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MARCH/APRIL <strong>2022</strong><br />

VOL 18 NO 02<br />

Smart façade inspection<br />

The role of drones in maintaining<br />

building façades<br />

Sustainable construction<br />

Tekla's latest software releases deliver<br />

sustainable solutions<br />

The small print<br />

Avoiding the pitfalls of BIM contracts<br />

A healthy outlook<br />

for models<br />

Revizto drives digital<br />

coordination in hospital projects<br />

All aboard for digital twins<br />

Network Rail + Jacobs detail their<br />

journey to a digital ecosystem<br />

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CONTENTS<br />

MARCH/APRIL <strong>2022</strong><br />

CONTENTS<br />

SMART FAÇADE INSPECTION 14<br />

Paul McDevitt, MD of TÜV SÜD, a data<br />

management and analytics company, writes<br />

about the future role of drones in the<br />

maintenance of building façades<br />

ALL ABOARD FOR DIGITAL TWINS 18<br />

Network Rail + Jacobs describe their journey<br />

to winning the Rail and Transit category in<br />

Bentley Systems' Going Digital Awards in<br />

Infrastructure, held virtually in December<br />

THE OMNIVERSE AND AFTER 20<br />

Graphisoft CEO Huw Roberts explained how<br />

visualisations helps create great architecture in<br />

a Fireside Chat with Bob Pette, VP of NVIDIA, at<br />

the recent GTC22 event<br />

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION 24<br />

The <strong>2022</strong> releases of Tekla's BIM, building<br />

engineering and steel fabrication management<br />

software solutions focus on providing more<br />

sustainable construction, writes David Chadwick<br />

NEWS.................................................INDUSTRY NEWS.......................................................................................................6<br />

• VISIT VECTORWORKS’ VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE • AUTODESK VENTURES INTO THE WILD<br />

INDUSTRY FOCUS.............................A DIGITAL IMPERATIVE.......................................................................................10<br />

• HOW CAN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY BEST MEET THE CHALLENGES NOW FACING IT?<br />

CASE STUDY.......................................A HEALTHY OUTLOOK FOR MODELS.................................................................12<br />

• REVIZTO HELPS DRIVE DIGITAL COORDINATION IN BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION'S HOSPITAL PROJECTS<br />

SOFTWARE FOCUS...........................IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH.........................................................,...............16<br />

• REAL-TIME 3D IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF VECTORWORKS <strong>2022</strong> SERVICE PACK 3<br />

INDUSTRY COMMENT.......................THE SMALL PRINT...............................................................................................22<br />

• MAY WINFIELD AT BURO HAPPOLD LOOKS AT THE PITFALLS AND MINEFIELDS IN BIM CONTRACTS<br />

INDUSTRY COMMENT.......................PROJECT SU<strong>CC</strong>ESS THROUGH MODEL LEADERSHIP....................................26<br />

• WHY ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY ALONE WON’T GUARANTEE SU<strong>CC</strong>ESSFUL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS<br />

CASE STUDY......................................JOBSITE CONNECTIVITY...................................................................................28<br />

• HOW TRIMBLE'S JOBSITE CONNECTIVITY BUNDLE SIMPLIFIES PRE-CONSTRUCTION TASKS<br />

CASE STUDY......................................AN INSIDE JOB....................................................................................................30<br />

• HOW GLIDER'S CDE MANAGED THE HANDING OVER OF ASSET INFORMATION FOR HMP WELLINGBOROUGH<br />

TRAINING MAP..................................AUTODESK TRAINING........................................................................................32<br />

• YOUR GUIDE TO AUTODESK TRAINING<br />

CASE STUDY......................................PLANNING AHEAD.............................................................................................34<br />

• ESRI UK'S COMPETITION FOR LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITIES HIGHLIGHTS PLANNING PROCESS DIGITISATION<br />

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Comment<br />

Sustainability versus survivability<br />

by David Chadwick<br />

In a few short weeks the whole world has<br />

been tipped on its axis. Forget COVID and<br />

the environmental summit in Glasgow, the<br />

inconceivable has happened, and we are<br />

facing the possibility of a starker and more<br />

dangerous future. Putin’s ill-conceived and<br />

irresponsible invasion of Ukraine threatens<br />

not just to hurl Russia back into the dark days<br />

of its post-First World War existence but is<br />

changing alliances worldwide, with some<br />

major countries like India and China seeking<br />

to benefit from the turmoil, whilst Europe and<br />

the US are rediscovering, through NATO, the<br />

benefits of working to a common purpose.<br />

Plans, forecasts and prognostications are<br />

suddenly rendered worthless. The whole of<br />

Europe is faced with a major rethink of their<br />

energy supply policies. Instead of buying oil<br />

and gas from Russia, countries are in the<br />

process of performing a massive u-turn,<br />

either buying from alternative sources or<br />

ramping up reliance on greater selfsufficiency,<br />

rekindling discussions about<br />

nuclear energy, tidal lagoons and fracking<br />

alongside more traditional renewal resources.<br />

UK Government sources indicate a shift to<br />

renewables, but alternative sources show<br />

varying figures about the increase in energy<br />

from them, indicating that nuclear power may<br />

rise from 4% to 25% with half of our reactors<br />

due to be retired by 2025!<br />

With oil and gas prices rising dramatically,<br />

North Sea reserves may once again be<br />

affordable and worth extracting. We have<br />

been promised a complete review on energy<br />

but the focus, I believe, is going to be on<br />

supply and demand rather than on net-zero<br />

carbon. To complicate things further, the<br />

transport infrastructure is undergoing major<br />

changes, with the electrification of rail<br />

networks and the switch to electric vehicles -<br />

the catalyst this time being not just the<br />

weaning of Europe off of Russian oil and gas,<br />

but major cities in the UK creating zerocarbon<br />

zones and pricing carbon fuel<br />

vehicles out of city centres.<br />

So what does this mean for the<br />

construction industry? The most immediate<br />

impact is the shift from sustainability to<br />

survivability. Global warming is now<br />

irrelevant to the millions of refugees in<br />

Europe until they can return to rebuild their<br />

shattered cities. The ramifications will also be<br />

felt throughout the African continent and in<br />

countries reliant on the vast wheatlands of<br />

Ukraine - major global supplier of grain and<br />

vegetable oil products.<br />

Quite apart from the need to assist in the<br />

rebuilding of Ukraine if that becomes a<br />

possibility, shifting allegiances will make<br />

global sources of construction materials<br />

difficult to find, and new delivery routes will<br />

need to be opened up. Increased<br />

competition for supply and the subsequent<br />

higher costs will result in companies having<br />

to compete in a global market. Add that to<br />

higher material delivery costs and project<br />

costs will rise dramatically in turn.<br />

What’s more, the rising cost of living and<br />

transportation and the shortage of skilled<br />

workers will in turn encourage the workforce<br />

to demand higher wages.<br />

The biggest problem, though, is<br />

uncertainty. Who would dare to forecast<br />

what will happen over the next twelve<br />

months? In this issue of the magazine we<br />

have Carol Massey from The Access Group<br />

discussing the failure rate in construction<br />

companies over the last couple of years,<br />

which was a major issue before the current<br />

conflict. The cause appeared to be a lack of<br />

flexibility and control over project costs.<br />

Now, more than ever, projects need to be<br />

backed by full digital construction<br />

management solutions which can provide<br />

managers with real-time information,<br />

enabling them to make critical decisions.<br />

The Ukraine army has already benefitted<br />

from early access to information about the<br />

Russian army. To survive in the construction<br />

industry, we perhaps need to learn the<br />

same lesson.<br />

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INDUSTRY news<br />

XMAP CLOUD GIS JOINS UP SERVICE DELIVERY<br />

South Somerset District<br />

Council (SSDC) has<br />

deployed XMAP, the new generation<br />

Geographic Information<br />

System (GIS) platform, to<br />

join-up service delivery,<br />

engage with communities<br />

and develop stronger relationships<br />

with town and<br />

parish councils. Implemented<br />

to support the Council's Digital<br />

Transformation Strategy as<br />

it works alongside four other<br />

Somerset Councils to create<br />

a new, single authority in<br />

2023, XMAP has transformed<br />

the way geospatial intelligence<br />

is stored, accessed<br />

and shared, both within the<br />

Council and with other government<br />

organisations.<br />

XMAP is a cloud-based data<br />

and software service from<br />

Geoxphere and is providing a<br />

robust platform for future digital<br />

transformations at SSDC. It<br />

has also facilitated the sharing<br />

of real-time updates and service<br />

delivery information with<br />

residents and businesses via<br />

the Council's website.<br />

"Digital transformation is not<br />

just about technology, it's<br />

about how we reimagine the<br />

way we operate - using digital<br />

technology - to enable different<br />

ways of working and<br />

engaging, and XMAP helps us<br />

do this," commented Paul<br />

Angulo, Digital Specialist at<br />

South Somerset District Council.<br />

"XMAP ensures we have<br />

access to the most up to date<br />

national mapping so we can<br />

create, maintain and benefit<br />

from, a single source of data<br />

across multiple applications."<br />

https://xmap.geoxphere.com<br />

AUTODESK VENTURES INTO THE WILD<br />

Autodesk is set to acquire<br />

The Wild, a cloud-connected,<br />

extended reality (XR) platform,<br />

which includes its namesake<br />

solutions, The Wild, and<br />

IrisVR. The Wild enables AEC<br />

professionals to present, collaborate<br />

and review projects<br />

together in immersive and<br />

interactive experiences, from<br />

anywhere and at any time.<br />

Serving more than 700 customers<br />

worldwide across its<br />

two platforms, The Wild's XR<br />

technologies offer affordable,<br />

on-demand and in-context<br />

opportunities for deeper team<br />

collaboration.The Wild's virtual<br />

platform allows teams to work<br />

together inside digital project<br />

models to explore, interact,<br />

and make changes to the<br />

model directly in the cloud,<br />

leading to better decisions and<br />

project outcomes at a fraction<br />

of the time and cost for in-person<br />

collaboration methods.<br />

www.autodesk.com<br />

SEEING THE VALUE OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN<br />

Anew report, ‘Sustainable by<br />

design’, by engineering consultancy<br />

Patrick Parsons, based<br />

on research with 100 senior<br />

executives of UK construction<br />

firms, reveals that they are seeing<br />

significant commercial benefits<br />

from using sustainable<br />

design and engineering to build<br />

developments with lower carbon<br />

footprint and water use, reduce<br />

waste and materials used.<br />

Two thirds (66%) said sustainable<br />

design is adding value to<br />

current developments and 83%<br />

said that projects designed with<br />

green credentials have given<br />

them a competitive advantage.<br />

Furthermore, 68% expect the<br />

Vectorworks will once again<br />

open its doors (virtually) to<br />

the Vectorworks community on<br />

Wednesday, <strong>Apr</strong>il 13 from 3<br />

pm to 10 pm BST. The event<br />

will allow users in the architecture,<br />

landscape architecture,<br />

and entertainment design<br />

industries to connect face-toface<br />

with the Vectorworks<br />

team in a fun, casual setting,<br />

all from the comfort of their<br />

own homes or offices.<br />

The free event will also provide<br />

the opportunity for designers<br />

to ask questions and learn<br />

more about Vectorworks' latest<br />

features, updates, and design<br />

topic areas directly from the<br />

minds behind the software.<br />

value of developments with<br />

sustainable design to increase<br />

by between 10% and 20%, and<br />

18% expect values to increase<br />

by between 20% and 50% over<br />

the next three years, demonstrating<br />

the premium placed on<br />

sustainable construction.<br />

Conor Murphy, Senior Partner,<br />

Structural Engineering at<br />

Patrick Parsons said: "Reducing<br />

the impact of our built<br />

environment is no longer an<br />

option but an imperative, and<br />

sustainable design and engineering<br />

has a crucial role in<br />

protecting the environment<br />

and our communities."<br />

https://bit.ly/3Jb9rWU<br />

VISIT VECTORWORKS' VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE<br />

"We are constantly inspired<br />

by our users and the platform<br />

of this unique event is the perfect<br />

opportunity to interact with<br />

and gain valuable insight from<br />

the Vectorworks community,"<br />

said Steve Johnson, chief<br />

technology officer at Vectorworks.<br />

"Our team looks forward<br />

to meeting with customers<br />

from across all industries<br />

to discuss a variety of<br />

topics, provide details on our<br />

latest features, answer questions<br />

and give helpful tips."<br />

Attendees will be able join at<br />

any time during the event's<br />

duration. You can register for<br />

the Open House here:<br />

https://bit.ly/3KeRgRo<br />

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<strong>Mar</strong>ch/<strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>2022</strong>


