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to badge in, you just walk through.
One thing lacking with legacy badge
readers was that people would only
badge in, they typically never badged
out. This new technology enables a
better understanding as to how many
people are in the space in the event
there is a life safety incident within
that building.

One of the major Ford projects for
The Ford Workplace Experience our team is the Corktown campus
which is a large historical preservation
renovation of the historic train station
conference rooms as we’ve learned this experience as an opportunity to in Detroit that was built in 1913. Ford
what technologies people like to better understand the technology is converting this structure into a
use for collaboration including that would drive a frictionless multi-use facility, maintaining the
more interaction and control of environment in the future workplace historical footprint and interjecting
their environment. We’ve brought of Ford’s new campus. Because of technology into this space.
in wireless lighting and interactive this collaboration of our teams, we
temperature control that drives are able to become more agile in The technology used to renovate
energy savings when the space is testing, evaluating and deploying the train station is amazing. Initially,
unoccupied. We also have a team these technologies. Leadership saw the building was surveyed using 3D
that is developing apps to interface to this converged team interaction as cameras scanning every inch of the
these spaces from a mobile device. a win for bringing new technologies interior and exterior for the 3D BIM
into the new campus and provided model. This technology enabled the
Other technologies we have evalu- funding to prove these technologies design teams to evaluate the existing
ated include using camera based out in various work spaces—through structure’s condition to determine the
object detection. One example is proof of concept projects. extent of repairs. Secondly, because
parking decks: we needn’t know who the old stonework could never be
a vehicle belongs to, but car counts What are your highest priority duplicated without the original model,
enable understanding of parking technology initiatives for the the scanning technology would
capacity. Eventually we’ll interface next 12 months? help recreate the original look and
vehicle information to know what Bringing high density Wi-Fi wireless feel of the building for replicating
decks and spots are available. technology into the workplace for the stonework using technologies
Connected vehicles will incorporate connected IoT devices like spatial like 3D printing. Ten years ago, this
this information to navigate to avail- mapping, location services, wayfin- technology was not available so
able parking spaces within that park- ding and asset tracking; it’s also an renovation to this degree may not
ing structure. enabler for other use cases. have happened.

From a historical standpoint, do We’re deploying wireless Bluetooth After this phase, what will be the
you remember how and when Ford technology using your phone as an highlights of the way you operate
decided to take the smart building access key instead of badges. Phone the Ford Real Estate portfolio?
premise seriously? as a badge utilizes secure token Understanding with greater granu-
Our IT/OT collaborative team went encryption both passive and active larity the total cost of the space per
to Realcomm | IBcon 2018 in Las so you don’t necessarily have to hold employee based on the number of
Vegas. Our converged team used your phone up to the card reader people in the space, the energy used

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