- IoT platform collects, analyzes and visualizes data in real
time to better manage resources
- Improves project management with agile decision making
McConnell Dowell, a leading infrastructure construction company
has selected Orange Business Services to design a customized, smart
and scalable IoT solution. It will enable construction sites to
collect and report on real-time information, such as heavy
machinery utilization and asset tracking, to enable smarter
decision making for operational efficiency, time saving and cost
reductions.
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The construction industry faces significant business and
technology challenges. These include equipment and skilled labor
shortages, increasingly short project schedules and rising costs of
infrastructure delivery. IoT will allow construction sites to
leverage real-time data feeds to tackle these issues head on.
Co-innovation led Orange and McConnell Dowell to co-create use
case applications from innovation and ideation to platform
deployment. Orange created a flexible, scalable IoT platform to
collect, report and visualize real-time information over a private
IoT network, focusing on digitizing manual and paper-centric
processes and removing manual tasks from the construction site.
Prior to this smart approach, McConnell Dowell could only access
reports that were manually collated from physically captured data,
which was both time consuming and inconsistent.
With the Orange IoT platform, McConnell Dowell can now access
multiple devices and sensors collecting environmental data and
measure asset utilization spread across construction sites to
harvest data. This is then sent across a LoRa low-power wide-area
network (LPWAN) to the company for analysis, correlating with other
environmental data. Via real time dashboards, McConnell Dowell can
collect telemetry data such as machine movements and track assets
onsite allowing project teams to assess efficiency of machine use
and report on individual asset utilization.
McConnell Dowell can also track material such as concrete panels
from the manufacturer through transportation and installation. On
site they can then identify each individual panel and take smart
decisions, avoiding incorrect placement, rework and project delays.
More use cases, business applications and new construction site
roll outs are planned across the business.
“Infrastructure delivery costs are rising by 8% per annum.
Efficient project management directly impacts our business
performance. We are focused on embedding technology in our
processes and Orange Business Services proved to be an ideal
innovation partner. We are now working jointly to develop solutions
that can be used at various project locations for different use
cases. Together, we are future-proofing our business through agile,
scalable and smart solutions that streamline business insights,”
said Rhys Craigie, Alliance Systems Manager, McConnell Dowell.
“We take pride in working with organizations who lead their
industry in driving digital transformation and continuous
innovation. McConnell Dowell is revolutionizing the way
infrastructure construction projects have been managed over the
decades. We look forward to co-innovating with them to drive robust
IoT-enabled ecosystems for large scale projects that touch millions
of lives globally,” said Kevin Griffen, Managing Director,
Australasia, Orange Business Services.
About McConnell Dowell McConnell Dowell is the Creative
Construction Company for customers who want to build better
communities through safe, smart, efficient infrastructure.
Since 1961, we have built thousands of quality assets and
facilities for customers and communities. Our expertise has grown
steadily to span building, civil, electrical, fabrication, marine,
mechanical, pipelines, rail, tunnel and underground construction.
With over 3,500 employees and professional engineering and
construction teams in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, our
customers benefit from our unique mix of local knowledge and
international experience.
For more information, visit https://www.mcconnelldowell.com/
About Orange Business Services Orange
Business Services is a network-native digital services company and
the global enterprise division of the Orange Group. It connects,
protects and innovates for enterprises around the world to support
sustainable business growth. Leveraging its connectivity and system
integration expertise throughout the digital value chain, Orange
Business Services is well placed to support global businesses in
areas such as software-defined networks, multi-cloud services, Data
and AI, smart mobility services, and cybersecurity. It securely
accompanies enterprises across every stage of the data lifecycle
end-to-end, from collection, transport, storage and processing to
analysis and sharing.
With companies thriving on innovation, Orange Business Services
places its customers at the heart of an open collaborative
ecosystem. This includes its 27,000 employees, the assets and
expertise of the Orange Group, its technology and business
partners, and a pool of finely selected start-ups. More than 3,000
multinational enterprises, as well as two million professionals,
companies and local communities in France, put their trust in
Orange Business Services.
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