COMIT Community Day at O2 - September 2019, Full Slidedeck

COMIT Community Event
19th September 2019

Intro from our Host
Housekeeping & Safety notices

Time Item Presenter
09.30 Tea and Coffee on Arrival O2
Chairs10.00 -
10.30
Opening address
Welcome from our host 02
Welcome to new members and guests
Digital Contracts update
Changes to COMIT – thoughts please.
Iain Miskimmin
Mark Evans CEO (02)
Iain Miskimmin
Iain Miskimmin
Iain Miskimmin
10.30 – 10.55 “Using multisource video (satellite, drone and terrestrial) to
create, confirm and monitor asset inventories“
Owen Hawkins (Earth i)
10.55 – 11.20 “Digitising Collaborative Planning to Reduce Project Costs” James Ellis (Visilean)
11.20– 11.50 Coffee Break and networking in the Blue Room O2
11.50 – 12:15 “Local 5 G networks to radically improve communication
In those hard to reach areas”
Andrew Lambert (EMS)
12.15 – 12.40 “Cost saving Model for Asset Management using Industry 4.0” Andy Holt (Azurelope)
12:40 – 13.40 Lunch and networking in the Blue Room
13.40 – 14.55 Host Showcase O2
14.55– 15.20 Project Red Sands https://www.project-redsand.com/ David Foulkes (Redsands)
15.20 – 16.00 Ten Minute Soapboxes
1. The Facebook of things
2. Productivity Initiatives that’ll make a difference!
3. Drones, we have taken off!
4. VR updates and business value to show for it!
Jason Scott (Smalltech/COMIT)
Stuart Young – (COMIT)
Tony Shooter (COMIT DC)
Steve Slater (Wates/COMIT)
AOB Chairs
16.00 Close

Strategic Partners
Digital Special Interest Group
1. Free access to many events
2. Joint conferences/ projects
3. Deconfliction of event calendars

Digital Special Interest Group
Nuclear Institute:
• professional membership body uniquely for the nuclear industry
• almost 3,000 professionals and 50 companies
• sets standards for nuclear professionalism
• licensed by Eng Council/Science Council
• 20-30 technical nuclear events per year
• technical membership publication – Nuclear Future
YOU (COMIT Members) have free access to the Digital Special Interest Group sessions

Changes to your COMIT
Now Proposed
4 Community Days (10:00-16:00) 6 Focused Community Sessions (17:00 - 19:30)
Mainly London Spread out around the country
2 day conference 2 day conference
Mainly website presence Mainly social media presence
Website open to all Mainly members only website
1 year memberships 1, 3 & 5 year memberships (with discounts)
Networking at Community events Additional networking events
Mobile IT Community of Interest Relaunched Digital Construction Community (Oct 24th)
In 2020

Using multisource video (satellite, drone and terrestrial)
to create, confirm and monitor asset inventories

CONSTRUCTION MONITORING AND ASSET
MANAGEMENT USING SATELLITE AND MULTI-
SOURCE DATA
SEPTEMBER 2019
OWEN HAWKINS, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

DMC3
KompSat
VividX2
Data
Acquisition
Data
Processing &
Delivery
Image
Analytics
InsightsData Sourcing
Deductive:
What’s
happening in the
image?
Predictive:
Why is it
happening?
What will
happen in the
future?
Earth-i Primary Data Sources
Selection of data
source for the
task
Satellite tasking,
data acquisition
and download
Image
processing and
delivery
Very high spatial & temporal
resolution image data
EO-based insights solutions
Third Party Data Sources
‘Global. Timely. Assured’ ‘Vision. Intelligence. Insight’
The Vivid-i Constellation
Distributorships
Earth-i Owned
Now
Future
Superview
20152016201720182019+
The earth-i value proposition
Earth-i Owned

SPECTRUM
Planning, design and costing phases of a new project is expensive.
Using satellite data, Earth-i can provide an accurate report on the land and its surroundings.
Satellites with advanced AI provide 3D topographical analysis, land cover maps, and environmental conditions.
This information can then be analysed to understand the best way to run the build.
During construction, Earth-i can provide progress reports from space.
Imagery, along with AI, automatically shows areas where change has and has not occurred, identifies specific
features of interest and provides an overall view of everything that has happened that is visible from space.
This gives a snapshot at one moment in time, a single source of truth across the project.
Pre-construction surveying
Progress monitoring

INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT

SPECTRUM
Projects are increasingly storing large volumes of survey and monitoring data, including video and image data.
Getting value from this data is a challenge when it is stored in its unprocessed form with no analytics
The ability to process large volumes of video and other data to be viewed in the context of valid satellite data is
seen as a useful capability to unlock the value of the data.
Where appropriate data is not available to answer specific user questions, custom surveys can be done using
low cost technology which is then processed with AI and correlated with satellite to put it in the correct
geographical context.
Maximising Value of Data Stores
Dedicated Surveys

Satellite HAPS Aerial Drone
Vehicle
Camera
IP Camera
Sensor Optical /
Radar / IR
Optical /
Radar / IR
Optical /
Radar / IR
Optical / IR Optical Optical / IR
Stand-off
distance
500km 18km 60m 20m 10m
Resolution >30cm 15cm 5cm 5cm 5cm 5cm
Revisit Fortnightly,
Weather
Permitting
Persistent
On-demand,
Weather
Permitting
On-demand,
Weather
Permitting
On-demand,
Weather
Permitting
Persistent
Field of View >25 km2 10 km2 5 km2 1 km2 100 m2 100 m2
Price Per km2
£ £££ ££ ££ £ £££
Sources (approximate values)

SPECTRUM
Time stamped
Georeferenced
Asset Database
Correlated with Satellite
BIM Platform GIS PlatformH&S Platform
Terrestrial Data
Sources:
land registry,
reference data
etc.
Imagery and
Video AI:
Objects and
Features, 3D
Pre-Construction Construction Operation & Maintenance
System

SPECTRUM Asset Management
Uses data from satellite, vehicle mounted,
aerial and close-up photography
Supporting the digitisation of construction
and asset management
Working with major construction companies,
consultant engineers and asset managers

Telephone (UK): +44 (0)333 433 0015
Email: info@earthi.co.uk
Web: www.earthi.space
Earth-i Ltd
10 Nugent Road, Surrey Research Park,
Guildford, GU2 7AF, United Kingdom.

Digitising Collaborative Planning to Reduce Project Costs

PROJECT BACKGROUND
confidential
Project: Data centre (3 storey)
Site area: 95 (Ha), greenfield project
(290 acres)
The data centre buildings include roof top mechanical equipment and measure up to 8.6m to the roof eaves, with a parapet
wall up to 9.1m and a roof mounted plant screen wall around roof mechanical equipment up to 15.9m. The site infrastructure
includes access roads, car parking, internal roads, entrance security hut, landscaping and a 220kV substation.

CHALLENGES
confidential
Tracking offsite
production
Site and office
coordination
Internal task
handovers
Monitoring and
tracking
production plan
Latency and
performance
evaluation
Logistics

METHODOLOGY : LEAN AND BIM INTEGRATION
confidential
BIM overcomes the
hurdles to efficiently
handle the product
Lean addresses the problems
inherent to construction processes
VisiLean

SITE
MODEL FOR
INTERACTIVE
DISCUSSIONS
ZONE LEVEL
SCHEDULE
ZONE LEVEL
SCHEDULE
ZONE LEVEL
SCHEDULE
ZONE LEVEL
SCHEDULE
confidential
PROCESS IMPLEMENTED
ZONE
A
ZONE
B
ZONE
C
ZONE
D
MODULE LEVEL
SCHEDULE
PHASE
PLANNING
COLLABORATIVE
PLANNING

confidential
PROCESS IMPLEMENTED
Lookahead
Planning
Perform micro level planning and
follow-up for the make ready
process
Weekly
Production
Making accurate production
commitments
Production
Management
Production monitoring-tracking
and controlling
Evaluate the production
process and outcomes
Production
Learnings
BIM INTEGRATED BIM INTEGRATED BIM INTEGRATED
MOBILE APP

