Brazil tested the implementation of new technologies to modernize civil construction in the country.
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The Construa Brasil Project, led by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC), with the execution of the Santa Catarina Innovation Network (Recepeti), closed the first cycle of its activities on Monday (25).
The event, held at the Celso Furtado Auditorium in Brasília, brought together representatives from the public and private sectors to present the results achieved and highlight the products developed by the project, with a focus on the modernization of civil construction.
Construa Brasil aimed to transform the business environment in the sector, contributing to the debureaucratization, digitalization and industrialization of construction processes.
The debates at the event addressed essential topics, such as the implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM), the modernization of processes and industrialized construction, aligned with the guidelines of the New Industry Brazil and the New BIM BR Strategy.
Construa Brasil project tested the Ethereum network as a way of managing construction projects
With tests in a blockchain environment, the Brazilian Government has launched the new BIM-IoT-Blockchain Application Guide Use of I4.0 and BIM Technologies in Construction Management. The material, available free of charge to interested parties, explains how new emerging technologies, such as blockchain and IoT, for example, can impact construction management.
In the case of blockchain, a test using the Ethereum network recorded information between a window frame manufacturer and the window frame installation service provider.
“The experiment carried out within the scope of Construa Brasil consisted of the creation of a Smart Contract tested by sending a transaction containing the compiled code of a smart contract (deploy) without specifying the recipients on the Ethereum blockchain. The smart contract records the transactions between the frame manufacturer and the supplier of the installation service.”
In the test, the Brazilian government project wanted to estimate the financial costs of installing the frames. To improve the system, a Chainlink Oracle was used for integration with IoT, which shows a broad test with the technology.
The report highlights that an application similar to this can have several functionalities, including payments with cryptocurrencies.
“From there, the blockchain could be used to pay for the service through cryptocurrencies, or simply to keep an immutable record of the dates and quantities of service, even allowing the creation of a performance contract, with productivity targets, and
and so on.”
After the study and even the creation of a prototype with two construction companies, the Construa Brasil Project highlighted that there is good viability in building an application with blockchain on construction sites.
In any case, the new study with blockchain shows that Brazil remains attentive to opportunities in the market, and is even testing payments in cryptocurrencies as part of the modernization of the system.