According to a recent MDPI whitepaper, 5G technology will help the construction industry to overcome five major challenges in using ICT (Information and Communications Technologies):
- wide coverage in different locations
- quick to implement
- support a large number of devices
- support rapidly changing physical environments
- low latency communications and high reliability and availability services
One important ICT use case for construction enabled by 5G technology is health and safety at worksites.
“To monitor high-risk areas, it is necessary to deploy a network of sensors capable of measuring environmental conditions such as air quality, temperature, or noise. Real-time notification to workers at high-risk positions can prevent numerous accidents and deaths.”