Urban challenges – realising smart buildings and infrastructure
In an interview with Paul Griffiths, Head of BIM Strategy and Development at Ordnance Survey, he explains how geospatial data, the Smart City and BIM will help solve our urban challenges…
The opportunity to address the complex nature of city life and its management with innovative solutions and digital technologies is here, now. It is possible to use our knowledge to not only address the challenges directly, but also work to create better cities for a predicted surge in urban living (current projections suggest that 70% of people globally will live in cities by 2050).
The pressures arising from the predicted surge will create many challenges for decision-makers around the world and cities are going to need infrastructure to support that growth. The successful smart city will be one in which all the stakeholders are working together to identify tomorrow’s social and economic trends, anticipate service needs and install the enabling, low-carbon technology today.
Ordnance Survey are working on the solutions to create our smart cities utilising BIM, and this interview with Paul Griffiths is intended to give a brief overview of where we are now.
What does the term Smart City mean to you?
At the highest level, the ‘Smart City’ approach is about addressing a whole range of significant, persistent urban challenges. For example, over-crowding, transport and energy in an integrated and connected way. A successful smart city involves all stakeholders working together to identify tomorrow’s social and economic trends, anticipate service needs and install the enabling, low-carbon technology today.