According to a news release, an architecture research team at the University of Hong Kong developed a blockchain-based system to remotely track the quality of student residence building.
HKU System Facts
- According to the news release, the technology, dubbed E-Inspection 2.0, aids in the management of construction quality inspection papers by ensuring that construction site images and back-and-forth signed inspection files are all “accountable, traceable, and immutable.”
- According to HKU, the blockchain-based system is also used to trace the movement of building modules and assess whether they have been damaged by moisture or other external variables by recording temperature, humidity, vibration, and position data received by sensors.
- According to the press release, the technology was used on the university’s new dormitory project, the Wong Chuk Hang student housing, which used the modular integrated construction (MiC) technique.
- Building blocks were produced in a factory in mainland China’s Guangdong Province and shipped to a construction site in Hong Kong, where they were stacked to form a complete structure.
- During the Covid-19 outbreak, quality inspectors were unable to enter the factory in Guangdong due to a border closure and other measures, necessitating the use of the blockchain technology for remote quality inspection.
- The student residence is one of Hong Kong’s 27 MiC buildings.
Source: Forkast
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