PRESS RELEASE: This company is using blockchain to create a ‘Github’ for buildings and construction
Can you picture moving into your newly rented apartment and having full confidence in the exact number of previous tenants, previous rental prices, and all the work that had ever been done to the building? Construction management company Brickschain today announced its solution to do just that.
Utilizing blockchain technology from leading company, ULedger, Brickschain is looking to solve many of the issues that the built industry faces, using blockchain to create a trustworthy chain of events, transactions, assets, and other project details for any building. Essentially, they are creating Github or Carfax-like record system for the industry so that whether it’s new construction, or a building that’s being transferred to a new owner, everything about the history of the facility is accurately recorded, no matter how many independent parties were involved in the process. For example, if years from now a material is found to be hazardous, building owners will be able to easily check if a building contains that material and if a renovation is needed.
Brickschain allows for multiple inputs through RESTful API connections and is seamlessly configurable to provide one verifiable ledger. Even extremely old buildings and facilities will be able to plug in data from sources such as email and centralized databases to provide one consolidated record of the truth.
ULedger’s technology is also used by a Big 4 Accounting Firm, the City of Boise, and many other companies across a variety of user cases.
Brickschain Implements ULedger’s Technology to Introduce First Blockchain-based Record System for Buildings and Construction
Blockchain-based construction management company aims to cut costs, time, and inaccuracies in flawed property and asset maintenance processes
BOISE, IDAHO, May 21, 2018 - ULedger, the blockchain company bringing trust and transparency to data, today announced Brickschain will be using its technology to introduce the first blockchain-based construction management system. By implementing ULedger’s blockchain protocol, Brickschain aims to more accurately and efficiently connect all parties before, during, and after construction of an asset in order to manage both corrective and preventative maintenance. This coupling of blockchain technology with sophisticated construction management software will enable cost savings, risk reduction, and increased asset value, and ensure that there is consensus around critical information.
Josh McIver ULedger CEO said, “Construction is an industry that can see a multitude of benefits from blockchain technology, as it can help solve many of the challenges around sustainability during and after construction. By integrating ULedger, Brickschain will be able to help disintermediate the creation and maintenance of buildings, while empowering people in the industry to easily and securely manage their facilities, buildings, and projects. Furthering ULedger’s mission to advance data integrity, this partnership will ease a heavy burden in the construction industry which is fraught with both intentional and unintentional data discrepancies.”
With the mission of chronicling every building in the world, whether it be during the course of construction, during the handover process, or vacant and unused properties, Brickschain and ULedger create a trustworthy chain of events, transactions, assets, and other project details. This allows emails, project management systems, and accounting systems to come together in one place, creating a verified record of all transactions on the blockchain, and ensuring that data can not be lost.
Bassem Hamdy, CEO of Brickschain said, “Construction is a fearless industry. Whether it’s a skyscraper or a family home, we take concepts and make them a physical reality. However, the truth of a project’s status-- from how much has been completed, to what still needs to be done-- has to this day been elusive in the construction industry. Partnering with ULedger allows us to use blockchain to bring this element of truth, allowing easy access to data, and ensuring that the question of “what’s behind that wall?” can always be answered.”
For building owners, facilities are living entities that often require regular maintenance. However, data about these buildings tends to be scattered, as well as difficult to both source and verify. Blockchain technology allows contractors to continue using their source systems, while storing data in a verified ledger that can be used to manage facilities. For example, if years from now a material is found to be hazardous, building owners will be able to easily check if a building contains that material and if and a renovation is needed.
For contractors who deal with many different subcontractors, owners, and suppliers, all of which use their own systems, blockchain allows contractors to streamline and manage all data in one immutable ledger. Implementing Brickschain ensures that all data, regardless of system or source, becomes verified and trusted.
For more information, please visit www.ULedger.co and www.brickschain.com.
About ULedger:
ULedger is headquartered in Boise, Idaho with offices in Prishtina, Kosovo, Austria and Milan, Italy. ULedger is a “Data Integrity as a Service” company and serves as “Your Digital Witness” by bringing security, transparency, integrity and identity to digital records and electronic communications. ULedger’s stateless Blockchain protocol affords its clients with an immutable 3rd party audit trail of all electronic data, activity, state changes and identity which are critical with the data integrity challenges and cyber security threats that enterprises face each and every day.
About Brickschain:
The Brickschain mission is to chronicle every building in the world during the course of construction, and during the handover process. Even if the building has been in use for decades, Brickschain will capture a complete and comprehensive record. We will do that by connecting to your pre-existing technology, including email, project management systems and accounting documentation, and creating a ledger of all transactions, immutable forever.
Posted from my blog with SteemPress : https://hodlitbro.com.au/2018/05/22/press-release-this-company-is-using-blockchain-to-create-a-github-for-buildings-and-construction/