About Hilti IT Competition

IT Competition is a platform for young talents to showcase their talents and be part of Hilti

The annual IT competition is organized to set up a platform for the young talents with the opportunity to tackle some daunting challenges faced by the construction industry. Undergraduate and postgraduate students from all parts of the globe are encouraged to participate to not only display their innovative ideas but also pave a way to kick-start their careers.

Remote work and collaboration in the construction industry

Hilti is a multinational company that offers premium products and services for professionals on construction sites around the globe. Behind this vast catalogue is a global team comprising of team members from 133 different nationalities located in more than 120 countries. While we have achieved success in the past, we are never complacent. As a future ready company, Hilti is always committed in providing innovative solutions that allow the company to serve its customers better. Today's digital age requires a cohesive remote working and collaboration solutions, this topic could be addressed in the following three areas:

(1) Developing new and secure remote work and collaboration solutions
Hilti is constantly developing innovative ways to allow our users to communicate effectively with each other better. Our customers are located all around the world and due to this multi-location nature of the business, it is important that the proposed remote working and collaboration solutions are easy to use, reliable, and secure.

(2) Investigating future working and collaboration solutions
As a customer centric business, the increasing trend of remote working has certainly impacted the collaboration in our day to day operations. However, we also see this as a golden opportunity to enter a new era of a remote work and collaboration, both driven by the need to have a more effective method for human interaction within and outside of the company, and also the recent accelerated adoption of more advanced telepresence and mixed reality tools such as AR, VR, and robots.

(3) Overcoming the problems of remote work and collaboration
For successful deployment of your solutions, many issues or challenges need to be addressed or overcome, for example:

• Difficulty in Creating Presence Across Different Communication Mediums
• Compatibility and Longevity / Standards
• Information Privacy and Cyber Security etc

Your submissions may propose new concept or solution on how to address these issues, potential users' concerns as well as the technical, legal, and regulatory challenges on a global scale.

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