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>How is the internet going to revolutionize construction work or trucking? If you include the smartphone technology than there are big changes coming to constr

by wmil 16y ago

>How is the internet going to revolutionize construction work or trucking? If you include the smartphone technology than there are big changes coming to construction and trucking. For instance, organizing fleets of trucks using real time gps tracking. Construction will benefit even more. With an iPhone and the right apps they can co-ordinate in the field in new ways. GPS tagged photos have a lot of uses on construction sites. An electrician can easily document where every wire is. That's a huge advantage if you want to make changes later. Plus things like real-time ordering of parts.

electromagnetic 16y ago
What's the economic benefit for an electrician to document where every wire is? In house construction the electrician is contracted and will never be the one who'll wire you a new plug 10 years down the road when the house is already on it's 2nd owner. For commercial the wiring is already in conduit and done to blueprints. Why would a commercial electrician have incentive to document where every wire is, when there's already blueprints saying where every wire is. Just an FYI I work in construction, and have done many jobs. I've worked full-time as an electrician and currently as a siding installer (moved country). On the side or through renovation work I've done: plumbing/gas, drywall/plastering, baton-insulation, roofing, framing. Beyond a foreman's job the internet and smartphone devices are useless. Again a sole-operator (how I worked as an electrician) would gain benefit as you're foremaning your own jobs, which is where real-time ordering would be beneficial. I work with a company now and my being able to real-time order is irrelevant as we have a warehouse manager and the companies only deliver once a week to us. Anything beyond our siding materials, we get from home depot (AKA insta-delivery). As an electrician I'd have rather had info on why a previous electrician had wired it that way. That takes more figuring out than the 5 minutes tracing the wires (unless you're chasing through a drywall ceiling, FYI that's where I first picked up plastering skills).

by wmil 16y ago

electromagnetic 16y ago

What's the economic benefit for an electrician to document where every wire is? In house construction the electrician is contracted and will never be the one who'll wire you a new plug 10 years down the road when the house is already on it's 2nd owner. For commercial the wiring is already in conduit and done to blueprints. Why would a commercial electrician have incentive to document where every wire is, when there's already blueprints saying where every wire is. Just an FYI I work in construction, and have done many jobs. I've worked full-time as an electrician and currently as a siding installer (moved country). On the side or through renovation work I've done: plumbing/gas, drywall/plastering, baton-insulation, roofing, framing. Beyond a foreman's job the internet and smartphone devices are useless. Again a sole-operator (how I worked as an electrician) would gain benefit as you're foremaning your own jobs, which is where real-time ordering would be beneficial. I work with a company now and my being able to real-time order is irrelevant as we have a warehouse manager and the companies only deliver once a week to us. Anything beyond our siding materials, we get from home depot (AKA insta-delivery). As an electrician I'd have rather had info on why a previous electrician had wired it that way. That takes more figuring out than the 5 minutes tracing the wires (unless you're chasing through a drywall ceiling, FYI that's where I first picked up plastering skills).