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INDUSTRY news<br />

TAKING LOCH LOMOND TO NET-ZERO<br />

Sustainable building services<br />

firm Viridis has been<br />

appointed by Loch Lomond<br />

and The Trossachs National<br />

Park Authority to support their<br />

transition to net zero.<br />

Viridis, which prides itself on<br />

adopting a pioneering<br />

approach to sustainability, will<br />

work alongside National Park<br />

staff to create and implement a<br />

route map for transitioning the<br />

organisation to net-zero and<br />

follows an initial feasibility<br />

study, which identified the<br />

Park’s direct energy usage<br />

across the entire organisation.<br />

Loch Lomond and The<br />

Trossachs National Park<br />

Authority has set an ambitious<br />

target, aiming to lead by example<br />

and demonstrate best<br />

practice for reaching net-zero,<br />

with the goal of becoming carbon<br />

neutral ahead of the 2045<br />

Scottish target. The Park<br />

Authority will work with a number<br />

of partners, including<br />

Viridis, to achieve this.<br />

Viridis, which has offices in<br />

Stirling and Nottinghamshire,<br />

firmly believes that sustainability<br />

doesn’t have to be an<br />

expensive word. It will therefore<br />

propose the introduction of<br />

multiple energy generating<br />

solutions such as wind, solar,<br />

battery, kinetic, hydro, air, and<br />

ground source heat pumps to<br />

help the Park Authority reach<br />

its Mission Zero target.<br />

https://viridisbsl.co.uk<br />

BSI KITEMARK ANNIVERSARY FOR ASITE<br />

Asite has celebrated the oneyear<br />

anniversary of achieving<br />

the BSI Kitemark for BIM<br />

software. The company spent<br />

many years working closely with<br />

experts in the field to help develop<br />

the industry BIM ISO standards<br />

and has developed its<br />

platform in alignment with these<br />

and industry best practices.<br />

This coveted position allowed<br />

Asite to bring its expert knowledge<br />

and play an instrumental<br />

role in the creation of the<br />

Kitemark, a process that began<br />

over 18 months ago, and at the<br />

same time achieved certification<br />

for its platform.<br />

Aysar Abou Kheir, Professional<br />

Services Manager MEA at Asite,<br />

said: "Achieving the BSI<br />

Kitemark for BIM software a<br />

year ago was a significant milestone<br />

for Asite and one we are<br />

delighted to celebrate. Since<br />

becoming one of the first three<br />

software companies globally to<br />

achieve the landmark certification,<br />

we have continued in our<br />

mission to boost our customers'<br />

BIM journeys. We're delighted<br />

to celebrate this significant milestone<br />

and continue to lead the<br />

way in engineering and construction<br />

technology."<br />

www.asite.com<br />

ONE CLICK LIFECYCLE ASSESSMENT<br />

Bentley Systems has<br />

announced the availability<br />

of integrated workflows for lifecycle<br />

assessment (LCA) and<br />

embodied carbon calculation<br />

capabilities in the Bentley iTwin<br />

platform to support the sustainable-development<br />

goals of<br />

infrastructure projects. This<br />

integration is a result of Bentley’s<br />

collaboration with One<br />

Click LCA Ltd. (www.oneclicklca.com),<br />

the world’s leading<br />

construction sector lifecycle<br />

assessment and environmental<br />

product declaration software.<br />

The software can be used for<br />

buildings, infrastructure, renovations,<br />

construction products<br />

and materials, and portfolios.<br />

The One Click LCA platform is<br />

used in over 100 countries by<br />

manufacturers, consultants,<br />

3D maps derived from the<br />

latest aerial photography<br />

are being used to secure planning<br />

permission for solar<br />

farms across the Republic of<br />

Ireland. Created by Bluesky<br />

International, the Digital Terrain<br />

and Surface Models (DTM /<br />

DSM) are applied by landscape<br />

consultancy firm Macro<br />

Works to better understand<br />

how solar farms could be<br />

seen from the surrounding<br />

area and the impact reflected<br />

light might have on existing<br />

properties and infrastructure.<br />

designers, contractors, and<br />

investors to decarbonise the<br />

entire construction value chain.<br />

With this integration, Bentley’s<br />

infrastructure digital twin<br />

solutions powered by iTwin,<br />

and third-party applications<br />

built on the Bentley iTwin platform<br />

can unlock infrastructure<br />

lifecycle assessment workflows.<br />

The One Click LCA<br />

integration creates time savings<br />

and improves accuracy.<br />

Users can incorporate engineering<br />

data created by<br />

diverse design tools into a<br />

single view using the Bentley<br />

iTwin platform, generate a unified<br />

report of materials and<br />

quantities and share it with<br />

One Click LCA via cloud synchronisation.<br />

www.bentley.com<br />

A BRIGHTER WAY TO PLAN SOLAR FARMS<br />

Working on behalf of solar<br />

energy developers across the<br />

Republic, Macro Works uses<br />

Bluesky’s models to produce<br />

several outputs, including Zone<br />

of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV)<br />

maps and Glint and Glare<br />

assessment reports. These,<br />

together with a Landscape Mitigation<br />

Plan, have already<br />

helped secure permission for<br />

over 100 solar farms, including<br />

Ireland’s largest permitted<br />

development to the north-west<br />

of Midleton, County Cork.<br />

www.bluesky-world.com<br />

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<strong>Mar</strong>ch/<strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>2022</strong>


INDUSTRYfocus<br />

A digital imperative<br />

Energy price hikes, material shortages and the need for alternative fuel sources are just some of<br />

the challenges facing the construction industry in the wake of the pandemic. So how can the<br />

industry best meet them?<br />

The issues that have affected the<br />

climb back to prosperity for<br />

construction companies following<br />

the pandemic, such as lockdowns,<br />

material and labour shortages and<br />

subsequent rising costs, have now<br />

been exacerbated by the current<br />

conflict in Ukraine. Less than a month<br />

ago, various reports were citing<br />

construction company collapses<br />

increasing dramatically, with many<br />

going into administration and projects<br />

being abandoned or put on hold.<br />

The surge in the price of energy and<br />

fuel alone will only hasten the demise<br />

of well-known companies throughout<br />

the UK, unless alternative sources of<br />

fuel are established. Material<br />

shortages from some countries will<br />

also increase, and those which can be<br />

delivered will face soaring costs in<br />

transportation. Workers will also<br />

demand higher pay to cope with the<br />

expected increase in living costs.<br />

Overall, the rapid rise in the cost of<br />

construction may well outstrip the<br />

ability of contractors to keep pace<br />

unless they learn to keep better control<br />

of their costs.<br />

Changing demographics will also<br />

affect the industry, with higher<br />

commuting costs encouraging greater<br />

adoption of part-time commuting or<br />

WFH, with a reorganisation of office<br />

spaces in cities. Electrification can go<br />

both ways, with either car ownership<br />

declining and an increase in domestic<br />

urbanisation, or an expansion of<br />

housing construction in the suburbs<br />

and wider countryside.<br />

If you can still afford to drive around<br />

the country you may see major<br />

housing developments in every town,<br />

an indication of higher numbers of<br />

projects in progress. But, as evidenced<br />

by the demise of companies like Midas<br />

in the West Country, many of these<br />

projects are either being cancelled or<br />

are having their timescale to<br />

completion extended.<br />

DIGITALISATION AND DIGITAL<br />

TWINS<br />

Now, more than ever, the industry has to<br />

rise to the challenge. As Carol Massay,<br />

Head of Construction at The Access<br />

Group said prior to the current dramatic<br />

events, in response to a report from the<br />

Committee for European Construction<br />

Equipment (CECE), "The massive<br />

variety of requirements across different<br />

projects, limited budgets and the<br />

remote nature of projects present<br />

challenges around implementing digital<br />

technology to scale. However, the huge<br />

number of stakeholders, from<br />

estimators to contractors, to designers,<br />

mean that the speed of digital<br />

transformation must increase for<br />

industry to keep pace with demand."<br />

Carol also referred to a statement<br />

made by Andrew McNaughton, chair of<br />

an ICE commissioned review of the<br />

causes behind high profile infrastructure<br />

projects suffering from severed delays<br />

and spiralling costs, who said that "It is<br />

abundantly clear that continuing as we<br />

are is not an option." McNaughton<br />

explained that "It is systems -<br />

automated, interdependent and reliant<br />

on technology, rather than structures -<br />

which provide the services such as<br />

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<strong>Mar</strong>ch/<strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>2022</strong>


