A platform for change: How identifying and aligning technology building blocks provides a digital platform of change in the construction industry

The construction industry is currently in turmoil, searching in every direction for that ‘silver bullet’ or digital solution, to bring efficiency, productivity and in some ways stability to the sector. It was the World Economic Forum report of 2016, that drew major attention to the industry, mainly because it highlighted some of the inadequacies of the sector and its inability to transform as so many other industries have. It also referenced so many megatrends that would ultimately impact over the coming years. Ironically construction is rated at 21 of 22 industries with respect to digitization deployment according to McKinsey Global. Coinciding with this desire to better itself, it is also trying to eliminate data silos, incorrect information and integrate new technology, systems, as well as materials and products. It is, however, struggling to achieve results in order to cope with new pressures from Global trends, like urban migration, population increase and an emerging digital landscape. The existing stakeholders are struggling with low margins, poor interoperability and the adoption of sporadic technology within industry silos to resolve the issues within their boundaries. Under these conditions, it is highly unlikely that a ‘silver bullet’ will appear: therefore the industry should do what it does best on sites around the world and this is to problem solve. There are enough singular solutions in place and lead users to prove their capabilities, so rather than inventing a new digital solution, the industry must build it from existing pieces. This report aims to capture the pressures the industries forces, to identify significant problems and address these with a collection of solutions, which, when combined have the potential to be transformational platform for the industry. Having spent 13 years in construction, reinvention requires a review of global construction practices; highlighting the collaborations that exist in the field and office to identify technological tools required for transformation. The project will look at the factors impacting the sector, the changing environment of the industry, its lead users and changemakers in order to demonstrate that the solution to help the industry overcome its problems already exists and is just a matter of building it. However, before we build up the solution, one must first dig down to for a solid foundation, which can only be built of data

Interfaces humano-computador com reconhecimento de gestos e representação holográfica

Dissertação de mestrado, Engenharia Elétrica e Eletrónica, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve, 2015Hoje em dia, várias tecnologias estão em desenvolvimento com o intuito de permitir uma melhoria da interatividade humano-computador. No domínio do reconhecimento de instruções por exemplo, diversos dispositivos permitem determinar os gestos das mãos de utilizadores. Esta capacidade pode ser utilizada vantajosamente num grande número de aplicações, em especial naquelas em que os teclados e ecrãs táteis não são as melhores soluções. Há ainda outros dispositivos que são capazes de detetar todo o corpo do utilizador, permitindo entre outros, o reconhecimento dos gestos efetuados com o braço ou o corpo completo. Em todo o caso, a melhoria da interatividade humano-computador não se restringe ao reconhecimento de gestos. Um dos domínios que tem ganho grande relevância nos últimos anos é o da representação holográfica. Os hologramas permitem uma visualização de personagens e objetos mais próxima daquela a que estamos habituados, e por essa via, a mais natural. Nesta dissertação desenvolvem-se e combinam-se estes dois domínios. Começa-se por apresentar o estudo e desenvolvimento de vários sistemas de reconhecimento de gestos corporais, permitindo a construção de novas aplicações capazes de maximizar a interatividade com o computador. Em seguida o reconhecimento de gestos é combinado com a representação holográfica, suportando a criação e o desenvolvimento de uma rececionista, ou de uma relações públicas de uma empresa, produto ou evento. Ao combinar hologramas com reconhecimento de gestos, o sistema desenvolvido permite uma interação dinâmica com os utilizadores, em resposta ao que lhes for solicitado, servindo de guia orientador e de fonte de informação útil. O resultado é uma instalação inovadora, capaz de produzir hologramas a partir de objetos virtuais ou de vídeos de pessoas reais que podem ser observados em toda a sua volta (360o)

Architecture and Building: Prospectus for Day and Evening Classes 1951-52

Courses and timetables for the College of Technology, Bolton Street, Dublin 1

ICT-driven interactions: on the dynamics of mediated control

Interactions driven by Information Communications Technologies (ICT) have gained significant acceptance and momentum in contemporary organisational settings, this is illustrated by their massive adoption and varied deployment across the various levels of an organisation’s hierarchy. ICTs such as mobile telephones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), videoconferencing, BlackBerries and other forms of portable and immovable computing technologies provide enduring bases for mediated interactions in human activities. This thesis looks into the dynamics of ICT-driven interactions and, distinctively, focuses on the manifestations and implications of mediated control in a collaborative environment. The study draws on the concept of administrative behaviour which leads to the observation that the nature of mediated control is not static, but evolutionarily dynamic that springs from highly unpredictable contexts of work. Thus, interactions driven by ICTs influence and change the dynamics of mediated control against the background of the rhythm, structure and direction of an organisation’s purposeful undertakings. Findings indicate, quite paradoxically, that networks set up through the instrumentality of technology mediated interaction discourage domination and inspire individual discretion in spite of their promise of electronic chains. The analysis reflects the notion that mediated control is not only about the predetermination of targets that are attained at the subordinate level. Indeed, the study advocates a fundamental conceptualisation of mediated control as double-sided concept, integrating the use of discretion that, occasionally, makes subordinates drive and initiate key control techniques that steer organisational life. Therefore, through the application of philosophical hermeneutics for a rigorous data interpretation, this study develops an innovative and holistic understanding of mediated control which not only adds to, but also extends, the current organisational perception of control by the incorporation of discretion and, in the process, makes a distinctive contribution to scholarship

Montana Kaimin, January 28, 1997

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/studentnewspaper/10097/thumbnail.jp

Town of Damariscotta Maine Ordinances

Ordinances cover: Board of Appeals; Cemetery; Condominium Conversion; Disturbing the Peace; Dog; Driveway Entrances; Enhanced 911; False Alarm; Fire Department Billing; Fireworks; Floodplain Management; Harbor; Land Use; Marijuana; PACE; Property Maintenance; Restricted Road Weight; Shoreland Zoning; Sign; Site Plan; Small Wind Energy; Subdivision; Town Landing; Traffic; Vendin

Stem v. Prouty Clerk\u27s Record v. 3 Dckt. 37641

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