Edmonton, AB (July 16, 2018) – PCL
Construction’s ongoing partnership with Microsoft, and it’s Azure platform
teams, was showcased today in the ‘Transforming your Business with Microsoft
IoT’ keynote at the Microsoft Inspire Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Having Mr. George reference the great work PCL has been
doing with Microsoft, and our Job Site Insights platform, is inspiring to our
team as we work towards better building in the future, for both the industry,
and most importantly our clients.” said Mark Bryant, PCL Construction’s Chief
Information Officer.
Job Site Insights (JSI) is PCL’s Smart Construction platform of
the future. Construction sites are instrumented with various IoT sensors
throughout the life span of the project and the data collected is continuously
streamed into the JSI cloud platform built on Microsoft Azure using the
features and capabilities of Azure Maps and Azure IoT Spatial Intelligence. JSI
visualizes the construction site, mapping the devices to spaces, equipment,
assets and people, giving project staff a single pane of glass view of the
digital job site. Through the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning technologies JSI analyzes the data and provides real-time actionable
insights to the construction site staff, partners, and owners. Job Site
Insights is making construction smarter by enabling lean construction, reducing
costly rework and warranty claims, improving build quality, conserving energy,
increasing productivity & safety, and reducing PCL’s carbon footprint.
You can learn more about Microsoft Inspire here.
More information on the partnership can be read here.
About
PCL Construction
PCL
is a group of independent construction companies that carries out work across
Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, and in Australia. These diverse
operations in the civil infrastructure, heavy industrial, and buildings markets
are supported by a strategic presence in 31 major centers. Together, these
companies have an annual construction volume of $8 billion, making PCL the
largest contracting organization in Canada and one of the largest in North
America. Watch us build at PCL.com.
For
media inquiries, please contact:
Shane Jones
Media Relations Specialist
PCL Construction
(780) 733-5107
srjones@pcl.com