INDUSTRYfocus<br />

mobility, sanitation and energy that we<br />

all rely on. Increasingly, major new or<br />

expanded infrastructure services, such<br />

as transport or clean energy, are<br />

delivered by complex projects bringing<br />

together physical assets, technology<br />

and digital information such as BIM or<br />

digital twins."<br />

Within the last couple of weeks the<br />

task just got immeasurably harder, and<br />

global warming, Net Zero Carbon and<br />

similar issues have been put on the<br />

back-burner. The imperative to digitise<br />

is now crucial.<br />

THE LOSS OF CONTROL<br />

Carol said that it is the lack of control of<br />

complex projects that is causing the<br />

collapse of so many construction<br />

companies. With the rising costs of<br />

materials and resources, dwindling<br />

income from delayed projects, and bills<br />

to pay, contractors build up their<br />

portfolios to attract additional funding<br />

yet end up defaulting and going into<br />

administration. Extracting funds from<br />

one project to shore up another is the<br />

thin end of a very steep wedge.<br />

Construction costs are rising. Imported<br />

materials such as steel, timber, cement,<br />

aggregates, plastics and roof tiles have<br />

already seen double-digit rises in cost<br />

and increased delays in delivery. The<br />

global supply of construction materials<br />

will now have to be reconsidered. The<br />

energy industry is also in turmoil.<br />

Weaning the economy off Russian oil<br />

and gas requires a commensurate<br />

increase in alternative supplies - and a<br />

greater focus on renewables such as<br />

wind or solar, or nuclear energy.<br />

Even fracking is now being<br />

reconsidered. The rise in petrol and<br />

diesel prices is also sending delivery<br />

costs soaring, adding another level of<br />

cost to a project.<br />

KEEPING ONE STEP AHEAD<br />

With reference to the ICE report,<br />

McNaughton is entirely right, Carol said.<br />

Complex and multiple projects can only<br />

be maintained by effective use of digital<br />

systems. Furthermore, up to date<br />

project information needs to be<br />

available to feed business analysis, to<br />

predict possible outcomes, and to<br />

disseminate the results and the<br />

decisions to team members in real-time.<br />

This is the basis of Access Group's<br />

Construction Management solution - in<br />

particular, its cost value reconciliation<br />

(CVR) process. It is now more essential<br />

than ever to keep track of monthly<br />

expenditure and revenue, and to ensure<br />

that finance directors are kept abreast<br />

of project cash flows. Carol suggests,<br />

though, that this is just one part of a<br />

'golden loop' (the ICE report's<br />

terminology) which sees data driving<br />

planning, project delivery and asset<br />

management, feeding back into future<br />

planning.<br />

Effective construction management<br />

provides steps to ensure the full benefit<br />

of such an information flow, such as<br />

dashboards that provide full visibility of<br />

trends, and up-to-date information on<br />

projects, with the production of frequent<br />

reports that highlight concerning trends.<br />

The two-way flow of information is also<br />

a critical element, with on-site mobile<br />

apps capable of submitting key data to<br />

ERP and finance systems. Incidentally,<br />

Carol mentioned the growth of<br />

engineering and management skills that<br />

can take advantage of such<br />

technologies. Does that outweigh the<br />

shortage of skills in other areas? Could<br />

it bridge the gap between antiquated<br />

spreadsheets and user-friendly tech led<br />

systems on site?<br />

KEEPING A LID ON COSTS<br />

As vital as it is to keep a track of costs,<br />

the next major shake-up is going to be<br />

in the process of tendering for projects.<br />

Every contract signed in the future will<br />

have substantial cost increases legally<br />

factored in, with the expectation that<br />

they will rise dramatically.<br />

There will be little point in fine-tuning<br />

figures to produce the lowest cost<br />

solution with the lowest projected profit<br />

margin - the focus must instead shift<br />

towards making every project financially<br />

viable. That means staying flexible<br />

enough to handle future disruptions to<br />

the industry, whether locally or globally<br />

initiated.<br />

It's not all bad news though. With the<br />

prospect of huge infrastructure projects<br />

in the pipeline as we gear up for a<br />

massive shift in energy supply, material<br />

costs and shortages, and distribution<br />

and transport realignments, and with<br />

demands to progress building projects<br />

more quickly, the construction industry<br />

is not short of work. Instead, it can meet<br />

the challenges head-on if companies<br />

can take advantage of the latest digital<br />

technology that we have at our<br />

disposal.<br />

BUSINESS HEALTH DASHBOARD<br />

More than 75,000 construction firms<br />

could be at risk of collapse due to a mix<br />

of inflation, cash-flow squeezes and<br />

shortages of materials, according to<br />

Begbies Traynor earlier this year. How<br />

do you avoid being one of these<br />

companies?<br />

First you must understand how much<br />

of your debt is at risk. You can do this<br />

with a Business Health Dashboard from<br />

The Access Group. They’ve partnered<br />

with Experian to support the<br />

performance of its construction<br />

customers, to help them identify credit<br />

exposure and the risk of outstanding<br />

debt within its portfolio.<br />

Get an accurate picture of outstanding<br />

debt and associated payment risk in<br />

one single view, supporting you to make<br />

more informed decisions as to the<br />

strength, performance and<br />

creditworthiness of your new and<br />

existing customers and suppliers.<br />

The Business Health Dashbaord from<br />

The Access Group provides another<br />

layer of information within the single<br />

source of truth that underscores a<br />

company’s construction management<br />

software. Companies can gain full<br />

visibility of all processes, identifying<br />

areas where productivity could improve,<br />

risks reduced and margins boosted,<br />

helping the entire construction cycle run<br />

more efficiently.<br />

Search for Access Construction to see<br />

how they can support your business<br />

with construction software.<br />

www.theaccessgroup.com/construction<br />

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CASEstudy<br />

A healthy outlook for models<br />

Revizto helps drive digital coordination in Bouygues Construction's hospital projects<br />

Bouygues Construction's entities in<br />

the UK have been operating in<br />

the country for over 20 years and<br />

have progressively grown their<br />

businesses in the building, infrastructure<br />

and industry sectors. As part of a global<br />

and multifaceted organisation,<br />

Bouygues Construction in the UK has<br />

direct access to best practice<br />

knowledge gleaned from an impressive<br />

back catalogue of major projects.<br />

Lewis Wenman's job is to ensure that<br />

digital information management<br />

systems are correctly set up for<br />

projects and to align governance to<br />

meet the client's information<br />

requirements. He directly oversees the<br />

introduction of digital tools into projects<br />

to make sure the information sharing<br />

between the project teams, including<br />

the design team, runs smoothly and<br />

accurately. Lewis also reviews tender<br />

information and responds to all the pretender<br />

and post-contract requirements.<br />

His experience with Revizto started<br />

when his team had an ongoing<br />

challenge with process management.<br />

"We had BIM tools, so we were<br />

generating models and drawings from<br />

those. But the problem is that when this<br />

information is shared, the drawings are<br />

going in one direction, and the models<br />

in another. Trying to coordinate the<br />

issues around both is a challenge. As a<br />

consequence, we ended up creating<br />

many different issue trackers and silos<br />

of issues within the tools; bringing<br />

those into one place to handle them<br />

was difficult."<br />

Managing architectural, structural,<br />

MEP, and other issues concerning the<br />

model itself became a major problem<br />

for Lewis and his company.<br />

Furthermore, managing the clash<br />

detection process from one tool to<br />

another was a considerable challenge.<br />

Comments on drawings and models<br />

were separate for Lewis' team, and<br />

people didn't understand the<br />

relationship between them. Revizto<br />

helped them to bring the entirety of<br />

issue management back into one place<br />

and keep all of the drawings and<br />

models together.<br />

According to Lewis, hospital projects<br />

are quite distinct. "Getting design signoff<br />

from the hospital users, end users<br />

and the design team is a drawn out<br />

process that needs to be done very<br />

precisely. Revizto assists us during this<br />

process. From a design point of view,<br />

the technicality of the MEP services for<br />

the hospital really exceeds our<br />

schemes, especially when taking into<br />

account the complications of dealing<br />

with medical gases or putting backup<br />

systems in place. As a result, the MEP<br />

coordination went through extreme<br />

measures, and managing those issues<br />

was nearly impossible - until we started<br />

using Revizto."<br />

Lewis was keen to share some<br />

peculiar tips from his experience with<br />

Revizto. "One of the key things that we<br />

like about Revizto is the ability to plug<br />

in a sheet when non-model issues are<br />

generated into the system, so that you<br />

don't always need to have a model or<br />

drawing to generate an issue. We have<br />

a plain sheet that is available for<br />

general issues which can then be<br />

assigned to people. When all those<br />

models go into Revizto, we have a<br />

model sheet that gives us specific<br />

information about the models and how<br />

they are coordinated - a real key<br />

advantage.<br />

"Furthermore, making sure that you<br />

understand what content is being<br />

shared from a model and that the view<br />

is set up inside your master project is<br />

really handy. Being able to expose the<br />

3D data from a particular discipline is<br />

key to avoiding multiple geometries<br />

from different models within the<br />

Revizto environment."<br />

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More importantly, Lewis values the<br />

