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Mobile: Boosting Productivity and Quality in the Construction Industry
Mobile devices are changing the way many jobs are being performed. The construction industry is one example where workers in the field are seeing big change. Tablets, Smartphones, and a new breed of ‘rugged notebook computers’ are replacing older mobile devices like two-way radios and cell phones.
The benefits of real-time access to project data are huge. With the new generation of mobile devices, remote workers are able to work more efficiently and their work is typically of higher quality. Immediate access to construction drawings and data enables problems to be solved quickly while workers can remain on-site.
A recent survey of construction firms by ENR confirmed that mobile devices and applications are now common place in the field, and their use is transforming how the construction business works. Workers are using applications to retrieve and view data, collaborate, standardize processes, and to collect data that can be used for calculating metrics.
The ENR survey also asked construction workers which apps on their mobile devices are most used for their work. The top five mobile apps workers cited are:
- Bluebeam Revu for iPad – allows collaboration, markup and measurement capabilities to PDF files
- AutoDesk BIM 360 Field – supports building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows for detecting clashes and visualizinf building data
- PlanGrid – supports markups for a variety of drawing types
- Dropbox – allows the storage, transfer and viewing of files
- Good Reader – supports file viewing and markup
