Sivdio Imaging Sdn Bhd, a 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, 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.
The solution offers digital tools to construction companies, as well as businesses in the oil, gas, and petrochemical, power generation, and power grid sectors, with a complete visual data collection and management system, that significantly improve decision makers’ situational awareness, thereby enhancing efficiency and productivity.
Azhan Maidin, Managing Director, Sivdio Imaging Sdn Bhd, explains, “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, allow decision makers to view (visualise) the captured data in a variety of ways, providing them with insights that will allow them to improve productivity, minimize delays, better manage supplies and monitor contractor progress.”
Azhan continued, “According to the latest statistics from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), the value of construction work done in the third quarter of 2022 surged 23.2% compared to the corresponding quarter’s RM30.5 billion. While this is good news for the Malaysian construction industry, it is also evident that this growth has brought with it an array of challenges, such as labour shortages, inflationary pressures, rising costs of materials and increasing supply chain disruptions, among others. This in turn has contributed to many project delays. It is important, for the sake of its future competitiveness that the Malaysian construction industry does not simply resort to recruiting even more foreign labour to surmount these issues, but instead moves to higher productivity and value-added digital processes, creating more rewarding jobs for locals.”
Among its uses 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 allows users to capture and synchronise their own images and videos (from various devices) with the ongoing data streams captured and stored from onsite video cameras. This allows engineers and managers (who may not always be onsite) to get a better idea of a particular challenge or issue. This capability is supported by excellent reporting tools which allow users to quickly and easily create detailed reports with multiple images selected from various IP CCTV cameras installed at a project site, again facilitating quicker solutions to problems that may historically have thrown projects off course for weeks.
Since 2013, Sivdio has applied its world-class solutions in over 40 projects, including projects with Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Cypark Resources Berhad 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.
The company works with worldwide technology experts to provide its clients with the finest quality solutions and services. Technology providers include DJI, ArcGIS, Agisoft, Canon, Nikon, Evercam, Enlaps, Scopito, and many others.