ability to invite all project stakeholders<br />

to collaborate through Revizto. For<br />

Lewis, it is not only for internal use. His<br />

team has invited designers who work<br />

with them on projects as well as their<br />

subcontractors and clients to review<br />

the model and make comments.<br />

WHAT ABOUT ROI?<br />

When asked about the ROI compared<br />

to other tools, Lewis elaborated on<br />

savings achieved with Revizto. "I was<br />

working on a recent hospital going<br />

through the C-Sheet approval process<br />

for the design team, getting the<br />

comments from clinicians, reviewing<br />

and verifying them, and then adjusting<br />

the designs accordingly. Without<br />

Revizto it would have taken 10 times<br />

the time it actually took."<br />

Initially, Lewis and his team used<br />

Revizto for the technical design during<br />

the pre-construction phase. However<br />

they are now using Revizto at all stages<br />

through post-completion. "Revizto<br />

greatly sped up our team's<br />

understanding of the deign, getting a<br />

grip on the project, and coordinating<br />

any issues there. We use Revizto to<br />

manage the design issues for the<br />

construction phases and help the<br />

teams visualise the on-site setting,"<br />

Lewis added.<br />

REVIZTO 5<br />

The Revizto team put tremendous effort<br />

into the fifth version of Revizto,<br />

launching it as a truly integrated<br />

collaboration platform last year. The<br />

Revizto 5 Integrated Collaboration<br />

Platform (ICP) provides universal<br />

access to project data, both for 2D and<br />

3D workflows, creating a culture of<br />

collaboration across all trades from the<br />

first day of the project's inception.<br />

"We moved to Revizto 5, and our initial<br />

thoughts are that it is fantastic," said<br />

Lewis. "We're now in a much better<br />

position to manage the models which<br />

are inside Revizto." As an executive<br />

with vast experience in using many<br />

digital platforms and tools on different<br />

large-scale projects, Lewis shares<br />

more about his experience with Revizto<br />

software. "I had models that I would<br />

struggle to view inside Revit with<br />

everything completely loaded unless<br />

you've got a really powerful machine.<br />

The Revizto environment enables us to<br />

see these heavily loaded models all in<br />

one place. Another thing I like about<br />

Revizto is that you don't need an<br />

application to run and synchronise your<br />

model. It actually downloads the data<br />

to your machine and gives you better<br />

control. Some of the tools that I've used<br />

previously only work through a web<br />

browser, and issues with your internet<br />

speed and access could actually<br />

hinder the coordination process.<br />

"With Revizto you can create offline<br />

exportable files and share models with<br />

people without a need for them to<br />

install software on their machines which<br />

is truly great. We now have the<br />

traditional 2D issues, design issues,<br />

coordinating issues and 3D clashes all<br />

managed within Revizto. We have a<br />

very robust model suitability<br />

assessment in place. It helps assess<br />

the quality of the models and better<br />

understand what the model or BIM can<br />

be used for.<br />

"Before using Revizto, we used to<br />

capture the results of our assessments<br />

in an Excel spreadsheet with a long list<br />

of tasks that needed to be undertaken<br />

by the design team. This is all now<br />

captured within Revizto. We very often<br />

need to remodel already fixed issues<br />

and Revizto helps us to review the<br />

history of issue handling and fixing<br />

those with ease."<br />

When asked what comes to mind when<br />

thinking about Revizto software, Lewis<br />

answered "Keeping BIM together! We<br />

put a lot of effort into generating the<br />

models and then extracting drawings<br />

from them, but then they tend to go off<br />

in various directions. They go through<br />

different processes, and people start<br />

commenting and reviewing separately;<br />

the issues are then never coordinated<br />

jointly. With Revizto we store the building<br />

information model in one place; all the<br />

models, drawings, issues and 3D<br />

clashes are kept coherently together."<br />

www.revizto.com<br />

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TECHNOLOGYfocus<br />

Next generation façade inspection<br />

Paul McDevitt, MD of TÜV SÜD, a data management and analytics<br />

company, writes about the future role of drones in the maintenance<br />

of building façades<br />

Like all building elements, façades will<br />

age and be subject to soiling and<br />

structural deterioration, accelerated<br />

by exposure to man-made pollutants and<br />

other environmental factors. Damage or<br />

deterioration to façade elements can result<br />

in water penetration, falling debris and, in<br />

extreme cases, façade failure - all of which<br />

have the potential to cause harm. It is<br />

therefore vital that any risks are mitigated<br />

as early as possible in order to keep<br />

buildings safe for occupants and people<br />

within its vicinity.<br />

Authorities across the world are now<br />

beginning to regulate on the scope and<br />

intervals for façade inspection. For<br />

example, in Singapore the new Periodic<br />

Façade Inspection regime requires that<br />

buildings over 13 meters<br />

high and 20 years old<br />

must be inspected<br />

at least very<br />

seven years.<br />

Under UK law, building owners and<br />

occupiers have a legal duty to ensure their<br />

building is safe to mitigate injury or<br />

damage being caused to people or<br />

property. Since 1994 all new and<br />

refurbished buildings are also required to<br />

have a maintenance manual, which must<br />

be kept up to date and any necessary<br />

maintenance work carried out.<br />

Insurance will also require building owners<br />

to show that the relevant maintenance<br />

needs have been met. Failure to maintain<br />

the building façade properly may result in<br />

increased insurance premiums, difficulty in<br />

obtaining insurance renewals, or the<br />

termination of insurance cover. It is<br />

therefore vital that those responsible for a<br />

building's maintenance and upkeep can<br />

demonstrate to insurers that all reasonable<br />

steps have been taken by<br />

implementing appropriate risk<br />

management procedures. This<br />

should include periodic<br />

façade inspection.<br />

The degree of façade inspection and<br />

maintenance that is required will depend<br />

on the materials used and its intended life.<br />

In the UK, BRE divides the necessary<br />

frequency of inspection into three<br />

categories.<br />

1. Routine - continuous regular<br />

observations that should be undertaken<br />

by the user as part of the occupancy of<br />

the building.<br />

2. General - visual inspections of main<br />

elements.<br />

3. Detailed - a full inspection of the façade<br />

by a suitably qualified person.<br />

Periodic façade inspection will help to<br />

detect potential issues and underlying<br />

problems with a façade early on, such as<br />

cracks, corrosion and flaking. It will also<br />

help to identify the level of defect<br />

deterioration and minimise the risk of any<br />

compromised facades exposing<br />

safety risks.<br />

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TECHNOLOGYfocus<br />

Façade<br />

inspection is<br />

therefore an<br />

integral part of a<br />

building survey as<br />

it helps to verify the integrity of the building<br />

structure and ensures safety for a building's<br />

occupants and people within its vicinity. Not<br />

only is façade inspection vital to support<br />

building operators and owners of large<br />

high-rise buildings, it can also be used to<br />

help construction companies ensure the<br />

quality of façades and monitor the progress<br />

of their construction projects.<br />

However, conventional façade inspection<br />

usually requires roof access and involves<br />

the use of gondolas, all of which is time,<br />

labour and cost intensive. It is also highly<br />

disruptive for occupants, and dangerous<br />

for inspectors due to the difficulty of<br />

accessing high-rise buildings.<br />

WHY DRONES?<br />

Many building owners will already have<br />

access to or will have invested in a façade<br />

access system for cleaning and other<br />

maintenance needs, such as checking<br />

lighting, photovoltaics, louvres and vents. A<br />

good façade maintenance solution should<br />

already optimise the access equipment<br />

against the complexity of the building's<br />

façade. Such systems include suspended<br />

platforms, roof trolleys and dedicated<br />

platforms, and mobile elevated work<br />

platform. So, the question is, why can't<br />

these systems also be used to provide<br />

detailed building surveys?<br />

For the outside of a building to maintain its<br />

aesthetic appeal, it must be regularly<br />

cleaned and maintained. Also, insurance<br />

warranties for façades usually mandate that<br />

cleaning and maintenance cycles remain<br />

unaffected. Economical and effective<br />

façade maintenance is therefore now a<br />

prime consideration within the overall<br />

building design process. So, existing<br />

façade maintenance systems cannot be<br />

diverted to dedicate time to more detailed<br />

survey work that could be easily completed<br />

by drones.<br />

Likewise, employers must ensure, so far<br />

as is reasonably practicable, the health,<br />

safety and welfare of their<br />

employees and to ensure that those<br />

affected by their activities are not exposed<br />

to risk. Falling from height is likely to<br />

happen when operatives are getting in to<br />

and out of the manned platform, usually<br />

because safe access points are not<br />

provided. They can also sometimes<br />

become trapped in the manned platforms<br />

due to a mechanical or operational failure,<br />

and it has been known for equipment to<br />

accidentally tip when it snags on something<br />

protruding from the building. Using drones<br />

takes away this additional risk for the<br />

detailed surveying of façades.<br />

For buildings that are 30 years or older, it<br />

is highly unlikely that any digital information<br />

about a building is available. Also, buildings<br />

of historical interest will not be able to use<br />

permanently mounted facade access<br />

systems for maintenance and cleaning. So,<br />

drones make sense in terms of reducing<br />

any complexities and costs when detailed<br />

surveys of the building are required.<br />

SMART INSPECTION<br />

Smart façade inspection using digital twin<br />

technology can automate and improve<br />

façade inspection quality, as well as save<br />

costs and minimise safety risks. This<br />

innovative approach to façade inspection<br />

uses automated drones and artificial<br />

intelligence (AI) to check for deteriorating<br />

materials and underlying problems with<br />

building façades. As it is equipped with a<br />

smart piloting system, the drone ensures<br />

both operational safety and high-quality<br />

inspection. High-resolution visual and<br />

thermal cameras can accurately scan the<br />

exterior of buildings, with thermal cameras<br />

being particularly effective for the detection<br />

of any hidden defects, capturing potential<br />

facade failure points.<br />

An advanced AI model will also ensure<br />

that compliant inspection reports, which<br />

meet the highest industry standards, are<br />

delivered. This is achieved by using a<br />

drone to capture images along the façade<br />

of the building. AI can then be used to<br />

assist human inspectors with data analysis.<br />

Raw data, collected by the drone, is fed<br />

into the AI platform, so that the algorithms<br />

can be used to maintain privacy by<br />

detecting and masking people that have<br />

inadvertently been photographed by the<br />

drone. At the same time, they identify<br />

façade defects, classifying them by type<br />

(cracks, decolouration, corrosion, sealant<br />

deterioration etc) and severity, as well as<br />

giving recommendations for repair. As AI is<br />

not infallible, it is vital that a human<br />

inspector reviews the results and uses<br />

engineering judgement, giving feedback<br />

that can be used to continually improve the<br />

AI algorithm.<br />

This means that façade inspection can be<br />

conducted in a fraction of the time and<br />

cost, as compared to the traditional<br />

methods of inspection. The resulting 3D<br />

model of the building façade is also helpful<br />

in better understanding the building's<br />

structure and will also automatically update<br />

any detected defects. Inspection reports<br />

are also able to make use of an intuitive 3D<br />

model, so that the state of the façade can<br />

be visualised, and any necessary repairs<br />

tracked and managed. This is because the<br />

façade inspection software constructs a 3D<br />

model of the building façade, which helps<br />

to better understand the building structure<br />

and automatically locate the detected<br />

defects on the building.<br />

As repairs and follow-ups can be<br />

seamlessly managed through the drone<br />

platform, along the lifecycle of a building,<br />

efficiency is improved, and costs saved.<br />

ABOUT TÜV SÜD<br />

TÜV SÜD's Building Advisory Service is a<br />

data management and analytics business.<br />

Its advanced digital portal provides<br />

building owners, managers and occupiers<br />

with real-time information by integrating an<br />

asset's, quality, safety and sustainability<br />

data. This ensures that end-users can<br />

access the information they need, when<br />

they need it and in a format they can use<br />

easily - allowing them to make fully<br />

informed decisions.<br />

TÜV SÜD's Real Estate division is part of<br />

TÜV SÜD, one of the world's leading<br />

technical service providers, which has more<br />

than 25,000 employees located across<br />

over 1,000 locations.<br />

www.tuvsud.com/en-gb/buildings<br />

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SOFTWAREfocus<br />

In Unity there is strength<br />

Real-time 3D immersive<br />

technology is the highlight of<br />

Vectorworks <strong>2022</strong> Service<br />

Pack 3<br />

The third tranche of releases for<br />

Vectorworks <strong>2022</strong> Service Pack 3<br />

have arrived, and they include<br />

the implementation of the Unity<br />

Technologies® game engine. The<br />

inclusion of Unity give users a great<br />

new 3D navigation tool in the<br />

Vectorworks Nomad app based on the<br />

latest gaming technologies, providing<br />

enhanced augmented reality, 3D web<br />

viewing and navigation through 3D<br />

models.<br />

I find it interesting that design<br />

presentation and gaming appear to<br />

have started at either end of the<br />

spectrum of interactive visualisations<br />

and have gradually moved closer<br />

together. Is the Unity game engine the<br />

tool that completes the merger?<br />

One of the first announcements with<br />

Service Pack 3, though, is close to my<br />

heart. Vectorworks Cloud Services<br />

includes a new storage integration with<br />

OneDrive, Microsoft's online storage<br />

facility, supplementing its improved<br />

Google Drive integration. Direct<br />

connection has also been between the<br />

Vectorworks Nomad mobile app and<br />

the iOS Files app. As a user of both<br />

OneDrive and Google Drive I much<br />

prefer the former, for one simple<br />

reason. Whereas OneDrive is easy to<br />

set up, administer and use, Google<br />

Drive's main focus appears to be to<br />

shore up the proprietary element of its<br />

software, ensuring users have to<br />

download and reformat files created in,<br />

or shared with Google Drive if you want<br />

to use them with Microsoft or other<br />

applications.<br />

The Vectorworks Nomad app does<br />

exactly what its name implies, enabling<br />

you to access your Vectorworks<br />

documents and files wherever you are<br />

or share them with colleagues via<br />

Vectorworks Cloud Services, either on<br />

your iPhone, iPad or Android device.<br />

You can also upload 360-degree<br />

panoramas of your designs for<br />

immersive exploration using VR<br />

headsets. Improved access to Cloud<br />

Services is bolstered further by using<br />

region-specific cloud storage.<br />

Service Pack 3 comes with some<br />

further enhancements to Vectorworks<br />

Spotlight and Vision, such as an<br />

update to the MVR workflow in<br />

Spotlight - the file format that you use<br />

to export scene designs to the lighting<br />

console to programme an event and<br />

previsualise. Now you can utilise the<br />

General Device Type Format (GDTF)<br />

and My Virtual Rig (MVR) for better<br />

collaboration and project information<br />

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SOFTWAREfocus<br />

exchange.<br />

There are also a couple of workflow<br />

enhancements for ConnectCAD, and<br />

more quality fixes to Vectorworks<br />

Spotlight, plus support for<br />

PosiStageNet (PSN) in Vision, which<br />

handles real-time position tracking of<br />

the physical movement of objects in<br />

stage automation.<br />

3D VISUALISATION<br />

The bulk of the releases in Service<br />

Pack 3, though, focus on<br />

improvements to current rendering<br />

technologies, and the integration of the<br />

Unity game engine for enhanced 3D<br />

viewing experiences. We have covered<br />

Twinmotion before in earlier software<br />

releases, and the latest version<br />

simplifies the synchronisation of 3D<br />

models between Vectorworks and<br />

Twinmotion using the Datasmith Direct<br />

Link tool. There is a new Auto Sync<br />

feature which immediately sends any<br />

changes made to a Vectorworks 3D<br />

model in Twinmotion, cutting out the<br />

need to use the import/export process.<br />

Datasmith exports also support data<br />

and light information, making it<br />

available to the Unreal Engine editor for<br />

more data-rich and detailed models.<br />

Redshift render styles are now<br />

available when processing renderings of<br />

files in Vectorworks Cloud Services, and<br />

architects and designers can use the<br />

latest LiDAR technology available with<br />

iOS devices for scanning and producing<br />

point-clouds on mobile devices.<br />

UNITY<br />

The most interesting update, though, is<br />

the implementation of the Unity game<br />

engine to the Vectorworks Nomad App<br />

and Web View capabilities. Unity<br />

introduces real-time 3D technology to<br />

the industry - described as computer<br />

graphics technology that generates<br />

interactive content faster than human<br />

perception.<br />

Realtime 3D (RT3D) immerses<br />

people in a digital reality that feels<br />

authentic, familiar to people who<br />

regularly play videogames. They are<br />

both immersive, in that the digital<br />

representation of reality approaches<br />

the authenticity of our analogue<br />

experience of reality, and interactive<br />

because we have precise control over<br />

the vantage point and the experience.<br />

The principal use of RT3D within the<br />

construction industry is to create<br />

digital representations of buildings,<br />

complete with access to information<br />

from sensors and metadata, to create<br />

digital twins and to use mobile<br />

technology to display the information<br />

as AR (Augmented Reality) or VR<br />

(Virtual Reality) models.<br />

THE ADVANTAGES OF RT3D<br />

Quite apart from the significant<br />

enhancements to your immersive<br />

experience (you can interact with a<br />

couple of these on the Unity website),<br />

Unity put forward a number of<br />

instances where it can be used within<br />

the construction industry. These are<br />

familiar to all of us, but the list does<br />

include some interesting additions<br />

beyond the use of immersive design<br />

reviews, gathering stakeholder<br />

feedback, construction sequencing<br />

and clash detection, as well as<br />

facilitating job-site coordination,<br />

quantity take-offs and BIM<br />

coordination.<br />

You can add to these the<br />

optimisation of architectural designs<br />

with a high degree of creative<br />

elements, such as interior design with<br />

highly critical stakeholder<br />

involvement. Unity suggests the<br />

process of optimising large design<br />

models using RT3D can be cut from<br />

days to minutes with real-time<br />

interaction and design modification<br />

with clients.<br />

Probably of more importance is the<br />

use of the technology in VR-based<br />

safety training, AR-based guidance<br />

and remote maintenance, where a<br />

heightened immersion improves<br />

absorption of the message, which<br />

becomes subliminally immersed<br />

instead of thinking about the tech<br />

required to produce not quite so<br />

perfect visualisations.<br />

An example of this is provided by<br />

Skanska, which has boosted its onsite<br />

safety by implementing a Unitybased<br />

VR experience into its standard<br />

worker-safety training program.<br />

It's also a valuable tool for sales and<br />

marketing, creating virtual events,<br />

photorealistic renderings and<br />

immersive house sales videos or<br />

mixed reality estate experiences and,<br />

a new one for me, sizzle videos for<br />

promotional video campaigns.<br />

Vectorworks <strong>2022</strong> Service Pack 3 is<br />

downloadable for all versions of<br />

Vectorworks <strong>2022</strong>, including<br />

Vectorworks Architect, Landmark,<br />

Spotlight, Fundamentals, Braceworks,<br />

ConnectCAD and Vision.<br />

www.vectorworks.co.uk<br />

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Transpennine Route Upgrade<br />

Network Rail + Jacobs were the winners of the Rail and Transit category in Bentley Systems' Going<br />

Digital Awards in Infrastructure, held virtually in December. Their subsequent webinar described their<br />

journey through to the adoption of a total digital ecosystem, writes David Chadwick<br />

