Toyo Construction Co., Ltd. (President and Representative Director: Kyoji Takezawa) held the
“TOYO BIM Forum 2023” in the meeting room of Head Office on March 17. This forum, which
has been held eight times now, was held allowing online participation by hybrid method, in
addition toparticipation in the meeting room, with participation of over 80 officers and staff.
At the opening, Mr. Hiromi Hirata, Director and Vice President Executive Officer & General
Manager ofArchitectural Construction Div., told that construction industry is rapidly changing
by the automation of construction process and the introduction of technologies to realize
optimization, and that the construction DX, BIM and AI are the core of this innovation as well
as the critical element to form the future of construction industry, and that it is expected that
many people will notice various issues of construction industry through the utilization of these
technologies for the issues such as reduction of CO2 emission amount or labor shortage and
aging of workers.
Mr. Hirata, General Manager of Architectural
Construction Div.
For this forum, we invited industry leaders, professionals and engineers, as external partners.
In the morning session, following the reports of the design review conducted this fiscal year,
the visualization of findings that arose during the process of design verification, and the
metaverse, we exchanged views on the possibility that the image generation by AI may have
an influence on the implication of design, etc. In the afternoon session, the achievement was
reported, with partner companies that jointly addressed the challenges in the BIM model
project, and in a related move, a panel discussion was presented. Each of the verified
challenges is the critical technology for the future construction DX, and we had a lively
exchange of views about the necessity of continuous technology development, etc.
Digital dashboard of BIM process for design & construction
R4 MLIT BIM model project (Leading Entrepreneur Type) Result of valuation and verification of design estimation･AI cost forecasting model), etc,
R4 MLIT BIM model project (Leading Entrepreneur Type) / Verification of construction supervision task by an autonomous drone
(from the left; during construction, at completion, scene of remote control from Head Office)
R4 MLIT BIM model project (Leading Entrepreneur Type) / Talk session with partner companies’ staff
Photo on the right: starting from the left; Mr. Maeda, Head of Digital Experience Design Group of Architectural Construction Div., Nisseki Survey Co., Ltd.
(Mr. Ikushima, Mr. Takahashi), AKARI Inc. (Mr. Mori), SENSYN ROBOTICS, Inc. (Mr. Anezaki, Mr. Saito), Mr. Kita and Ms. Takehana, Senior Staff,
of DX Group of Architectural Construction Div.
This BIM Forum 2023 provided a valuable opportunity to share information and exchange
views with industry specialists on the latest technological trends and challenges that forge the
future of construction industry. Regarding the challenges related to the construction BIM, Mr.
Sasaki, Project Manager who is working on the utilization of overseas human resources as an
example of the challenge on the front line, made a case report, and it was confirmed that the
significant reduction in working hours and improvement of work efficiency, which is necessary
for the BIM modelization, have been realized and that we will aim to utilize it proactively.
Also, regarding the construction BIM training for staff at sites, the achievement of
experience-based training that was introduced in FY 2022 was reported. Experience-based
training, aiming to hold a construction BIM coordination meeting led by the site (a meeting to
discuss the interference check and balance utilizing the three-dimensional model), handles the
process to exchange findings on the cloud platform (Autodesk BIM360), contents of which are
practical in that the construction staff indicate the interference points and balance as an
individual specialty contractor and provide answers. In the questionnaire replies after the
training, it was reported that 87% of staff wanted continuing training.
Front line of construction BIM / BIM training / Utilization status of BIM
(from the left; Mr. Hatano, Deputy General Manager, Mr .Takano, Mr. Sasaki, Project Manager, Mr. Sakai, General Manager of
Architectural Construction Dept., Mr. Hara, Assistant Manager)
The Company will continue to proactively introduce the advanced technology including the
BIM and contribute to resolving the challenges of construction industry.