| | December 20199Especially in the commercial seg-ment Ergonomics has found a way into construction and fit-outs to aid employee well-being and retention by alleviating stress and improving wel-fare as the relationship between work environments and employee efficien-cy are being ever more highlighted and is now gaining popularity for facility management. Your expectations from the design & architecture industry in the near futureData Driven Design is the new big thing. The focus should be more on data driven decisions to minimize costs but with a higher customer ex-perience. At Shriram Properties, we utilise this technology for a multitude of purposes for example provision-ing amenities based on needs for a particular project, such as children's play areas and function spaces, or even to manage peak-house traffic in larger projects.New cost effective software should be promoted which saves time as well as money as currently these technologies are quite exorbitant like 3 D Printing.The emphasis should be on model-ling and visualising various aspects of the project, including infrastructure, services and building performance. This helps optimise project execution and results in a better quality living environment for the end user (exam-ple, daylight can be virtually modelled at the design stage).In the industry, the economics of green building is the subject for dis-cussion. Sustainability, affordabil-ity and `going green' are not only the mantras but also the reason for the realignment of various environmen-tal and economic interests. IGBC Certification provides a framework to create healthy, highly efficient and cost saving green buildings and is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement. Shriram Luxor and Shriram Greenfield are two such projects. Personal insights into the civil engineering, real estate & construction sector etc.A lot of advancements are emerging in the real estate and construction indus-try that will cater to the ever increas-ing shortage of skilled labour. This in turn will save time which is one of the biggest issues in construction today. The industry though not hesitant any-more will see much more new tech-nologies being implemented over the next few years. Technologies like Aluminium formwork, slip-forms and jump-forms have paved the way for targeting ever improving quality and increased scale of construction in a minimalis-tic timeline. Pre-cast technology and post-tensioning of structures, factory-produced reinforcement are numerous steps towards improving quality and changing traditional means. This will have to catch up soon as it addresses numerous concerns like delays, short-age of labour, large quantum of debris, lack of recycling etc.Now the move is also shifting towards steel building construction. They are super-quick to build at site as most of it can be pre-fab. Their im-mense strength is an important feature along with flexibility, which makes them very good at resisting dynamic (changing) forces such as wind or earthquake forces. Construction logistics optimiza-tion is another system we should look at. It entails the coordination of supply and site activities by integrating their decisions and recognizing existing in-terdependencies to minimize the total material management cost.As technology keeps on breaking barriers, we will see much more being presented in the real estate and con-struction industry in India stimulating the industry to adapt and achieve. Use of destination control systems (DCS) in elevators, promotes energy efficiency as well as ease to occupant usage
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