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PERI: More insight on the construction site

PERI SE has networked its formwork elements for construction sites and can now offer its customers a precise localisation service.

Whether an arabesque Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, an underground station in San Francisco or the Waldschlösschen Bridge over the Elbe, whether a particle accelerator, sugar silo or sewage sludge incineration plant: when buildings are to be constructed from liquid concrete, PERI's scaffolding and formwork experts are in demand. Their formwork systems for flowable concrete ensure that walls, slabs, columns and foundations, as well as bridge piers or silos, are given the desired shape. The company from Weissenhorn in Bavaria is now represented in more than 70 countries worldwide and is involved in the construction of numerous projects.

Luftaufnahme einer Großbaustelle in Berlin

In brief

  • PERI has networked its formwork elements via IoT and enables customers precise asset tracking - from rental warehouses to the construction site - for the exact localisation of material.
  • The combination of Telekom Low Cost Tracker, IoT Cloud and BLE technology provides construction companies with transparency regarding their inventories and saves time, labour and costs.
  • The solution increases efficiency and safety, reduces losses and forms the basis for automated processes and new business models in the construction industry.

Large-scale projects with special challenges

As with the new Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport. In Europe's largest privately financed infrastructure project, PERI is involved in the erection of the so-called approach table: a 550 metre long, 27 metre wide and 10 metre high bridge structure over which travellers can drive directly to check-in. The construction with 70 V-shaped columns is to connect the two access and exit ramps; PERI is responsible for the formwork, among other things, for the project.

Digital search for the material

Having the right parts in the right place is a complex process. On a large construction site such as Frankfurt Airport, the building materials are often spread across several storage locations. The search for the required parts is cumbersome and requires time, personnel and reasonably organised documentation.

PERI was looking for a digital solution to be able to localise formwork elements quickly and precisely. In a workshop with Telekom, the idea was born to combine two already tried and tested IoT systems: Telekom's Low Cost Tracker records on which construction site or in which of PERI's 160 rental warehouses a formwork element is located. The waterproof and impact-resistant device sends its position to the IoT Cloud from Telekom every day via mobile communications. With the solution from Deutsche Telekom partner Syfit, workers can use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and a smartphone app to locate the storage location of the formwork element on the construction site with an accuracy of up to one metre.

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More transparency for more efficiency

Networking in the Internet of Things offers PERI several advantages: both the manufacturer itself and its customers have an up-to-date overview of the position of all parts via an Internet web portal. They can manage their warehouses and stocks more efficiently and deliver the required elements faster and over shorter distances. This saves them time, labour and costs. Thanks to asset tracking, PERI also knows where rented parts are currently located and when they will arrive back at which rental warehouse. Thanks to this solution, lost or stolen material can also be localised. In the future, all information will be automatically fed into PERI's ERP system, thus enabling an even more efficient purchase and rental model for formwork elements.

Lost goods? Track smartly now!

A woman uses the low-cost tracker in a warehouse with high shelves and magenta-lit aisles.

Lost goods? Track smartly now!

With Deutsche Telekom's Low Cost Tracker, you can keep an eye on containers, pallets and machines at all times. Up to 5 years of battery life, precise location and real-time data – for more efficiency, less losses and smart processes.

Potrait photo Annalena Rauen

Annalena Rauen

Marketing Manager IoT

Back in 2016, Anna worked on IoT topics at Deutsche Telekom for the first time. Since then, she has been supporting customer best practices in a wide range of industries – always focusing on the benefits that the Internet of Things can provide. Her IoT blogposts describe real use cases and the value these innovations add to market players, their business models, and even entire industries.

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