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Automation in Construction Industry- LiDAR Miss. Prachi Parag Jagtap, Prof. R M Swamy Miss. Prachi Jagtap, Thane Professor. R M Swamy, Dept. of Civil Engineering, SSJCET, Maharashtra, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------opportunities for various related fields. The construction Abstract - The world of automation has been growing
industry is divided with a handful of major companies which are involved in all types of construction activities that carry out any required segment of the construction, the middle companies are specialized in a particular type of work of the complete section and thus they carry out only the specific part of the construction work, the small company contractors work on the contractor basis and carry out the work. The construction industry plays a powerful role in the economic growth and also providing structural development. The construction industry is labour intensive and provides indirect employment. Construction industry is the 2nd largest employer and contributor in the economic sector 10% of the country’s GDP depends on the construction activities.50% of the construction demands are the infrastructure project and the rest are the residential, industrial and other activities.
rapidly for the last few years and it is there is a huge demand from the users. Many companies have automated their manufacturing processes which have led improved productivity and quality improvements. In the construction industry innovation technology is extremely slowly and reluctant to adopt new strategies and low budget also contribute to the slow innovation rate. Because of these slow developments in the technological innovation automation is uncommon solution in the construction industry. Most construction company in India does not fully achieve to implement automation due to various constraints. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate existing and emerging solutions that could be used to automate on site operation. A literature study was conducted to gain knowledge about the overall implementations, challenges, opportunities, etc. of automation and robotics in the construction industry. After the literature study to incorporate some extra data interviews were conducted with companies using automation at present and companies which intent to implement automation but face some obstacles in its implementation. To get idea about the factors that are becoming an obstacle in the implementations a questionnaire was designed. With the help of this information research questions were formulated. The result findings were regarding what are the possibilities to use automation, what are the benefits that could be possible after implementations, and what are the requirements and the challenges faced if automation is implemented.
Construction industry is the one in which automation is practiced the least. In developing countries like India automation must be used to the most in construction industry. New machinery, equipment’s, electronic devices, new methods, for tunnels for bridges these things requires automation. The recent developments in the field of computer science and technology when combined with the construction activities give a better and a productive output, it not only gives a better output but also saves the time and the human intervention in the process.
1.1 Construction scenario in India The key sectors in the Indian construction market are commercial construction, industrial construction, infrastructure construction, energy and utilities construction institutional construction, and residential construction. In 2022, the residential construction sector was followed by infrastructure construction. The construction process may vary from time to time day to day and in any other situation the construction of the structure may always not be according to the plan or as per the design process at such times the traditional method may become difficult to carry out the construction. In such tedious conditions or during the time of hardships automation is used which works according to the condition leaving harm to human life. Human efforts and risk to life are reduced; a better quality of product is the output if the technology is used in proper amount at the correct place and correct timing. The developed countries are using automation and increasing their output and economy thus developing countries like India must adopt automation
The data collected shows that the factors affecting depend on each site conditions. The study reveals that there are some challenges regarding the implementations of solution. This thesis provides knowledge of available technology (LiDAR) and if that can be used for automation on site as well as how to adopt new technology that can benefit the project in many ways. Here the benefits that can be expected from the successful implementations of such technology to increase the productivity, quality, time management with the help of automation are evaluated.
Key Words: Construction industry, Automation and Robotics, Barriers, Opportunity, LiDAR.
1.Introduction The construction industry of India is an important sector from point of development as well as it creates investment
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