LafargeHolcim and IBM make road construction more sustainable
The ORIS building materials platform from LafargeHolcim optimizes road construction through intelligent planning. It helps to save costs and reduce the carbon footprint. LafargeHolcim is now working with IBM to further develop the platform.
Last year, Zug-based building materials group LafargeHolcim hailed ORIS as the "world's first digital building materials platform". presented. It is intended to help optimize the planning of road projects via the intelligent use of local resources and materials.
Efficiency through AI
For example, ORIS can evaluate road pavement plans from different perspectives and recommend efficient construction and maintenance options. According to LafargeHolcim, ORIS can cut road project and construction costs by up to a third and CO2 emissions by up to half. At the same time, the durability and service life of roads can be tripled. ORIS is now to be developed together with IBM Services be further developed, as can be seen from a Media release emerges.
In doing so, LafargeHolcim intends to draw on IBM's expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning or the Internet of Things (IoT).
"Data-driven solutions and digital technologies have the potential to transform road construction toward a more sustainable circular economy, making it lower-carbon, more resource-efficient and more cost-effective," said Hervé Rolland, vice president, Industrial Solutions at IBM Europe. Through IBM Services, IBM helps companies develop solutions that accelerate digitization. (Source: IBM)