The Pennines used to be a natural<br />

barrier between the red rose of<br />

Lancashire and the white rose of<br />

Yorkshire. As a Liverpudlian and<br />

sometime resident of Manchester,<br />

crossing from one side to the other<br />

perpetuated the division, with only the<br />

M62 and the Snake Pass in Derbyshire<br />

(currently closed to traffic) providing<br />

viable routes. Commuters are faced with<br />

a busy motorway or using the current<br />

cross-Pennine rail services, which needed<br />

upgrading. Thus, Network Rail, the owner<br />

of the rail infrastructure, implemented the<br />

Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) to<br />

improve rail links between Manchester<br />

and York, as well as links to Huddersfield<br />

and Liverpool.<br />

Network Rail, with Jacobs as its<br />

Technical Design Authority, put forward<br />

the processes that they went through for<br />

Bentley's Going Digital Awards in<br />

Infrastructure, describing how they<br />

developed a collaborative environment<br />

that utilises the latest digital twin<br />

technologies. The multi-billion pound<br />

programme is understandably very large,<br />

involving improvements being made to 25<br />

stations, 385 bridges, 6 miles of tunnels,<br />

and 29 level crossings over more than<br />

100 kilometres of track.<br />

Steven Yule, Senior Associate Director,<br />

and Joao Barbeiro, Digital Delivery Lead<br />

UK Rail Projects, at Jacobs, who both<br />

worked on the winning submission in the<br />

Rail and Transit category, described the<br />

evolution of their system to match the<br />

challenge, including coordinating the<br />

introduction of the new technology and<br />

working processes.<br />

ORIGINAL DATA SYSTEM<br />

It was obvious to Yule that the huge<br />

amount of data associated with the<br />

programme would need to be stored in<br />

an accessible format available to anybody<br />

who needed to use it. Network Rail wasn't<br />

starting out from scratch, as much of the<br />

information required was already available<br />

within their original ecosystem, but the<br />

ecosystem needed to be centralised to<br />

provide a single source of truth -<br />

effectively combining data from five<br />

different authored sources.<br />

Rather than moving directly to a new<br />

ecosystem, Yule described how the<br />

demands of the programme required they<br />

develop their current system gradually -<br />

evolution instead of revolution - while<br />

evaluating the steps needed to accomplish<br />

specific tasks, thereby establishing<br />

whether the results had been successful<br />

before moving to the next stage.<br />

There were five main areas of focus,<br />

though, that governed this approach. The<br />

first was the need to create a digital<br />

environment for the information that<br />

enabled all authorised members,<br />

consultants and stakeholders to access it<br />

simply and quickly. Collaboration was<br />

essential, particularly for team members<br />

unfamiliar to working within a digital<br />

environment. Part of the evolution of the<br />

ecosystem was the need to ascertain the<br />

value of each of the steps taken before<br />

progressing to the next. Finally, the<br />

sustainability of the programme had to be<br />

established to comply with current<br />

environmental trends.<br />

A SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH<br />

Creating a route-wide digital twin to<br />

handle all of the connected project<br />

information provided additional benefits<br />

beyond the storage of structured project<br />

information. It enables the data to be<br />

used for analytical purposes - in the future<br />

it will be used to calculate asset<br />

performance and deterioration to avoid<br />

failure - with machine learning calculating<br />

how replacement of assets could improve<br />

train punctuality.<br />

Linked to virtual models for all projects<br />

across the rail network, the digital twin<br />

can also be used to spotlight access<br />

points to any part of the network - which<br />

sounds simple, but as Yule explained, is<br />

often quite difficult. Emphasis was placed<br />

on creating a digital twin that met the<br />

original objectives for which it was<br />

conceived, but also to consider how new<br />

data could be put into this single source of<br />

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truth, thereby updating the original data.<br />

A CONNECTED ECOSYSTEM<br />

Core elements of the system include<br />

Bentley's ProjectWise, Jacobs GIS and<br />

stakeholder management system, plus<br />

Network Rail's asset information system -<br />

a robust ecosystem that, until now, met<br />

the bulk of their requirements. As part of<br />

the evolution though, and to implement<br />

systems that would enhance its<br />

accessibility, Yule looked at the Bentley<br />

iTwin platform.<br />

As Yule put it, "We knew we needed a<br />

hub to allow people better access to the<br />

data. We used to talk about models<br />

previously, but only a handful of people<br />

could actually see them." He added, "We<br />

knew it was supposed to revolutionise the<br />

construction industry, but not everybody<br />

could touch it, feel it, and see it."<br />

He said that iTwin technology came up<br />

on the radar and they knew it could make<br />

data accessible to all users via webbased<br />

browsers. The answer, surprisingly,<br />

was one of the few benefits of the COVID-<br />

19 pandemic. Yule explained that Network<br />

Rail had to ensure people could work<br />

from home, yet still maintain levels of<br />

productivity and quality.<br />

The implementation was rolled out<br />

quickly with full support from Bentley, and<br />

further benefits were quickly discovered.<br />

Using models accessed via the digital<br />

twin not only allowed people to share<br />

project information, it also facilitated<br />

virtual design reviews. In addition, instead<br />

of 30 people having to meet up in Leeds<br />

to talk about a section of the programme,<br />

the digital twin enabled the team to get<br />

together in a virtual environment.<br />

Suggested ideas were recorded, instead<br />

of being written down on scraps of paper<br />

in meetings and circulated via copious<br />

emails. The physical side of meetings -<br />

travel, safety, costs, and so on, were<br />

replaced with a collaborative digital<br />

environment, which could be attended<br />

remotely. Other data, disciplines and<br />

tasks that were able to be in the design<br />

reviews included reality modelling data,<br />

plus clash detection and resolution.<br />

WIDENING A<strong>CC</strong>ESS TO THE<br />

WORKFORCE<br />

An additional major benefit was the digital<br />

twin's ability to make the data accessible<br />

to people who wouldn't normally use it,<br />

whether through not having the capability,<br />

or not previously appreciating the benefits<br />

of this digital twin approach. Using flythroughs<br />

brought the data to life, enabling<br />

signal siting and identification of gantry<br />

positions, plus ancillary information<br />

typically associated with a large capital rail<br />

program. As a result of the iTwin platform's<br />

integration with SafetiBase, an open<br />

source solution funded by i3P, users can<br />

visualise hazards in the digital twin,<br />

assisting with understanding,<br />

communication, and mitigation of hazards<br />

- instead of relying on Excel spreadsheets.<br />

THE ECOSYSTEM IN PRACTICE<br />

Yule handed the webinar over to Barbeiro,<br />

who outlined some of the practical<br />

elements, including access to the 6,000<br />

separate models held in the data<br />

warehouse and accessed via the digital<br />

twin, such as the SafetiBase hazard<br />

outlined above. Accompanying the<br />

models is an IDC/IDR log that team<br />

members use to communicate with each<br />

other and to participate in virtual design<br />

reviews. Bentley's iTwin technology also<br />

enables the integration of virtual reality<br />

meshes of the surrounding landscape and<br />

infrastructure, adding real world context to<br />

digital models of proposed assets.<br />

Integration with Jacobs' GIS system,<br />

which is already well established, is<br />

important from an environmental<br />

perspective, as well as supporting the<br />

collection and visualisation of data<br />

relating to existing assets. For example<br />

gantries and masts, plus geological<br />

information extracted from boreholes<br />

surveys conducted along the route.<br />

Barbeiro explained that the digital twin<br />

was used as an access point for the<br />

digital replicas of all assets along the<br />

route, minimising errors, mitigating risk,<br />

and increasing safety for the entire<br />

programme. The savings have already<br />

been calculated at over 20,000 hours of<br />

work using the optimised approach, and<br />

over 1 million pounds in the first six<br />

months of implementation.<br />

DIGITAL TWINS<br />

Yule finished the webinar by saying, "Don't<br />

focus on what a digital twin is, but on<br />

what it can do for you." Expanding on this,<br />

he said digital twins provide different<br />

solutions for different people and<br />

enterprises. What they all enable, though,<br />

is the ability to utilise the information we<br />

have for better outcomes.<br />

He added that the evolution of the<br />

programme was more challenging than<br />

originally thought, but it is now well<br />

established within a wider Network Rail<br />

concept. It has also enabled them to work<br />

more cooperatively with the rail operator,<br />

with improvements to maintenance and<br />

operation, enabling the handover of a<br />

system that fits Network Rail's needs.<br />

www.jacobs.com<br />

www.networkrail.co.uk<br />

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CASEstudy<br />

The Omniverse and after<br />

Graphisoft CEO Huw Roberts explains how visualisations helps create great architecture<br />

There is a lot of emphasis on the<br />

graphical elements of architectural<br />

design at the moment, so it was a<br />

pleasure to catch up with the 'Fireside<br />

Chat' between Bob Pette, VP of NVIDIA<br />

and Graphisoft CEO, Huw Roberts at<br />

NVIDIA's recent GTC22 event.<br />

Huw put Graphisoft's contribution to the<br />

design of great buildings in perspective.<br />

The company has been at the forefront of<br />

3D modelling for the last 40 years. Based<br />

originally in Budapest, Hungary, its<br />

principal design application, Archicad, is<br />

sold in 29 regional versions in over 100<br />

countries worldwide. Huw puts it at the<br />

heart of digital twins and says that its 3D<br />

intelligent models have been involved in<br />

fostering team collaboration on building<br />

design with its OpenBIM technologies.<br />

Graphisoft is also involved in developing<br />

hybrid systems as part of its digital twin<br />

capabilities, using software tools like<br />

BIMcloud to facilitate collaboration<br />

between expert and non-expert users<br />

working with visualisation tools, global<br />

devices, such as iPads and mobile<br />

devices - all part of what Huw called the<br />

"Omniverse". In effect, he said, Graphisoft<br />

is fully involved in design visualisation -<br />

the ability to see what you are building<br />

before you build it!<br />

He gave a couple of examples, both of<br />

which we have featured previously in this<br />

magazine. The first, Merdeka 118, is a<br />

high-rise construction - actually the<br />

second tallest building in the world - now<br />

nearing completion. The case study<br />

focused on how the architects were able<br />

to remain within Graphisoft's Archicad to<br />

complete a complete customised design<br />

experience, down to the smallest details.<br />

Huw explained that giving architects the<br />

ability to focus on the creative aspects of<br />

their designs was central to the<br />

philosophy of its customers.<br />

The other main example Huw gave was<br />

the Cox Graae + Spack Architects<br />

design for the Duke Ellington School of<br />

the Arts in Washington DC, which<br />

combined the restoration of an iconic<br />

porticoed building with the installation of<br />

a state-of-the-art central theatre and<br />

performance studio.<br />

Mixing the restoration, the design work<br />

and the challenges of its associated<br />

use, and seeing the building in the<br />

concept of the city, is precisely what<br />

Huw calls the Omniverse.<br />

AN OPEN PLATFORM<br />

Part of the Omniverse, the purpose of the<br />

open platform is to collect real-time<br />

information about a project to simulate<br />

reality. According to Huw it will enable<br />

people to work on a project together in<br />

whatever application they choose and to<br />

keep track of what their colleagues are<br />

doing. The 3D workflow is an essential<br />

tool for every industry and accelerates<br />

the time to make decisions. The current<br />

pandemic has apparently been beneficial<br />

here, as people have grown used to<br />

working from home on project datasets<br />

around the world.<br />

Sharing data from multiple sources<br />

could hold problems with the amount of<br />

data that needs to be shared, but<br />

Graphisoft's Archicad enables data<br />

models to be refreshed, instead of<br />

uploading a new model when changes<br />

are made. This enables a single source<br />

of truth to be maintained for every user<br />

with a minimum of data transfer. "What<br />

you have in your head," says Huw,<br />

’matches what you have on the screen."<br />

It's also an ideal solution for the AEC<br />

industry. "The industry is an ideal subject<br />

for such an approach to design<br />

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development," said Huw, "as it can be<br />

