[Important] Driving a "Site Revolution" with Advanced Utilization of 3D Data: Accelerating DX in Construction Sites with AI x Cloud - Release of Utilization Cases for Zenrin Group's "ScanX"

The construction industry is accelerating the "automation of construction sites" based on ICT construction※1, driven by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's (MLIT) formulation of i-Construction 2.0※2. The key to this is the advanced utilization of 3D data. With the full-scale introduction of 3D models as construction contract documents starting in fiscal year 2027, visualization and productivity improvement using 3D data are becoming urgent tasks on construction and civil engineering sites. However, there are significant challenges in utilizing 3D data, such as labor shortages and the implementation burden on-site. The Zenrin Group, which promotes business DX utilizing geospatial information, offers the AI-equipped online point cloud※3 processing software "ScanX (Scan Ex)" to support the resolution of these challenges. We have now released the latest corporate case studies utilizing ScanX on our website. Along with utilization cases of point cloud data in the construction industry and real voices from the field, we introduce the introduction effects of ScanX.

What is the AI-equipped online point cloud processing software "ScanX"? "ScanX," offered by Zenrin Group's Locus Blue Inc., is a cloud-based application service that automatically classifies 3D point cloud data using AI and overlays it with various spatial data such as 3D design data, thereby streamlining on-site situation analysis and construction progress management. Based on the acquired point cloud, it enables the calculation of differences from the construction plan, necessary earthwork volume calculations, and data sharing at low cost.

※1 i-Construction 2.0: An initiative promoted by MLIT to improve the productivity of the entire construction production system, including ICT construction. i-Construction 2.0 is a new policy that further advances traditional ICT construction (1.0) and aims for the automation of construction sites as a measure to reduce labor. ※2 ICT construction: A construction method that improves the accuracy and productivity of construction by utilizing technologies such as 3D surveying (point cloud data), 3D design data, and ICT construction machinery. ※3 Point cloud: Data recorded as a collection of countless points of objects and terrain in space, acquired through 3D laser scanners, drone surveys, etc.