[Event Report] Arsaga Partners Spoke at Trackunit's IrisX Forum Japan, Providing End-to-End Support for Construction DX from Consulting to Engineering
Arsaga Partners, which promotes corporate DX, spoke at "IrisX Forum Japan," an event hosted by Trackunit, a Danish IoT platform vendor. The company's executive officer, Fujimoto, delivered a lecture on initiatives to realize construction industry DX through data and AI, focusing on overcoming the "2030 problem" in the construction industry.
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Arsaga Partners Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, Chairman & CTO: Yasuaki Omata; Representative Director, CEO: Jumpei Watanabe; hereinafter "Arsaga Partners"), which promotes corporate DX, had its executive officer, Fujimoto, speak as a guest speaker at "IrisX Forum Japan," an event hosted by Trackunit, a Danish IoT platform vendor.
At this event, under the theme of "Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry," a lecture was given on initiatives to realize construction industry DX through data and AI.
◾ IrisX Forum Japan Overview
This event was an invitation-only forum hosted by Trackunit for construction industry stakeholders in the Japanese market. It was held as a venue to discuss how to specifically advance DX in the Japanese construction industry, based on industry voices and Trackunit's technical knowledge.
Arsaga Partners was invited as a guest speaker and gave a lecture on practical data and AI utilization strategies to overcome the "2030 problem" in the construction industry.
Program
14:00-17:45 Forum Main Session, 18:30-21:00 Dinner Reception
Venue
Yokohama Gate Tower
Organizer
Trackunit
◾ Background of the Lecture: Increasing Importance of Data and AI Utilization in the Construction Industry
In the construction industry, while labor shortages and an aging workforce are progressing, the spread of IoT sensors and telematics (*1) has steadily increased the data that can be acquired from machinery and sites. The "i-Construction 2.0" (*2) promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism aims to reduce labor in construction sites by at least 30% and improve productivity by 1.5 times by fiscal year 2040. Data utilization is increasing in importance for both site improvement and business transformation.
On the other hand, data in the construction industry tends to be dispersed across machine data from different manufacturers, telematics, business systems, and site information, and in many cases, it cannot be fully utilized just by collecting it. What is needed now is to standardize such data, organize it so that it can be used across departments and systems, and connect it to analysis and decision-making.
Trackunit's "IrisX" is an operating data platform for the construction industry that addresses these challenges. It is positioned as a foundation that integrates and standardizes dispersed construction machinery data, making it easy to deploy for analysis, AI utilization, and automation, and is built on Databricks. Therefore, it has high affinity with Arsaga Partners' knowledge, which has supported data infrastructure building and AI utilization with Databricks as its core.
Based on this background, this session explained in detail what value data and AI can create in promoting DX in the construction machinery industry and what steps should be taken for implementation.
*1 Telematics: Providing various information services by equipping mobile objects with communication systems.
*2 i-Construction policy: A national project that utilizes ICT (Information and Communication Technology) to streamline and advance all processes in construction sites. It was launched by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in 2016, and its introduction is progressing mainly in public works sites.
◾ Lecture Theme: "DX in the Construction Machinery Industry ~The Future Opened by Data and AI~"
This report introduces three key points from the session.
1. Structural Challenges in the Industry Becoming Apparent Towards 2030
In the first half of the lecture, the challenges faced by the construction industry, such as labor shortages, aging workforce, and the need for productivity improvement, were organized.
According to materials from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, as of 2024, the proportion of construction workers aged 55 and over is 36.7%, while those aged 29 and under remain at 11.7%. Going forward, it is essential to create mechanisms to operate sites with fewer people while passing on skills and know-how to the next generation.
In addition to the issue of numbers, "data fragmentation" was also shared as a major point of contention. It was pointed out that with the current situation where data for each process such as maintenance, operation management, construction, and services is dispersed, decisions tend to remain individually optimized, hindering overall industry optimization.
