Sivdio Imaging Sdn Bhd (Sivdio), one of Malaysia’s leading providers of state-of-the-art imaging and visual data acquisition technology, has recently launched its enhanced Remote Construction Monitoring (RCM) solution utilising OpticVyu technology, the world’s leading construction monitoring service provider.
Sivdio’s enhanced RCM solution is designed to contribute to the digital transformation of the Malaysian construction and engineering sectors, in line with the National Construction Policy 2030 and National Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Policy which are focused on the implementation of digital tools to improve productivity, competitiveness, and sustainable construction practices in these sectors.
Sivdio’s RCM solution is a package of digital tools which provide construction companies, as well as businesses in the oil, gas, aetrochemical, power generation,and power grid sectors, with a complete visual data collection and management system, that significantly improves decision maker’s situational awareness, thereby enhancing efficiency and productivity.
Azhan Maidin, Managing Director, Sivdio Imaging Sdn Bhd, explained further, “Our RCM solution facilitates the ongoing monitoring and recording of operational activities through the use of IP CCTV cameras.
“Historically, most construction and engineering sites have been passively monitored by CCTV, but our enhanced solution, utilising best-in-class software tools from OpticVyu, is able to capture and convert visual data and then seamlessly integrate this with a smart digital dashboard.
“These dashboards, which utilise both AI and Machine Learning features, allows decision makers to view (visualise) the captured data in a variety of ways, providing them with insights which will allow them to improve productivity, minimise delays, better manage supplies and monitor contractor progress.”
Sivdio highlights a number of practical benefits of its RCM solution. These include the capability to more accurately (and regularly) monitor project progress, without the need for as many time-consuming onsite visits. Sivdio’s software solution can also be integrated with common project management software such as Procore, Autodesk BIM 360 and Autodesk Revit, allowing managers to validate scheduled events with visual data.
The RCM software also enables authorised users to view reports on productivity utilising automated sensors and tools that can track a contractor’s activity; health and safety: monitoring for dangerous activity (such as employees not wearing hardhats); and theft prevention: cameras and movement detection systems that monitor supplies and support theft prevention.
Azhan added, “We want to encourage the use of visual data to provide a more organised planning and execution process during the pre-, during-, and post-construction phases. This is aligned with the National Construction Policy 2030 and the National 4IR Policy.
“The ability to capture, store and then intelligently utilise visual data has gigantically increased over the past few years, alongside the ongoing growth of cloud computing, but not all Malaysian construction and engineering business have been able to keep up with these developments.”
Since 2013, Sivdio has applied its world-class solutions in over 40 projects, including projects with Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Cypark Resources Bhd and the Tun Razak Exchange. The Sivdio team has provided seamless solutions to help companies avoid delays, cost overruns and build errors that occur regularly in projects without an enhanced remote construction monitoring solution.
