakeholders about at-risk locations on a project site, allowing them to prioritize problems based on their construction plan, and take corrective actions to improve the reliability of short-term project plans and develop more productive workflows for construction.
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