used from initial concept design<br />

development, competitions and bid<br />

submissions right through to production<br />

models and beyond."<br />

AN OMNIVERSE IN PRACTICE<br />

The Duke Ellington School of the Arts in<br />

Washington is a prime example of the way<br />

the Omniverse works. Well over 100 people<br />

worked on the project and they included<br />

architects, structural, electric, and acoustic<br />

engineers, all of whom require specialty<br />

software. Previously, a large number of files<br />

had to be shared and emailed to each<br />

other, handling structural and lighting<br />

changes and sharing BIM data, but mostly<br />

using IFC formats for convenience. This<br />

amounted to considerable data bandwidth<br />

requirements and the need to work in the<br />

neutral IFC format.<br />

Using an Omniverse users are able to<br />

connect with each other in a shared<br />

environment but, unlike with IFC, without a<br />

common denominator, and without being<br />

tied to a specific design tool.<br />

VISUALISATION FOR AEC<br />

The visualisation tools used within Archicad<br />

have always been impressive, but recently<br />

they have been further enhanced with the<br />

use of GPU rendering tools, such as<br />

Redshift. "We really love it, It has completely<br />

transformed the design environment," said<br />

Hugh. "Instead of just having one guy in an<br />

architect's office who specialised in using<br />

visualisation tools, creating scenes that<br />

were probably better looking rather than<br />

being accurate, with Redshift the<br />

techniques are available in real-time for all."<br />

He explained that Redshift is able to use<br />

its GPU accelerated behaviour to create a<br />

visualisation that looks as it would in real<br />

life. When you get to this level of accuracy,<br />

and when renderings of buildings are true<br />

to themselves, then you are able to make<br />

higher level decisions on the designs - and<br />

the use of digital twins becomes more<br />

effective. To give an example, explained<br />

Huw, if you change a brick in a wall, not<br />

only is it reflected in the appearance, but<br />

the data behind the brick is alive, with<br />

subsequent changes to that as well. That<br />

leads to a real-time understanding of what<br />

the design consists of. Digital twin<br />

technology connects the data from the real<br />

world back into the system - what is<br />

actually there, recorded by the cameras<br />

and sensors.<br />

A feedback loop from a design decision<br />

can confirm that deigns are working as they<br />

should, simulating reality from visual reality,<br />

enabling architects to know how it operates<br />

and impacts the environment. The more<br />

information we have, the more we can<br />

optimise a building’s performance, to make<br />

it more sustainable for example. The<br />

Omniverse allows real-time information to<br />

be combined with real life data to improve<br />

the design process.<br />

HOW DO WE INCORPORATE AI?<br />

The potential of artificial intelligence is its<br />

ability to infer something from large<br />

amounts of data. It is capable of being<br />

used on building designs that contain<br />

millions of bits of data to extract any<br />

quantifiable patterns within that data. Here<br />

Huw gave an interesting example, that of<br />

the relationship between a hospital's<br />

design and layout of treatment facilities,<br />

and the occurrence of a particular strain of<br />

sickness - suggesting, perhaps, some<br />

very minor degree of transmission of<br />

harmful pathogens. With the vast amount<br />

of data available from the use of BIM any<br />

combination of data can be assessed as<br />

long as you can create a suitable<br />

algorithm to extract and analyse it. As Huw<br />

put it, "Let artificial intelligence do the<br />

volume calculations, and humans do the<br />

creative bits."<br />

THE FUTURE OF COLLABORATION<br />

Asked by Bob Pette to outline his vision of<br />

future collaboration on building design,<br />

Huw said that Graphisoft has been<br />

involved in creating complex designs for<br />

many years. This is now evolving into a<br />

hybrid world - part local, part cloud, part<br />

sharing - which enables enhanced<br />

workflows to operate from design hubs or<br />

at home, with the ability to manage<br />

change and collaboration within that<br />

environment. People's working<br />

environments will also change, working for<br />

perhaps three days in the office and two<br />

days at home and collaborating on<br />

designs in a very flexible environment.<br />

The industry is evolving rapidly as well.<br />

Just 10 years ago there were a lot of things<br />

you simply couldn’t do, such as the<br />

visualisations we take for granted now. We<br />

couldn’t analyse building acoustics or<br />

building performance. We can now do<br />

multiple things much more quickly and<br />

make decisions faster.<br />

"Now," Hugh postulated, "we can look at<br />

buildings as living entities, and include<br />

occupants as part of the building: how they<br />

inhabit it, how it evolves around them, and<br />

how the building wears out as its<br />

occupants generate heat, moisture, and<br />

other forms of wear - sharing the<br />

occupant’s experiences with the designers<br />

of buildings. This is important, as we are<br />

running out of places to build, and we need<br />

to learn more about people’s relationships<br />

with their environment in order for us to<br />

meet their needs."<br />

www.graphisoft.com<br />

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INDUSTRY comment<br />

The small print<br />

May Winfield, Global Director of Commercial, Legal and Digital Risks, Buro Happold, looks at the<br />

pitfalls and minefields in BIM contracts<br />

In 2011, the UK Government mandated<br />

the use of BIM for all centrally-procured<br />

government projects by 2016. This led<br />

to the production of a suite of supportive<br />

best practice standards; the PAS1192<br />

suite and various guidance, and the<br />

formation of organisations like the UK BIM<br />

Alliance. Fast-forward 11 years and BIM is<br />

increasingly becoming business-as-usual<br />

across the international<br />

construction<br />

industry. Many, if not most, larger projects<br />

use BIM models and digital processes to<br />

achieve better cost and time savings,<br />

reduction in expensive onsite variations<br />

and improvements in quality.<br />

We have moved from simply<br />

implementing BIM software to full<br />

integration of digital information<br />

management processes, catalysed<br />

further by the necessity to<br />

embrace<br />

digitalisation as a result of the pandemic.<br />

The PAS1192 suite has been used as a<br />

basis to create international standards for<br />

digital information management, the<br />

ISO19650 suite of standards. These have<br />

been implemented worldwide, from the<br />

UK to Australia. They are accompanied by<br />

detailed guidance and standard form<br />

contract schedules to ease understanding<br />

and implementation, even for those new to<br />

BIM and information management.<br />

So, does this mean that everything is<br />

smooth sailing and we can ride off into the<br />

golden BIM sunset? Unfortunately not.<br />

The implementation of any new process or<br />

tool will inevitably open up the possibilities<br />

of differing levels of understanding and<br />

maturity, as well as new obligations and<br />

risks (and opportunities!). There's a lot of<br />

abbreviations, technical language and<br />

jargon - most of which has no<br />

standardised meaning.<br />

If you were to ask 20 people worldwide<br />

what "BIM", "Level 2" and "providing 3D<br />

models" meant, they would all have<br />

slightly different interpretations. This is<br />

particularly problematic when it comes to<br />

determining whether a party has fulfilled<br />

their contractual obligations.<br />

Parties may also not properly discuss<br />

where ownership and copyright should lie<br />

for the various BIM models, data and<br />

deliverables. It may not be appropriate or<br />

possible for ownership to fully transfer to<br />

the client where the BIM materials consist<br />

of a consultant's standard templates and<br />

coding, or objects being used under<br />

licence from a manufacturer.<br />

There are also other wider issues of<br />

liability. For example, who is responsible if<br />

models and data are corrupted? What if<br />

interoperability issues cause undetected<br />

errors which later lead to delays and<br />

increased costs? Are parties obliged to<br />

check the accuracy and validity of the<br />

models and data they receive from<br />

others? Without contractual clarity, the<br />

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answers are not straightforward and are<br />

open to interpretation - particularly given<br />

the lack of case law on these topics (most<br />

disputes are occurring in private forums<br />

like mediation and adjudication).<br />

This article seeks to highlight some of the<br />

common causes of disputes and ways to<br />

avoid or mitigate these risks via<br />

contractual certainty and clarity. There is<br />

admittedly a school of thought that such<br />

contract additions are overly risk-adverse.<br />

However as anyone who has been in the<br />

industry a while can attest, it is far more<br />

expensive to become embroiled in a<br />

dispute than to avoid it. From my own<br />

many years working as a construction<br />

lawyer, it is the gaps in an agreement -<br />

and those aspects that are vague and<br />

open to interpretation - that will result in a<br />

dispute when deliverables are not as<br />

anticipated or things go wrong and one<br />

looks for someone to give compensation.<br />

LANGUAGE AND BINDING<br />

DOCUMENTS<br />

Talk of 'BIM scope' or 'BIM processes' can<br />

be akin to a foreign language. TIDP, MIDP,<br />

EIR, Common Data Environment, Level of<br />

Information Need (to name but a few)<br />

may not always mean the same thing in<br />

every project. There is also the key<br />

concept of levels of maturity of BIM first<br />

introduced by the PAS1192 standards,<br />

and the very common requirement to<br />

implement "Level 2" BIM.<br />

Whilst the PAS1992 standards give some<br />

(non-exhaustive) technical composition for<br />

achieving this level of BIM maturity, there<br />

is no agreed meaning of what Level 2 BIM<br />

consists of - including what Level 2<br />

models and data look like. A client<br />

requiring Level 2 BIM may be expecting<br />

models and data which contain far greater<br />

levels of detail and content than the<br />

designer understood it to mean. Such<br />

misunderstanding may only come to light<br />

when the deliverables are issued. The<br />

designer may then feel obliged to carry<br />

out the additional services to increase the<br />

models and data to the level the client<br />

requires, without additional costs and<br />

outside its calculated budget.<br />

One way to avoid such<br />

misunderstanding would be to include<br />

definitions for the key terms and technical<br />

jargon used, as well as confirming where<br />

to find key technical documents (if<br />

continuing to be updated) and/or which<br />

versions are intended to be binding.<br />

COPYRIGHT<br />

Those unaccustomed to BIM processes<br />

may not consider or realise that there are<br />

several elements subject to copyright and<br />

intellectual property ownership. The<br />

copyright for these different elements may<br />

most appropriately sit with different<br />

parties. The key elements are arguably the<br />

designs, the objects within the models,<br />

the data contained in and produced by<br />

the models and the models themselves.<br />

The designs would be dealt with in the<br />

normal way and this is uncontroversial.<br />

However, the objects may be owned either<br />

by the designer or by manufacturers who<br />

have provided such objects under licence<br />

from their libraries; the designers in this<br />

case need to ensure that their contracts do<br />

not represent that they can and are<br />

transferring copyright in these to the client<br />

as that would be an immediate breach of<br />

contract. A client may become upset when<br />

they find their use of the models<br />

unexpectedly restricted later. A designer<br />

may also want to consider whether they<br />

want to retain copyright ownership in<br />

certain coding, templates or data within the<br />

models that consist of their regularly-used<br />

content and know-how or trade secrets.<br />

PROCESS AND DATA<br />

Fundamentally, BIM is about process and<br />

data. There are many types of software,<br />

hardware and processes that can be used<br />

in creating BIM models. There are<br />

recognised interoperability issues when<br />

parties use different authoring software.<br />

They are also likely to use different file<br />

naming conventions and checking criteria.<br />

To avoid delays and misunderstandings<br />

when parties exchange models and data, it<br />

is important for parties to agree the<br />

technical processes to follow in some detail<br />

including, for example, the clash detection<br />

margins, naming of files, and timing of<br />

exchanges of data during the project.<br />

Without writing this down clearly within<br />

binding documentation, parties may - or<br />

indeed are arguably likely to - revert to<br />

their own ways of working or change the<br />

processes over time leading to a lot of<br />

confusion.<br />

ROLES AND SCOPE<br />

The introduction of BIM has led to a slew of<br />

new roles, such as BIM Coordinator, BIM<br />

Information Manager, BIM Lead and BIM<br />

Champion. Whilst there is some<br />

acceptance of the general tasks<br />

undertaken by some of the more common<br />

roles, such as BIM Information Manager<br />

and BIM Coordinator, there is no precise<br />

scope for any of these roles. If appointed<br />

in a "BIM"-specific role, it is therefore<br />

helpful to include a list of duties. This could<br />

include, for example, carrying out regular<br />

clash detection of parties' models or<br />

ensuring models and data are uploaded<br />

and shared at the scheduled times.<br />

It may also be advisable to mention the<br />

intention to take on such roles to one's<br />

insurance broker, in the abundance of<br />

caution to ensure one's professional<br />

indemnity insurance fully covers such<br />

roles. Better safe than sorry!<br />

FINAL THOUGHTS<br />

It is undeniable that BIM provides a<br />

significant number of benefits, both in<br />

terms of time, costs and quality but also<br />

from perspectives of collaboration, and<br />

health and safety. However, without<br />

contractual clarity, these benefits could be<br />

undone by unintended liability,<br />

misunderstandings and disagreements. It<br />

is therefore advisable to rely on the<br />

researched, standardised documentation<br />

that is available in preparing one's own<br />

documentation - don't try and reinvent the<br />

wheel unnecessarily.<br />

To this end, readers are advised to head<br />

to the UK BIM Framework website, which<br />

contains a range of guidance of different<br />

categories of users, as well as standard<br />

form BIM and information management<br />

contract documents for easy insertion into<br />

contracts at both design and<br />

construction, and maintenance stages of<br />

a project. The UK BIM Framework is<br />

particularly topical now as it has been<br />

expressly mandated for use in the UK<br />

Government's recent Construction<br />

Playbook and within its Information<br />

Management Mandate.<br />

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Sustainable construction<br />