DIGITAL
DISPLAY
ROOM
confidential

confidential
CREATING ELABORATED SCHEDULES

confidential
WORK ALLOCATION AND COMMITMENT

confidential
WORK PROGRESS TRACKING USING COLOR CODES

confidential
STOPPED, WARNING TASKS AND QUALITY APPROVALS

confidential
INTEGRATED PRODUCTION PLAN WITH BIM (LEAN 4D)

confidential
ACHIEVEMENTS
i) 60% reduction in defects,
ii) 43% improvement in program efficiency,
iii) 45% reduction in labour spend.
iv) Additionally, the team was able to reduce transport and congestion on site and improve real-
time project transparency.
CLN1 installation time for Data Hall fit out sequence was 21 weeks
Conclusion based on the field results

confidential
MAJOR PROJECTS
Olympic Stadium
Est. £280m
Overall £700m
The Shard
Est. £350m
Overall £435m
BBC Headquarters Refurb
Est. £991m
Overall £1.1bn 6 year delayed
Wembley Stadium
Est. £757m
Overall £1bn 1 year delayed
HS2
Est. £56bn
Overall £80bn+
TOP 10 MAJOR PROJECTS OVERRUN BY £17bn

confidential
SUMMARY
• Save 10-20% of project costs and get improved
predictability
• Start measuring and improving project performance
• The construction industry is going digital – can you
afford not to?

Thank you
www.visilean.comVisilean-ltd@Visi_Leanvisilean
confidential

Local 5 G networks to radically improve communication
In those hard to reach areas

5G
&
Private Networks
Andrew Lambert
Electronic Media Services Ltd

EMS
TV White Space
4G/5G Routers
Microwave

Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication

Project
• Understand
• OFCOM application process
• Costs
• Network coverage
• Explore Use-Cases
• AI / Video – Dynamic exclusion zones
• AR
• Automation
• Drones
• Digital Twins
• Geofencing
• IoT/ Sensors
• Develop Business Case
• Innovate UK / DCMS Funding
andrew.lambert@ems-uk.com
07836 783266

Cost saving Model for Asset Management using Industry 4.0

Project Redsand
Project Redsand was set up with the aims of conserving, preserving and interpreting the
history of the structure known as Redsands Fort. The long term goal is for restoration to
the point where public visits can take place safely and give visitors a comprehensive view
of how the fort was built, why it was built and the uses it has been put to over the decades
since its construction in 1942.

Guy Anson Maunsell
• Guy Anson Maunsell was born in 1884 in Srinagar Kashmir where his father Lt Col Edward Maunsell was
serving with the Indian Army his family were originally from Limerick in Ireland.
• Guy graduated from the Central Institution of the City and Guilds Institute in South Kensington he was
among the top class graduates of his year.
• After graduating he was unable to find a job so returned to the institution in 1906 where he became a
technical demonstrator setting up experiments for his pupils.
• He then became an assistant engineer for the firm of Adrien Palaz in Switzerland
where he was employed to work on hydro electric installations.
• In 1908 he returned to the UK and was employed by D G Somerville & Co.
• It was in this role where he learned of the techniques of pre stressed concrete
working at the Docks in Rosyth Scotland.
• In 1917 he was called up by the Army and commissioned as an officer for the
Royal Engineers.
• It was here he used his free time to carry out sketches and paintings of the area .

Guy Anson Maunsell
Cont’d
• Upon returning to England in late 1917 and until the end of the war Guy worked on several towers in
an ambitious plan to run a series of towers from Dungeness to Cap Gris Nez in France which were to
be used as Anti Submarine defences only 2 were completed and 1 still survives as the Nab Lighthouse
in the Solent..
• In 1919 He was employed to work under Alexander Gibb for the Ministry of Transport now with his
Army , Admiralty and
• Government contacts in place he invented a system of anchoring
Structures to the sea bed which is still the recognised way
• of achieving this even today.
• Guy then went to Denmark where he undertook works on the Storstrom
bridge floating the central piles into place and sinking them just as he
had did on the two towers at sea a technique he would again use for the
Naval sea forts.

Army Fort Layout
The Army forts where set out similarly to a land-based Anti Aircraft (AA or ACK ACK) battery.
The enlarged spacings where used to make the forts a more difficult target to hit by potential
enemy raiders.

