I&T Solution

The proposed solution is designed to help in the management of a city like Hong Kong. Around one-third of the 42000+ buildings in Hong Kong is predicted to be older than 65 years by the year 2040. With the ageing of the buildings, the requirement of inspection and maintenance goes up. The risk of falling object incidence and other safety-related incidents also goes up. Raspect's inspection solution provides an efficient and lower-cost way of monitoring the condition of the building and taking necessary preventive maintenance action. For example, once the inspection of a building establishes the baseline of its condition, the same can be used to compare with subsequent inspection results automatically and diagnose changes in defects, addition/alterations, repair works etc. This can be an important part of the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme implemented by the Hong Kong government in 2012 which calls for periodic inspection of buildings to ensure safety. This system can also help in mapping any city to locate the ageing buildings and classify them into safety-deficient, functionally-deficient, aesthetically-deficient or not-deficient categories. The timely inspection, identification of defects and overall condition of buildings can lead to predictive and preventive repair and maintenance. It is expected that with growing urbanization worldwide, implementation of such AI-powered digital technology will make built infrastructure safer, greener and smarter.