The Internet of Things: connecting the job site like never before
In the construction industry report “The Internet of Things: connecting the job site like never before,” BuiltWorlds recognizes a group of leading and emerging companies, including WeatherBuild®, Decision Support Solutions for the Construction Industry and Built Environment™, in environment monitoring, cameras, and gate monitoring.
The research brief highlights how the world’s leading research and advisory company Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) estimates that the number of connected devices will exceed 26 billion by the year 2020. Further, numerous other industry experts and thought leaders estimate that the number of connected devices will exceed 100 billion in the next two to three years.
As for the potential, positive economic impact as a result of the spectacular growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in the next decade, global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company (https://www.mckinsey.com) estimates between USD $2.7 trillion and USD $6.2 trillion on an annual basis.
For the construction industry and built environment, “The Internet of Things: connecting the job site like never before” outlines the positive impact of “…connecting any machine, any system or any site to the Internet…” For weather decision support solutions, IoT, IIoT and the connected job site, weather stations are mission-critical, connected devices for all job sites.
Integrated with WeatherBuild®, Decision Support Solutions for the Construction Industry and Built Environment™, weather stations, sensors, actuators, and webcams electronically log actual data, images and video, or “ground truth” at your exact project location, for historical record, risk management, claims management, and dispute resolution, if required.
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