{"id":45856,"date":"2018-08-22T15:40:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T14:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=45856"},"modified":"2022-10-19T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:28:08","slug":"traceable-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/traceable-construction\/45856\/","title":{"rendered":"FARO \u2013 Traceable Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senior Product Manager Oliver Buerkler explains FARO\u2019s Traceable Construction concept and what it is looking to achieve<\/h2>\n

Announced by FARO<\/a> at the SPAR3D USA Expo and the BILT Conference in Q2 of 2018, the Traceable Construction concept is the ecosystem of products and solutions that FARO offers to leverage the benefits of measured data throughout various stages of design, construct and operate projects in the built environment.<\/p>\n

It is fairly well understood that the benefits of digital laser\/LIDAR capture are easily realised during initial evaluation and briefing stages and through design \u2013 particularly when working within a BIM process.\u00a0 Furthermore, the use of digital capture is increasingly evident on construction sites and is offering even further benefits such as increased accuracy, less re-work and better planning and coordination.<\/p>\n

FARO does much more than create measurement hardware and has evolved and reshaped itself over the past few years \u2013 it\u2019s time to start thinking of FARO as an AEC-focused company that provides complete solutions \u2013 and not just to its \u2018traditional\u2019 customers.<\/p>\n

The company is not looking to compete against any of the established design tools but rather help integrate survey measurement and data into procedures that are already there. By focusing on digitising the real world of construction, making progress and construction quality traceably documented becomes a reality in itself.<\/p>\n

Oliver states: \u201cAs a solution provider for all applications using digital as-built data, FARO has recognised the need to share its experience and benefit with wider groups to highlight the potentially huge advantages they can offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Traceable<\/p>\n

The company is looking to expose the \u2018places where FARO plays along the project lifecycle\u2019 to stakeholders, who are of course designers and constructors but also logistics planners, cost consultants, health and safety coordinators, project managers, maintenance managers, facility operators \u2013 essentially a huge selection of construction industry professionals.<\/p>\n

Added to this, \u2018Traceable Construction\u2019 will mature and evolve over the coming years \u2013 introducing new products and tools to customers (those who purchase the hardware and\/or software) as well as the users of the resulting measurement or analysis data. By adding value where reality data is needed or where reality data meets design or construction, FARO\u2019s solutions provide quality assurance and project confidence.<\/p>\n

Understanding there are many other built environment<\/a> stakeholders still yet to use digital survey data and optimise reality data in their daily tasks, Traceable Construction will allow FARO to relate to its customers and the wider industry in a simpler, more effective way.<\/p>\n

Essentially, FARO has linked its products and solutions (and the data created by them) to the building\/asset lifecycle. This enables industry professionals to \u2018see\u2019 what tasks can be undertaken with which products and what data will be created and how it can be used.<\/p>\n

Assigning five \u2018task types\u2019 to the various stages of a project easily demonstrates to users what solutions within the ecosystem of products are available. The five task types are:<\/p>\n