Industrialised, Integrated, Intelligent sustainable Construction - I3con
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SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK 2<br />
time of the building. Finally, social benefits occur for improved health and safety on site by access<br />
control to the site as well as operating permissions for construction equipment as well as by the<br />
application of emergency navigation systems, or simply by improving the comfort of living with<br />
household appliances like the “intelligent” refrigerator.<br />
Nevertheless, applications like addressed in this paper are not yet widely used in the construction<br />
industry. This is partly due the technical problems mentioned but also due to a lack of information<br />
among construction enterprises. Especially small and medium-sized construction enterprises lack the<br />
know how as well as the financial resources for investments in the RFID technology. Hence, studies<br />
and information on financial benefits from the implementation of different RFID applications in<br />
construction are still lacking.<br />
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Conclusions<br />
In this paper several applications for RFID in construction were highlighted. This − by no means<br />
complete − overview shows that RFID could unveil its benefits even under the harsh environmental<br />
influences in construction throughout the life-cycle of a construction project and product. Some of the<br />
discussed applications have already been tested in pilot studies or are implemented in individual<br />
projects, and IT solutions have been developed. However, the construction industry is still lagging<br />
behind extensively applying and adapting technologies already successfully implemented in other<br />
sectors. A positive sign towards the application of RFID in construction is the development of RFID<br />
technologies which work under conditions typical for construction, for instance metal interferences or<br />
other environmental influences. This development shows that RFID in this sector is going to be an<br />
increasingly important topic both from an economical, ecological as well as social point of view. For<br />
instance, advances can be achieved in on-site safety, currently still depending on caution and<br />
responsibility of the individual construction worker. Enhanced information sharing on life-cyclerelated<br />
data of material and equipment can significantly decrease maintenance effort and material and<br />
tool tracking can increase productivity on site.<br />
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