APPLICATION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ASSEMBLY CONTROL OF STEEL STRUCTURES

Resumo

In the industrialization of the construction of metallic structures, quality control procedures are required, both for manufacture and assembly. The structural control and validation in the construction phase aims to identify the geometric deviations that may occur during its assembly, as well as to ensure the compliance with all requirements and tolerances essential to the operation of the structure. In this context, the application of digital technologies emerges as a resource to support stakeholders in the construction process, since these quality control procedures, although essential, are characterized as being time-consuming, difficult to document and prone to error. After the study of the technologies associated with automation and geometric verifications of the objects, the methodology followed was the analysis of a case study, by comparison of the structural models of manufacture and assembly. A steel structure was analyzed, using computational tools and digital survey technologies. The results obtained allowed to conclude that the use of digital technologies contributes positively to the automation of control procedures and geometric validation of metallic structures, both in the manufacturing and assembly phases.