What are the potential impacts of the latest emerging technologies on building safety? Which technologies present the biggest opportunities and what are the biggest risks?
Background
Key areas here are developing our understanding of the drivers of behaviour across the industry, and the benefits and potential risks that technological change may bring.
Next steps
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Research fields
Related UKRI funded projects
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The Building Safety Application
ONE Creative's innovation will embed core Building Information Modelling (BIM), information management, facilities' management (FM) and IoT (Internet of Things) capability within a central, cloud-based information manage...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically focuses on building safety management using BIM, IoT, and information management, addressing the potential impacts of emerging technologies on building safety.
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A UK SME increasing safety in the built environment through the use of IoT and AI technology whilst reducing building maintenance costs by 25-40%
Nuffield Technologies Limited (Nuffield) is bringing innovation to building compliance management through its platform. Current asset management methods are outdated, inefficient and lack essential features for maintenan...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses building compliance management using IoT and AI technology, partially addressing the question on potential impacts of emerging technologies on building safety.
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Innovation and Knowledge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction - Collaborative Programme Tranche 1
Infrastructure represents a large part of the UK's asset base, and its efficient management and maintenance are vital to the economy and society. The application of emerging technologies to advanced health monitoring of ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
Addresses the potential impacts of emerging technologies on building safety and discusses opportunities and risks.