The construction industry, with its conventional way of construction, is responsible for 30 to 40 % of today’s consumption of both resources and energy as well as for about 40 % of today’s waste generation and CO2 emission. In a context of global developments such as resource depletion, urbanisation and global warming, the construction industry is thus facing the biggest challenge in its history. If the industry fails to transition into a future low on emissions and waste, we might face the worst scenario. Against this background, Hubert Rhomberg, Managing Director of Rhomberg Group, has initiated a research project aiming at developing an innovative and sustainable construction system.
The result is Construction 4.0® and is based on three pillars: wood as building material, the cybernetic table and the Internet of Things. In contrast to common construction planning, with Construction 4.0® all persons involved in the construction do the planning together “at one table” in terms of both dimension and time.