Construction Magazine April 2020 | Page 38

DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION

Bentley Systems ’ Strategic Industry Engagements Director Mark Coates explains how to harness the value of Big Data to improve design , construction , and operation

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The British Government believes that the data economy is crucial to the United Kingdom ’ s growth and future prosperity , with data benefiting the economy by up to £ 241bn ($ 295bn ) by 2020 .

In addition , the British government recognises the effective use of data could create £ 66bn ($ 80bn ) of new business and innovation opportunities in the United Kingdom . In the construction industry , Big Data refers to the huge quantities of information that have been stored in the past and that continue to be acquired today . This data can and will come from a range of people , sensors , computers , machines , and any other data-generating device . These many access points are what makes data so big .
Big Data in the construction and design industry already exists in numerous silos of plans and records about everything ever built . Some of these early plans look more like works of art than the information floating around in one of today ’ s design offices .
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