2. Changing the Site with the Power of Technology: Areas of Data and AI Utilization
In the subsequent session, specific examples of data and AI utilization in the construction industry were introduced, such as predictive maintenance, operation analysis and optimization, sophistication of supply chain and service operations, and operation support utilizing generative AI.
IrisX is designed as a platform that supports everything from analysis to visualization, automation, and app expansion, utilizing machine data and business data. Data is "seen."
At this event, under the theme of "Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry," a lecture was given on initiatives to realize construction industry DX through data and AI.
◾ IrisX Forum Japan Overview
This event was an invitation-only forum hosted by Trackunit for construction industry stakeholders in the Japanese market. It was held as a venue to discuss how to specifically advance DX in the Japanese construction industry, based on industry voices and Trackunit's technical knowledge.
Arsaga Partners was invited as a guest speaker and gave a lecture on practical data and AI utilization strategies to overcome the "2030 problem" in the construction industry.
Program
14:00-17:45 Forum Main Session, 18:30-21:00 Dinner Reception
Venue
Yokohama Gate Tower
Organizer
Trackunit
◾ Background of the Lecture: Increasing Importance of Data and AI Utilization in the Construction Industry
In the construction industry, while labor shortages and an aging workforce are progressing, the spread of IoT sensors and telematics (*1) has steadily increased the data that can be acquired from machinery and sites. The "i-Construction 2.0" (*2) promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism aims to reduce labor in construction sites by at least 30% and improve productivity by 1.5 times by fiscal year 2040. Data utilization is increasing in importance for both site improvement and business transformation.
On the other hand, data in the construction industry tends to be dispersed across machine data from different manufacturers, telematics, business systems, and site information, and in many cases, it cannot be fully utilized just by collecting it. What is needed now is to standardize such data, organize it so that it can be used across departments and systems, and connect it to analysis and decision-making.
Trackunit's "IrisX" is an operating data platform for the construction industry that addresses these challenges. It is positioned as a foundation that integrates and standardizes dispersed construction machinery data, making it easy to deploy for analysis, AI utilization, and automation, and is built on Databricks. Therefore, it has high affinity with Arsaga Partners' knowledge, which has supported data infrastructure building and AI utilization with Databricks as its core.
Based on this background, this session explained in detail what value data and AI can create in promoting DX in the construction machinery industry and what steps should be taken for implementation.
*1 Telematics: Providing various information services by equipping mobile objects with communication systems.
*2 i-Construction policy: A national project that utilizes ICT (Information and Communication Technology) to streamline and advance all processes in construction sites. It was launched by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in 2016, and its introduction is progressing mainly in public works sites.
◾ Lecture Theme: "DX in the Construction Machinery Industry ~The Future Opened by Data and AI~"
This report introduces three key points from the session.
1. Structural Challenges in the Industry Becoming Apparent Towards 2030
In the first half of the lecture, the challenges faced by the construction industry, such as labor shortages, aging workforce, and the need for productivity improvement, were organized.
According to materials from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, as of 2024, the proportion of construction workers aged 55 and over is 36.7%, while those aged 29 and under remain at 11.7%. Going forward, it is essential to create mechanisms to operate sites with fewer people while passing on skills and know-how to the next generation.
In addition to the issue of numbers, "data fragmentation" was also shared as a major point of contention. It was pointed out that with the current situation where data for each process such as maintenance, operation management, construction, and services is dispersed, decisions tend to remain individually optimized, hindering overall industry optimization.
2. Changing the Site with the Power of Technology: Areas of Data and AI Utilization
In the subsequent session, specific examples of data and AI utilization in the construction industry were introduced, such as predictive maintenance, operation analysis and optimization, sophistication of supply chain and service operations, and operation support utilizing generative AI.
IrisX is designed as a platform that supports everything from analysis to visualization, automation, and app expansion, utilizing machine data and business data. Data is "seen."