Challenge #3:
Required annual service
Traditional 3D laser scanners require regular calibration to keep them operating
at peak performance. But as mentioned previously, these scanners, while ideal for
their intended applications, may be more than what's needed for many applications,
including the information that's needed most by AEC professionals.
While annual service is a typical requirement of many 3D laser scanners, it can put
a scanner out of commission for weeks at a time, resulting in costly downtime that
kills productivity. In fact, you could be without a scanner for up to six weeks, or 12%
of your work year. This type of interruption is part of the larger productivity problem
that plagues the construction industry—where cost and schedule overruns are already
more often the norm than the exception.
You need dependable, easy-to-maintain tools to effectively keep up with today's
demands for greater productivity. And, just like you wouldn't use a jackhammer to
pound in a nail, you need a scanning solution that's the right fit for your needs.
Over the past 20 years, global construction
productivity has grown at only 1% annually, only
around one-third the rate of the world economy and
only around one-quarter the rate in manufacturing.
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Woetzel, Jonathan; Sridhar, Mukund; Mischke, Jan. "The Construction Industry Has a Productivity
Problem—and Here's How to Solve It." MarketWatch. March 6, 2017.
