Construction has been around us humans since the beginning of stone age, and probably will be with us as long as we exist. Our world population is growing at a rapid pace, and we are in need of new construction more than ever before, and at the same time tackling the demand of building larger and more complex structures. It is one of the largest industries we have today, but it has severely been lacking in productivity rate the past two decades. Other leading industries are constantly evolving by introducing modern methods and processes, whereas the construction sector is falling more and more behind. According to the report Reinventing Construction (McKinsey Global Institute, 2017), there is an opportunity to boost the construction industry's productivity rate by 60% by implementing modern methods and new technology. Some innovation is starting to make promising changes in the area of construction, but the industry is far behind and have a long way to catch up. The aim of this master thesis in Advanced Product Design was to explore how we can boost productivity at large scale construction sites and envision a product system that allows the stakeholders involved to communicate, document and share vital product information and media with each other. The project resulted in Garmin Crew, a physical product solution for on-site construction workers, which in turn is a part of a holistic cloud system that every stakeholder involved in a construction project is a part of. It empowers the construction workers to share changes and problems, as well as receive drawing updates on the go, directly to their device. This report includes the research, thought and design process of the Garmin Crew development.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-198381 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Blomqvist, Viggo |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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