Foreword - LNTECC

1 Foreword Digitalization: it is about embracing technology for change Dear Colleagues, thereby make us a far more profitable and based on online data and will improve hugely more efficient organization. This is customer relationship based on facts. Recently, I have used every forum and a serious commitment that we are making platform available to me to drive the While we master the technology and design to transform ourselves using technology. message of digitalization because I am and develop solutions, the key to realize This is a serious Several other Industry sectors have already convinced that this is the springboard that their true potential lies in implementation been transformed by Digital and leaders can launch us to the next level.

2 The objective and embracing the changes it will bring. of DIGITRANS' or Digital Transformation are reaping the benefits while the laggards Many of the digital solutions will provide commitment that are either catching up or are in the danger at L&T Construction' is neither an attempt of falling by the wayside. information and insights, some in real time we are making to to showcase just any technology nor is it about the status of activity, some as alerts, a fascination with frontier technology and The construction Industry has been late some will emerge from analytics, trends, transform ourselves new gadgets; our objective is to utilize the power of new and emerging technologies to catch the Digital Wave but we have an amazing opportunity to lead the charge.

3 Patterns and statistical measures that point to possibilities. Managers and executives using technology. to make very significant improvements Research shows that some leaders in other will need to look at this information from to our business to our core operations parts of the world are also embarking on dashboards and reports and ACT on them. that utilize man, machine and material, this journey now. The opportunity for It is important that the operations people to save costs, improve productivity and change and utilization of the many digital get to know the initiatives closely, involve efficiency and reduce execution time. It technologies in our Industry is actually themselves during the implementations will open up new ways of working and even bigger than in other Industry sectors to improve their ability to see and use the move business operations from tedious, because of two reasons: information.

4 Manual compilations of data to acting on As we go deeper into the digital world, 1: Technology penetration in our Industry This issue of ECC Concord is about how data captured in real time, provide insights the old paradigm of finding a needle in a has been traditionally low those initiatives are being deployed at and be available online in visually rich and haystack is fast changing because all you various sites across ICs. It is heartening to intuitive dashboards. 2: T he areas of utilization for us are so many: now need to search for the needle is to use see that there is far greater understanding machinery, design and engineering, a magnet! Needless to say, we are committing of these initiatives and increasing acceptance geographical surveys, materials, significant investments of money and of them but I would like to see far more Let's go digital!

5 Logistics, maintenance, field execution, talent into this Digital effort and the savings traction. To embrace this new order, we labor workforce, safety, customer All the best! we expect to generate from the various need to have a fresh outlook and a new relationships, documentation and so on. Digital implementations will be substantial, mindset to welcome this change because in Subrahmanyan multiple times the investment that we make 3: It will bring in transparency we will many ways the spread of digitalization in the Deputy Managing Director & President and show in our performance numbers and be able to take decisions objectively organization is also about managing change.

6 Larsen & Toubro 2 | ECC CONCORD. Being forewarned acquired, manipulated, stored, analyzed ordinates of objects in 3D. LiDARs can be and presented as one desires and project terrestrial when placed on a tripod or stand sites across ICs of L&T Construction have on the ground as in the case of SoU or is to be forearmed started to enjoy the geospatial edge. mobile when placed on a vehicle as used at such sites like the Bar-Bilara-Jodhpur It is about creating digital geography and road project for TI IC, the Sri Ganganagar the advantages of geospatial technologies project for the WET IC and the smart city Getting the geospatial edge! are huge though we have only just started our journey at L&T, smiles Dr.

7 Y Pari, Head projects in Nagpur, the surveillance system in Mumbai and the CSITMS in Hyderabad. Geospatial Technologies and quickly One look at the original site for the Statue adds, but we are really pushing the pedal of Unity would have broken the heart of on it but as is the case with the adoption the hardiest geological surveyor. A steep of any new technology, there is a learning hill that dropped down to a road from curve only in this case it has to be a steep where a steep descent landed one on the one! But Dr. Pari's misgivings seem to be Dr. Y Pari, rock-strewn river bed where each rock was unfounded as several projects sites across Head Geospatial Technologies a potential ankle breaker and being the L&T Construction have gladly espoused the same color of the crocodiles that infested new technologies.

8 It is about creating digital geography and the advantages the area, meant that one had to doubly LiDAR is an active remote sensing of geospatial technologies are careful. There in the middle of the Narmada technology, using its own source of energy huge though we have only just river bed, some 5 km downstream from the to emit millions of laser point clouds and started our journey at L&T. Narmada Dam, arose Sadhu Hill on which LiDAR used based on their reflection, measures co- will stand Sardar Vallabhai Patel's statue. to survey Sadhu Hill and However, the same surveyor's heart would Narmada dam assess runoff flow directions for a sustainable have leapt with joy when he found what surrounding storm water drainage design too.

9 The digital team had in store for him in the form of geospatial technologies. Geospatial technologies have not only made life easier for Gopinath and his team Terrestrial LiDAR (Light Detection Gopinath Virassamy and others like them but have equipped and Ranging) was a huge boon for us Chief Architect them with quicker and accurate data, with and made the task of surveying both Terrestrial LiDAR (Light far less effort much more economically. It easy and accurate, shares Gopinath Detection and Ranging) was saved them innumerable visits to the site, Virassamy, Chief Architect, working on a huge boon for us and made it removed rework, there was continuous the SoU project.

10 With it, we were able to the task of surveying both easy flow of data without interpolation and the understand the topography of the river bed and accurate data was accurate enough for quantity and ascertain the quantity of landfill that estimations. It is no surprise therefore had been used at the time of constructing resort to conventional surveying methods. that geospatial technologies such as GPS/. the dam for it had a critical bearing on Importantly, we could also study the wind GNSS, LiDAR, Photogrammetry, satellite the statue's foundation. Further, we used tunnel and hydrodynamic model effect as remote sensing and the like are already satellites to survey 7-8 km of the river bed the statue is going to reach a height of 182.