Fort Layout 3D
Project Redsand has a vision for these amazing but ailing structures through fund raising a
steadfast team of volunteers and an ever growing list of sponsors and vendors.
We are planning on turning our first tower (G1) into a Coastal defence and Pirate Radio
museum with provision to have a small canteen and gift shop.
Many thanks to Zac Rensburg for the use of his image.

Early Plans
Guy Maunsell being of fertile mind came up with many different types of design even down
to one man Sea Forts which were all submitted to the Ministry of Defence. Eventually their
were two type of plans approved the Army Sea Forts (See Below) and the Naval Sea Forts.
The Pontoons of the Army Forts were flooded and the towers winched down to the Sandbank
below.

Early Plans
The Naval forts differed very significantly to the Army Forts as they
were a unitary unit and floated to their position at which point the end of the pontoon on
the right was flooded causing it to sink and crush on impact with the sand bank slowing
down the grounding this was tried by the Navy with a complete compliment of Sailors but
the extra weight nearly caused the Tower to topple but at the last minute it righted itself
luckily after this the subsequent groundings were carried out by Civilian contractors.

Project Redsand
Project Redsand has been working tirelessly on preserving these amazing structures from
promotional work via social media to procuring much needed materials.
Works completed so far give an indication of our progress against a very difficult tasking
We have made a safe access system to G1 complete with new fendering , Two rooms
are now completely weather tight complete with insulation and new hardboard fascia's .
Please see the following slides for pictures of our current works.

RIP Robin Ashcroft
23 May 1950 – 16 September 2018

Project Redsand
https://youtu.be/Xg8M-8BqTGs

A “Facebook” of things?
Jason Scott, Smalltech/COMIT
jason.scott@smalltechLtd.co.uk
jason.scott@comitprojects.com

“Harvard just discovered that PowerPoint is
worse than useless”

OUR MISSION
The COMIT2Drones community is tailored to meet
the needs of its members and continually address
the challenges and opportunities of operating
drones in the construction sector.

YOUR COMMITTEE
Karen Holden
Specialists
Paul Lindup
Client
Andy Givens
Manufacturers
Mark Lawton
Construction
Tim Bodley Scott
Academics
Tony Shooter
COMIT Projects
Drone Operators &Tech
Vendors

COMIT2DRONESChallenges and Opportunities

ACCURACY SURVEY PROJECT
Morton-in-Marsh Fire College
Accuracy
Cost

EVENTS
Panel – Speaking – Exhibiting

COMMUNICATIONSwww.comit2drones.com
@comit2drones
Events
Projects
Articles

O2 and Construction:
Building a smarter, more connected future
Monthly Meeting: 24th October 2019 3pm BST
199
Introduced by: Stuart Young COMIT Projects
Sponsors of the Monthly Webinar
Delivered this month by :

Virtual Reality or Virtual Insanity
Steve Slater
Wates Group

SES Engineering Services: VIRTUAL REALITY
ses-ltd.co.uk
Sept 2018 Community Day - SAP Feltham

ses-ltd.co.uk
SES has been trialing VR with its customers, most recently with a global
pharmaceutical company where they are currently delivering a £94m aseptic
manufacturing facility in Durham.
Bespoke VR experiences are made on a project-to-project basis using the live
BIM model, allowing teams to potentially make real time changes. Users can
immerse themselves into a project and gain insight and awareness, detecting
clashes and issues before ground has even been broken.

ses-ltd.co.uk
SOFTWARE USED
Revit
3D BIM
Modelling
Unreal Engine
Interactive Experience
3D Max
3D Asset
Modelling
Adobe Creative suite
Various products used to create the digital
media asset: Video Graphics and Audio

ses-ltd.co.uk
Oculus Rift
Truly
immersive
experience
Bulky high powered
computer required
Wired connection
limits movement
High equipment cost

ses-ltd.co.uk
Oculus Go
Wireless operation
Low cost
No high powered
computer required
Portable and
lightweight Limited motion
tracking

