Construction Tool Tracking for Accurate Site Availability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing construction site management systems struggle to efficiently schedule and manage construction tools due to incomplete or incorrect communication of tool availability, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs from tool shortages or excess inventory.
Innovation Solution
A computer unit that tracks and manages the number and type of construction machines and attachment components on a site, using machine-readable recognition instruments and sensor data to accurately identify and predict tool requirements, ensuring efficient allocation and scheduling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If construction tools are manually tracked and communicated by operators, then tool availability information can be obtained, but the information may be incomplete, incorrect, or not communicated at all, leading to inefficient scheduling
Solution Approach 1:
The construction tools automatically report their own status and location to the central management system through integrated sensors and communication modules, eliminating the need for manual reporting by operators. Each tool serves itself by autonomously providing availability information, ensuring complete and accurate data without human intervention errors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where tool status information is automatically transmitted to the central management system, which then provides real-time updates to operators and automatically adjusts scheduling decisions. This closed-loop feedback ensures that scheduling is always based on current, accurate tool availability data.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple construction tools are kept on site (N>n>2), then tool availability increases for scheduling, but it becomes difficult to track which tools are freely available versus engaged by machines
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs a universal tracking framework that handles multiple tool types (drilling tools, piling tools, excavation tools, etc.) through a single integrated management platform. Each tool is equipped with standardized sensors and communication interfaces, allowing the same system architecture to manage diverse tool inventories without increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies of physical tool status through virtual sensors and software modules that mirror the actual state of each construction tool. These digital twins provide complete information about tool location, status, and availability without requiring physical monitoring of each tool, simplifying the tracking of large tool inventories.
3Extent of automation
If construction machines are equipped with detection means for recognition instruments, then automatic tool recognition is possible, but clear ascertainment is affected by other construction tools in close range
Solution Approach 1:
The detection system divides the monitoring space into distinct zones around each construction machine, with each detection means responsible for a specific spatial sector. This segmentation reduces interference from tools in other zones and allows each sensor to focus on a limited area, improving recognition accuracy while maintaining automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a central management system as an intermediary that receives data from multiple detection means and resolves conflicts or ambiguities in tool recognition. When detection signals are ambiguous due to proximity effects, the central system cross-references multiple data sources and uses contextual information to accurately identify tool status, maintaining high measurement precision.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for carrying out construction measures, in particular foundation engineering measures, on a construction site with a number n of construction machines, in particular foundation engineering machines, on which attachment components, in particular construction tools, are fixed in a releasable and changing manner, wherein a number N of attachment components are kept on the construction site, wherein N>n>2. Provision is made in that in a computer unit the number n and the type of construction machines and the number N and the type of attachment components present on a construction site are saved, in that the computer unit has a data connection to the individual construction machines and queries information on the actuators of the individual construction machines, in that depending on the information received the computer unit ascertains which attachment component is fixed on the individual construction machine, and in that the computer unit ascertains and indicates which attachment components are freely available on the construction site.