Automated Drone Reality ProjectThe journey so far!

Lets start at the very beginning!• Egan Report (1998)

• August 2003

• Dr Sarah Bowden

• Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT

• 40 organisations

• 2005 - ????

Creation of a community

• Bringing together some amazing people

• Launching PoC projects to try to resolve issues

• Talking about and sharing success stories (and their journeys!)

• Setting challenges

• Testing some new technologies

• Engaging the next generation

Bridging the gap

Membership

Fellows

The Team

• Back in 2003

• 2007

• 2010

• 2012

Culture

Identify Need

Select Projects

Understand Business

Value

Conduct Proof of Concept

Measure Business

Value

Drive Adoption

Safety Alert Systems

• Known Hazard Alerts

• Proximity solutions

Augmented Reality• Fixed point

• Video overlay

• Google Earth

• Real time location

Tool, Plant and Cabin TrackingTheft

Usage

HAV

Maintenance

Materials

Rapid Site Set up

EDMSPlotter

Paper copy Construction

Is it the right version?

Is there anything I need to

know?QR code readerGreen light

Next steps

•Coordinates to the installation location

•Connection to installation AVI

•Materials linking

Data Matrix Codes

• Is Email dead?

• Are there better ways of communicating

Private Social Networking

• COMIT

• Loughborough University

User Acceptance Study

Graduate events

EngD support and sponsorship

51 Community Days

• Creating the conditions for open knowledge sharing• If someone has a problem they should feel they can talk about it

• If someone has solved something they should feel compelled to tell everyone

• If an organisation is looking for help

• If an organisation can offer help

• It doesn’t necessarily have to be about construction

• Breaking down the barriers whether they are real or perceived

• Trying new things

• Supporting each other

• Those that just don’t

• Those whose marketing/ bid departments say they do

• Those who do it in isolated pockets

• Those who actively encourage everyone to innovate.

Culture

• Strong leadership

• Active encouragement

• Greater awareness and knowledge sharing

• Innovations champion/ team

Culture

• Build innovation into the contract?

• Who will pay for it?

• Who will benefit?

• But technology moves on?

Culture

• Fragmented

• Not consistent

• Based on poor understanding

Risk Assessment Method Statement

• Treating it like any other tool

• Ensuring people are qualified and certified

• Breaking down the barriers to adoption

• Ensuring the benefits outweigh the risks

• Helping with the business case

• Changing the “no” culture

Risk Assessment Method Statement

Make it so, number

one

Automated Drone Reality project

Market Investment

What’s the plan?

The story so far…• April 2016 – first meeting of the project teams

• Using “slack” as a collaboration portal• Selecting the best hardware, software, people…• Finding a site• Testing the basics

• July 2016 – engaging and planning• Talking with the CAA• Discovering what are the pre-requisites • Finding new team members

• August 2016 – finding the barriers!• And boy there are a lot of them!

• September 2016 - Flying the site• Getting results and proving its possible

• Next steps….• Automating the process• Changing the legislation• Packaging and delivering

The advice so far…

• Bring everyone on the journey• Picture of engagement with site operatives – share everything

• Customer driven step change approach• Cannot be done in isolation of infrastructure delivery organisations or asset owners

• Pilot Projects• Real experience in controlled construction environment

• Regulator Engagement• CAA should have the first and last say

2017What challenges will you bring?

What knowledge will you share?

What projects will you get involved in?

Or

Are we done and should we just leave it there?