The <strong>2022</strong> releases of Tekla's BIM, building engineering and steel fabrication management software<br />

solutions focus on providing more sustainable construction, writes David Chadwick<br />

Tekla has released its <strong>2022</strong> range of<br />

BIM, engineering and steel<br />

fabrication design tools: Tekla<br />

Structures <strong>2022</strong>, Tekla Structural<br />

Designer <strong>2022</strong>, Tekla Tedds <strong>2022</strong> and<br />

Tekla PowerFab <strong>2022</strong>, with a focus on<br />

improving the construction process and<br />

greatly improving its quality and<br />

efficiency. Just as importantly, as a<br />

design application provider in an<br />

industry that focuses on the production<br />

and usage of energy intensive steel<br />

components, the range also addresses<br />

sustainability issues.<br />

RATIONAL DESIGN SOLUTIONS<br />

One of the new features in Tekla<br />

Structures and Tekla Structural Designer<br />

is focused on encouraging more rational<br />

and sustainable design solutions. Based<br />

on Trimble's workflow streamlining<br />

technologies, Tekla's Rational Design<br />

Solutions offer a dynamic embodiedcarbon<br />

calculation function for design<br />

and detailing processes. The Embodied<br />

Carbon Calculator is a visual and<br />

dynamic calculation tool which allows<br />

users to quickly and accurately assess<br />

the environmental impact of all of their<br />

design decisions directly within Tekla<br />

software.<br />

Design engineers can use the<br />

calculator to compare different design<br />

options and their associated carbon<br />

loads. Environmental professionals on<br />

project teams can also use the specially<br />

designed OneClick LCA carbon dioxide<br />

emission calculator, integrated into the<br />

Tekla system, to produce environmental<br />

product declarations (EPDs). Combining<br />

ordered Tekla software data with One<br />

Click LCA data and the extensive EPD<br />

database allows you to calculate the<br />

embodied carbon emissions for any of<br />

the materials used in production, down<br />

to each nut, bolt and rebar throughout<br />

the structure's entire life cycle.<br />

TEKLA STRUCTURES <strong>2022</strong><br />

The <strong>2022</strong> version of Tekla Structures<br />

improves the entire workflow - from<br />

design to production - with built-in<br />

functions for creating more intelligent<br />

fabrication drawings. The simpler, more<br />

straightforward way of creating singlepart,<br />

assembly and cast unit fabrication<br />

drawings reduces the time spent<br />

creating and editing drawings, and<br />

results in faster, more effective and more<br />

accurate documentation.<br />

Automating the process of combining<br />

elements is a simple way of enhancing<br />

the efficiency of the design and<br />

construction process. The assembly<br />

feature therefore figures highly in Tekla<br />

Structures latest release, being used<br />

primarily in Manufacturing and Assembly<br />

Technology (DfMA) processes to provide<br />

tools for automated element<br />

manufacturing.<br />

Concrete parts, for instance, can use<br />

new tools within Tekla Structures <strong>2022</strong> to<br />

create reinforcing assemblies, and rebar<br />

can be built offsite as cage assemblies<br />

with DfMA providing suitable<br />

construction workflows. Design<br />

engineers merely need to specify details,<br />

numbers, reports and documents for<br />

offsite fabrication and export of rebar<br />

cages, couplers and embeds.<br />

Further tools within Tekla Structures<br />

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relate specifically to rebar assembly<br />

design, enabling engineers to specify<br />

rebar spacing, using simple rebar<br />

spacing controls - the seamless spacing<br />

workflow can be maintained for all<br />

reinforcement control, and implemented<br />

on all rebar groups within a project - a<br />

popular request from many Tekla<br />

Structures users.<br />

Tekla Structures is used to create<br />

custom steel components, with<br />

Grasshopper's visual scripting<br />

capabilities providing an ideal tool.<br />

Although it's a straightforward process,<br />

Tekla Structures now has a Grasshopper<br />

integration which enables such<br />

components to be treated as if they were<br />

original Tekla components, with the same<br />

look and feel, but when interrogated, can<br />

trigger the Grasshopper definition in the<br />

background.<br />

TEKLA STRUCTURAL DESIGNER <strong>2022</strong><br />

The Embodied Carbon Calculator, which<br />

was actually introduced in Tekla<br />

Structural Designer 2021, has been<br />

enhanced, offering improved viewing,<br />

reporting and sharing of carbon<br />

emissions. Using Tekla Structural<br />

Designer, design engineers can<br />

calculate the embodied carbon in<br />

different versions of the model structure<br />

at the design stage, evaluating and<br />

optimising materials for designing<br />

structures with low carbon emissions.<br />

The information gained is easily exported<br />

by the software to compile reports,<br />

charts and other data<br />

Tekla's Open API provides a powerful<br />

facility for transferring or sharing design<br />

data from other Tekla applications with<br />

Tekla Structural Designer <strong>2022</strong>,<br />

automating manual processes and<br />

incorporating the software into<br />

engineering office workflows. It avoids<br />

the transmission of errors and<br />

subsequent rework usually associated<br />

with manual processes.<br />

TEKLA TEDDS <strong>2022</strong><br />

The ability to share designs and<br />

documentation is also available in Tekla<br />

Tedds <strong>2022</strong> which uses Trimble Connect<br />

for improved collaboration using the<br />

industry standard PDF format. Tekla<br />

Tedds <strong>2022</strong> comes with new calculations<br />

and updates for faster and more reliable<br />

design of structural elements and,<br />

specifically, a new range of easy-toinspect<br />

quality assured calculations.<br />

TEKLA POWERFAB <strong>2022</strong><br />

Tekla PowerFab is a steel fabrication<br />

management software suite which solves<br />

common engineering problems. It<br />

provides an improved management of<br />

layout and materials for joining and<br />

splitting fabricated component elements.<br />

Easy to implement, it provides a simple<br />

route for new customers who can<br />

seamlessly migrate from their older<br />

production management information<br />

systems (MIS) on Tekla PowerFab,<br />

maintaining access to data from past<br />

projects. The upgrade is an automatic<br />

process and allows users to dive in and<br />

use the new system immediately,<br />

supported by further enhancements for<br />

monitoring and controlling the process,<br />

including the use of the new delivery<br />

calendar in the Tekla PowerFab Go web<br />

application.<br />

Creating backups of data from<br />

previous systems allows you to<br />

jumpstart the migration process in Tekla<br />

PowerFab. The new version includes<br />

something which I first came across<br />

many years ago - intelligent nesting and<br />

material management, for splitting<br />

materials to optimise material usage and<br />

purchasing. Besides calculating the<br />

most efficient nesting arrangements<br />

Tekla PowerFab <strong>2022</strong> enables the<br />

creation of inventory items from<br />

materials used in the nesting process.<br />

TEKLA EPM GO<br />

The Shipping Calendar that comes with<br />

Tekla EPM Go, mentioned above,<br />

provides a bird's-eye view of a<br />

fabricator's or design engineer's shipping<br />

department, allowing you to visualise<br />

and manage every load across every<br />

job. You can use the Shipping Calendar<br />

to plan resources and schedule and<br />

track the progress of each load, giving<br />

you complete control of your shipping<br />

schedule.<br />

Michael Evans, Senior Commercial<br />

Director of the Trimble Group, the owners<br />

of Tekla, said: "Tekla software continues<br />

to change the way we work in the<br />

construction industry. Our solutions<br />

organise information about construction<br />

and facilitate access to such information<br />

for all project participants, which allows<br />

us to optimise the cost of materials and<br />

the use of human resources.<br />

"Thanks to continuous improvements<br />

and the high intellectual capabilities of the<br />

software, as well as the implementation of<br />

solutions for the sustainable development<br />

of the construction industry, we occupy a<br />

leading position in the supply of BIM<br />

technology platforms in the modern<br />

market."<br />

www.tekla.com<br />

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Project success through model leadership<br />

In a world full of complex construction projects, advancing technology alone won't guarantee success<br />

argues Andrew McNaughton, Infrastructure Sector Lead at Aczel, and <strong>Mar</strong>k Coates, International<br />

Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at Bentley Systems<br />

The world of complex construction<br />

projects is becoming dominated<br />

by a growing volume<br />

of diverse technologies that promise<br />

vastly improved outcomes. However,<br />

advancing technology alone won't<br />

guarantee success.<br />

Today, project stakeholders must<br />

question the personal characteristics<br />

that are valued in the leaders of today<br />

and critically examine whether the<br />

model leadership skills that have been<br />

prioritised over decades are still fit for<br />

the future.<br />

Historically, many large capital<br />

projects deliver poor performance,<br />

leading to overruns in both time and<br />

cost. Studies have shown that the<br />

outcomes of over 70% of major<br />

<strong>Mar</strong>k Coates<br />

infrastructure projects have<br />

disappointed their owners.<br />

These problems continue despite<br />

extensive industry research into the<br />

reasons behind them. These studies<br />

have identified several causes,<br />

including issues relating to a process<br />

or system failing, or problems relating<br />

to technical knowledge and<br />

implementation.<br />

Given continuing performance-related<br />

issues in construction, we must<br />

challenge whether leadership skills, an<br />

essential piece of the puzzle for the<br />

success of any major project, have<br />

received less scrutiny than their merits.<br />

An investigation into the characteristics<br />

of successful leaders is long overdue<br />

for project delivery across multiple<br />

sectors.<br />

Leadership is often cited as a<br />

critical component of project<br />

delivery, as the quality and the<br />

calibre of leaders have the<br />

potential to make a dramatic<br />

impact on the outcome.<br />

Much has been written<br />

about leadership in a<br />

project delivery<br />

environment, and how<br />

strength and resilience<br />

are needed alongside<br />

subject matter expertise.<br />

Less focus has been<br />

given to the soft skills<br />

necessary to deliver in a<br />

project environment that<br />

is multi-disciplined,<br />

culturally diverse, and<br />

within a<br />

dispersed<br />

project community and a complex<br />

stakeholder environment.<br />

When considering the scope of a<br />

future megaproject, we need to<br />

question the capability of leaders to<br />

master the breadth of knowledge<br />

necessary for bringing all elements<br />

together in an increasingly complex<br />

system environment.<br />

This environment calls for leaders to<br />

have a confident self-awareness that<br />

acknowledges the limits of their<br />

experience. In such situations, the<br />

ability to offer leadership that brings<br />

together a group of individuals with the<br />

relevant experience along with the<br />

knowledge that they are valued as part<br />

of a team is essential.<br />

In a recent NCE article, leadership,<br />

collaboration, and teamwork were cited<br />

as common characteristics of the<br />

winners of the British construction<br />

industry awards, where successful<br />

projects were defined as having strong<br />

leadership and high-performing teams.<br />

In examining the perception of what<br />

strong leadership means in a complex<br />

world, we must ask whether the<br />

traditional sense of need for a warrior,<br />

or a heroic leader is sustainable now<br />

and in the future.<br />

It can be argued that scale is a<br />

consideration, and that the application<br />

of project management approaches<br />

based around processes and focused<br />

on deliverables is appropriate for<br />

projects of modest scale. However, this<br />

argument becomes fundamentally<br />

flawed when considering the increased<br />

complexity of projects resulting from<br />

their technologically advanced and<br />

dependent nature.<br />

The leadership model should<br />

recognise the diversity of skills and<br />

experience needed to embrace all<br />

considerations of the project system at<br />

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the right stage to create a plan for<br />

