The progress in computer development and data processing influences industries in different ways. Digitization and connectivity as key elements of this "digital transition" encompass a multitude of supportive and directive possibilities throughout the complete life span of a deep foundation job site. Information management systems (IMS) are characteristics of the changing environment and are comprehensive, multilevel, interdisciplinary tools that assist in the decision-making and planning of job sites.
The significance of the information and data, which form the foundation of these systems, will become more important in the future to fulfill the ever-changing legal, qualitative, and executing factors in the geotechnical construction sector. The success factor, and at the same time, the major challenge of IMS lies in the availability of clearly structured information. In addition to the planning aspect (based on empirical data, experience, algorithms and calculated models), it will be necessary to increasingly focus on the acquisition of actual job site data. Recorded information from various sources on the job site is interconnected, evaluated, and made available to the IMS.
Actual data are the result of continuous data flows, which facilitate the qualitative verification and evaluation of planning data for geotechnical projects on the job site. Added value is generated over the complete life span of the job site through close data networking on the planning, execution, and evaluation and/or documentation levels. Innovative digitization solutions are deployable, as a standard, for a large variety of deep foundation projects regardless of their complexity or dimension. Hereby, the emphasis lies on the benefit of actual data within IMS and their contribution to the success of geotechnical construction projects.
Subjects: digitization, networking, information management system, IMS, PMIS, BIM, data, information
Author: Arno Halbeisen, MA, MA
Publisher: DFI, EFFC