Saitama Prefecture will accelerate moves towards promoting DX in 2024. From April 1 onwards, the application of the Information Sharing System (ASP) will be extended to all furniture and Now, results can be sent via SD card or prefectural office mail. Telepresence will be provided as specified by the ordering party. It is also possible to use the web conferencing system ``Zoom.'' To expand DX further, we will put more effort into initiatives such as learning sessions.
Until fiscal year 2022, the province applied ASP for civil engineering works with an expected price of 60 million yen or more, but from fiscal 2023, the requirements have been relaxed to 30 million yen saddle or more. On April 1, the scope was expanded, in principle, to include all projects ordered by the Provincial Land Development Department and the Urban Development Department (excluding construction and repair). According to the Construction Management Department of the Provincial Land Development Department, this decision was made after many consultations with local governments in the province and is ``a measure to disseminate ASP to local governments. Local authorities cannot increase the order quantity.''
As a general rule, 11 new document types such as construction plans and progress reports will be compatible with ASP. Submit results by SD card or submit provincial office records. Regarding the use of SD cards, a person in charge of the department explained: ``We have listened to comments from various organizations and praised their quick reading of data.'' Moving forward, “The challenge is how to attract different businesses to use it,” he said, and he would like to organize research sessions on ASP with industries that have a lot of small-scale projects, such as the landscape industry .
According to a senior prefectural official, Governor Motohiro Ohno is of the view that ``ASP should be actively expanded and the format of related documents should be agreed upon between the prefecture and the national government.'' The prefecture considered standardizing the format as of FY 2023.
The province will also deploy DX at civil construction sites. For construction projects with an expected cost of 60 million yen or more, or for construction projects expected to benefit from remote access, remote access will be granted. Provided according to customer's request. We have made it possible to use telepresence not only for on-site witnessing and confirmation but also for meetings.
Telepresence as an optional feature of ASP and familiar tools like Zoom are also available. It is also envisioned that the system could be used as a "support center" where young employees come to the field and veteran employees give instructions remotely from the office.
In the future, we will focus on organizing learning sessions with industry groups, as well as enhancing training for provincial employees. The idea is to offer provincial staff training to both municipal and institutional staff twice, once before the summer and once in the fall.
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