ses-ltd.co.uk

ses-ltd.co.uk
The use of Virtual Reality (VR) for business use has been growing
recently and with its ability to create accurate and interactive
content, VR is increasingly being used in the design and
construction spheres. Over the last 12 months SES has invested
heavily in VR technology allowing customers to immerse
themselves into a new, digitally constructed reality, which
resembles real life. The true benefit of this tool is that it
provides customers an opportunity to step inside a project while
it’s still in the design phase before spending months, if not years,
constructing it.
Design efficiency is a clear benefit of VR technology. Making
changes once a building is under construction is extremely
expensive and time-consuming. VR gives the opportunity to
reduce costs by making decisions earlier in the project life, to
refine the design and test factors and features without having to
build first, and to eliminate errors and identify any problems
early in the design process.

ses-ltd.co.uk
Oculus Quest
What next?
Low cost
No high powered
computer required
Portable and
lightweight
Motion tracking

ses-ltd.co.uk
Any Questions ?

ses-ltd.co.uk
Thankyou

Productivity Initiatives that’ll
make a difference!
19th September 2019
Stuart Young

Two shocking numbers that suggest a
change in construction is needed.

2%..... was the average net profit made by the top
150 construction companies in the UK last year
Source: Building magazine .

This is not fake news….but fact

3%..... that is what construction firms spend of
their turnover on bidding for new work….
Source:University of Reading.

…most of this is written off as they lose most bids -
but it means they're spending 50% more on bidding
than they make in net profit.
Source:University of Reading.

That’s not fake news either….

“Higher margins in the UK
construction sector tend to come
from long-term relationships,
such as five-year service contracts, rather than one-off building contracts. These
long-term arrangements,
such as for civil work,
tend to be driven by organisations where establishing a
relationship is key to accessing a pipeline of contracts.”
Source: PWC.

“for this to operate it must have large
elements
trust and deliver two-way value
Source: PWC.

“and in addition: innovationnow needs to
become a key part of the vendor’s (Contractor / EPC)
narrative, rooted in the reality of a firm which is
genuinely seeking better ways to do things..
Source: PWC.

“Reinventing construction through a
productivity revolution'
Source; McKinsey Report

We should take an interest in Construction because..?
Globally, Labour- productivity growth lags behind that of manufacturing and the total economy

These other reports have a similar theme
Increased
Productivity

Improving Construction Productivity is a Non-Trivial
Pursuit
In the chart shown below, how much did productivity increase in the Construction
Industry during that period?
A. 2 %
B. no change
C. - 3.5%
D. - 4.7%
Source; McKinsey Report

R.O.W. v Construction
…. Good news…there is a way!
Construction
Productivity
Advancements
Disruption
Incentives
New Tech,
Materials
New
Processes
Source: Datasets, ONS
Construction is
0.1%Source: The Farmer Review of the UK Construction Labour Model October
2016

Which areas would likely deliver first in Construction?
Voice
of the
Owner
Digital Asset
Management
Fingerprint
for success
Design
MobileIT
Source: Reg Hunter / COMIT Projects

Productivity Matters
Are we ready to accept and embrace change ?

Change
…Im listening
…will provide the
foundation for accelerating
innovation adoption

Benefits from Information
Mobility
▪ Reduced design rework
▪ Reduced construction rework
▪ Reduced downtime
▪ Up to date information sharing
▪ Fewer inputting errors
▪ Empowered and informed workforce
▪ Improved planning technique
▪ More timely and accurate commercial valuation
▪ Faster throughput of application invoicing
▪ Less queries arising
▪ Reduced risk
▪ Effective collaboration and communication
▪ Increased margins
▪ Happy Clients
Improved Productivity
COMIT2Drones

Benefits of an effective Information
Mobility Management System:
Source: McGraw Hill Construction

Enhance Project Delivery with Real-Time
Insights for Key Decision Makers
Delivered this month by : Mat Daly – o2
Ben Paddick - Vinci
Monthly Meeting: 24th October 2019 3pm BST
Introduced by Stuart Young COMIT Projects
:
Sponsors of the Monthly Webinar

Thank you to our hosts and presenters
See you in December
Thurs 5 December 2019
hosted by IFS, Staines
Wearables
#COMITDAY

19th September 2019
Stuart Young

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