successful delivery. Equally, it should<br />

recognise the depth and breadth of<br />

soft skills needed at different stages of<br />

project development and delivery.<br />

The leader in a complex project<br />

environment must have ownership of the<br />

outcome, set a clear vision and direction<br />

for all parties involved, and be passionate<br />

about its delivery. Meanwhile, the ability<br />

to communicate at all levels within the<br />

team and with a multitude of<br />

stakeholders - aligned with skills to<br />

mentor, coach, negotiate, and influence<br />

to support high performance and<br />

collaboration - are key characteristics.<br />

Project leaders of the future will need<br />

a balance between hard project<br />

management-related skills and soft<br />

skills that enable the nurturing and<br />

development of teamwork and<br />

followership towards the common<br />

outcome.<br />

Here in the United Kingdom, there is a<br />

recognition that the art of project<br />

delivery leadership is changing,<br />

especially through the UK government,<br />

with sponsorship coming from<br />

organisations such as the<br />

Infrastructure Projects Authority (IPA).<br />

Nick Smallwood, the CEO of IPA, said<br />

in a recent interview with Civil Service<br />

World: "A lot of people talk about the<br />

need for us to innovate. But<br />

sometimes, I think we should just look<br />

at what we have and implement that at<br />

a faster pace and scale. This would get<br />

us nearly all the way to the journey that<br />

we've committed to."<br />

This sentiment is captured in the IPA's<br />

Transforming Infrastructure<br />

Performance (TIP) programme that<br />

accompanies the National<br />

Infrastructure plan, and further<br />

highlights that people need the tools<br />

and capability to deliver. If the desired<br />

characteristics in terms of both hard<br />

and soft skills can accommodate the<br />

capability needed, then there are key<br />

questions to be addressed.<br />

As an industry, do we place enough<br />

value in developing these skills? Are<br />

there enough development paths for<br />

individuals to gain both formal training<br />

and experience to prepare for<br />

leadership roles on complex projects?<br />

Are we open-minded enough to accept<br />

a diversity of learning and experience<br />

in project leaders? Is it too early to start<br />

learning leadership skills at the<br />

undergraduate level?<br />

The pace of change in society will<br />

never be this slow again, and with<br />

change comes increasing complexity in<br />

a world of a system of systems. To<br />

deliver projects in this environment, we<br />

need leaders that go beyond the<br />

warrior model to develop a<br />

breadth of soft skills and<br />

behaviours<br />

commensurate with the<br />

demands placed<br />

upon them.<br />

There is no single<br />

route for the<br />

development of the<br />

appropriate soft skills.<br />

Individuals can gain<br />

them from learning<br />

and experiences<br />

throughout their<br />

careers. However, as an<br />

industry, we must be<br />

deliberate in broadly<br />

articulating the<br />

characteristics necessary<br />

for future leaders and<br />

create a pipeline of<br />

talent to meet the<br />

challenges to<br />

come. To<br />

create the<br />

pipeline, we<br />

must embrace<br />

the fact that talented individuals can<br />

come from a range of professional<br />

backgrounds and not simply from<br />

traditional sources.<br />

As projects become more<br />

collaborative, we must expect<br />

professional bodies and places of<br />

learning to be more connected and<br />

engaged in nurturing the full breadth<br />

of attributes of leadership from an<br />

early stage.<br />

There are many factors that contribute<br />

to the project delivery performance.<br />

However, having high-calibre leaders<br />

capable of navigating an increasingly<br />

complex environment is a prerequisite<br />

for delivering successful outcomes.<br />

www.bentley.com<br />

Andrew<br />

McNaughton<br />

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Jobsite connectivity<br />

Trimble's Jobsite Connectivity Bundle simplifies pre-construction tasks by linking 3D model data with<br />

machinery and office management<br />

Construction Management is<br />

currently in vogue, linking the<br />

various software solutions used<br />

in construction projects to an up-todate<br />

3D model of the project,<br />

leveraging the information that can be<br />

used throughout its entire lifecycle. The<br />

interoperability of each of the solutions<br />

facilitates accurate and reliable transfer<br />

of files to provide a single source of<br />

truth for constructible data, accessible<br />

to everyone involved in the project -<br />

both in the office and on-site.<br />

A quick scan through back issues of this<br />

magazine will provide numerous<br />

examples of construction management<br />

from companies involved in standard<br />

construction and civil infrastructure<br />

projects, but the benefits are now being<br />

realised more widely and in parts of the<br />

industry that involve fascinating<br />

innovations, unfamiliar to most of us.<br />

Trimble Civil Construction are involved in<br />

the pre-construction, or earth shifting,<br />

ends of large scale<br />

construction and<br />

infrastructure projects, transforming<br />

terrain to accommodate building project's<br />

roads, railways and anything else that<br />

requires substantial amounts of earth<br />

moving before it can go ahead.<br />

It's a simple process. The site's GIS data<br />

needs to be integrated with the project's<br />

3D model data to calculate the amount<br />

of cut and fill that would be required<br />

before construction can start, by sending<br />

instructions to the automated excavators,<br />

graders and bulldozers on the site that<br />

will use autonomous settings to handle<br />

the excavation and preparation of the<br />

site. The process is<br />

enhanced further,<br />

though, by<br />

incorporating<br />

feedback to<br />

the model<br />

that updates<br />

its as-built<br />

status,<br />

facilitating a full range of reporting and<br />

management tools.<br />

To leverage the benefits of such a<br />

process, Trimble has introduced the<br />

Jobsite Connectivity Bundle, which allows<br />

project managers and supervisors to get<br />

more from machine control and site<br />

positioning systems in addition to the<br />

usual benefits of eliminating tiresome<br />

rework. Now, they can hand off data<br />

seamlessly across a project and be<br />

assured that everyone is working the<br />

same plan.<br />

TRIMBLE JOBSITE CONNECTIVITY<br />

BUNDLE<br />

It's another example of the industry going<br />

digital. The Trimble® Jobsite Connectivity<br />

Bundle is a software bundle that links 3D<br />

models and data across Trimble civil<br />

construction hardware and software<br />

solutions. According to Elwyn McLachlan,<br />

VP for Trimble Civil Software, "The<br />

future of<br />

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SOFTWARE focus<br />

construction is digital, and the Trimble<br />

Jobsite Connectivity Bundle is a<br />

significant step forward in terms of<br />

making sharing and collaborating on 3D<br />

designs and project data faster, easier,<br />

more reliable and more efficient," He<br />

explained further that the disconnect<br />

between the design and the field is one<br />

of their biggest pain points, and that this<br />

solution solves that problem by providing<br />

real-time data directly to the workforce<br />

and their machinery on-site."<br />

The Trimble Jobsite Connectivity Bundle<br />

connects a number of software solutions<br />

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their purchase and implementation.<br />

Design data from the office solutions<br />

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Trimble Siteworks Positioning Systems<br />

and Trimble Access survey software.<br />

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CASEstudy<br />

An inside job<br />

Glider's CDE was instrumental in managing the complex job of handing over asset information for HMP<br />

Wellingborough, the biggest prison project in England<br />

Out of sight, out of mind. We<br />

tend to ignore the various<br />

correctional facilities spread<br />

around the country as they don't have<br />

the emotional appeal of hospitals and<br />

schools, but they form a significant<br />

part of the real estate owned and run<br />

by the Government. As such they are a<br />

major target for the cost savings and<br />

efficiencies that BIM was originally<br />

aimed at.<br />

They are also surprisingly well<br />

geared up for the benefits that should<br />

accrue from the use of BIM to build<br />

multiple establishments that have to<br />

conform to the regulations that specify<br />

the size and furnishing of individual<br />

prisoner accommodation, and their<br />

surrounding facilities. Whether the<br />

savings earned on one project are<br />

successfully transferred to the next<br />

one may be a moot point, but, as<br />

Glider have emphasised recently, the<br />

data accrued during a project's<br />

construction is not necessarily the full<br />

set of data that needs to be handed<br />

over for its occupation and<br />

maintenance.<br />

Glider recently worked on a project<br />

alongside the Ministry of Justice, to<br />

implement their flagship Common<br />

Data Environment (CDE), gliderbim®,<br />

for HMP Wellingborough. The<br />

implementation involved one of the<br />

biggest datasets that the company<br />

has worked on to date.<br />

Due to the extent of data involved,<br />

and being a mandated ISO 19650-4<br />

deliverable, COBie (Construction<br />

Operations Building Information<br />

Exchange) was a briefed requirement,<br />

minimising risk and ensuring the<br />

efficient construction of the new<br />

prison.<br />

SUPPORTING THE BUILDING OF<br />

NEW PRISONS<br />

The Ministry of Justice, the principal<br />

delivery partners, turned to Glider for<br />

support with the building of the new<br />

prison at Wellingborough, replacing<br />

facilities that were closed down<br />

in 2012. The prison is part of the<br />

government's 'Prison Estate<br />

Transformation Programme'.<br />

HMP Wellingborough, also known as<br />

HMP Five Wells, is made up of several<br />

buildings following a standard<br />

structure, but with its own complex sets<br />

of requirements. The facility is now the<br />

biggest prison in England, with a<br />

unique design enabling more direct<br />

contact between staff and prisoners.<br />

Glider consultants provided handover<br />

documentation management and<br />

COBie information management<br />

services utilising the gliderbim®<br />

information management platform.<br />

KEEPING LARGE QUANTITIES OF<br />

DATA A<strong>CC</strong>URATE AND CLEAN<br />

When information requirements are<br />

specified and handover delivered<br />

correctly, facilities management (FM)<br />

can complete their job in an easier,<br />

more efficient way. For this HMP<br />

project, extensive asset information<br />

requirement documents covered<br />

everything from nomenclature to<br />

measurements - with vast amounts of<br />

data needing to be accurate and clean.<br />

One challenge on this project was<br />

ensuring that all data handed over by<br />

trade suppliers and subcontractors was<br />

accurate and correct. Lining all of this<br />

data up with the COBie requirements<br />

and O&M was imperative to ensure<br />

there were no inconsistencies<br />

threatening to make the project fallible.<br />

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CASEstudy<br />

FUTURE-PROOFING THE<br />

PROJECTS<br />

In order to make sure that the project<br />

was future-proof, Glider knew to<br />

provide more data than was needed.<br />

While that data may not be needed<br />

immediately, collating all of it during the<br />

build means that there will be no need<br />

to retrospectively find data as<br />

technology improves and upgrades.<br />

Typically, data for construction<br />

projects is contained in drawings, bills<br />

of quantities and specifications that are<br />

often completed retrospectively. This<br />

process relies on all parties involved<br />

with the project to update the<br />

documentation, which can often leave<br />

room for error and miscommunication.<br />

During the construction process,<br />

especially for large projects such as<br />

those at HMP Wellingborough, it is vital<br />

that everything possible is done to<br />

minimise this risk.<br />

This is where COBie as a recognised<br />

industry data exchange standard<br />

comes in. On this HMP project, data<br />

requirements were specified and<br />

distributed to project parties for<br />

completion. Data from each trade<br />

contractor was submitted at agreed<br />

and regular intervals for verification and<br />

acceptance. In this process, the<br />

submitted data was passed through the<br />

gliderbim® information delivery plan<br />

(IDP) rules engines to ensure each<br />

contact and component, down to data<br />

attribute level-detail (e.g. warranty data<br />

or maintenance regime) was populated<br />

correctly.<br />

Trade contractors and suppliers could<br />

instantly see any anomalies with their<br />

submission and correct missing or<br />

incorrect data via the gliderbim®<br />

auditable RFI log process. Once<br />

verified and accepted, these parcels of<br />

trade and supplier data were federated<br />

into a modelled dataset, representative<br />

of the as-built asset. This was vital<br />

when engaging the operational teams<br />

before and during handover, as they<br />

will want to make use of or integrate<br />

this data with their facilities<br />

management and building operating<br />

systems.<br />

USING GLIDERBIM® TO<br />

FURTHER ENSURE A<strong>CC</strong>URACY<br />

AND DATA TRANSPARENCY<br />

Glider carried out an IFC enrichment<br />

piece, whereby all data gathered from<br />

contractors through the gliderbim®<br />

RFI tool was exported through its<br />

unique export tool to create fully datacomplete<br />

IFC models.<br />

As the client required IFC models rich<br />

with data, Glider wanted to provide<br />

more than just COBie spreadsheets.<br />

The client will now receive the IFC<br />

models with data included, covering<br />

every base and ensuring a soft landing<br />

for operational teams.<br />

Processing this much data would not<br />

have been possible without the unique<br />

data management capabilities of<br />

gliderbim® and Glider's skilled<br />

information managers and<br />

consultants.<br />

Prison projects are enormous<br />

undertakings that require a lot of<br />

know-how, skill and attention to detail<br />

to deliver - but the outcome is that the<br />

Ministry of Justice can be completely<br />

confident in the quality and<br />

completeness of data and handover<br />

information for HMP Wellingborough.<br />

ABOUT GLIDER<br />

Glider was established in <strong>Apr</strong>il 2016 as<br />

a digital solutions provider and BIM<br />

consultancy for the built environment.<br />

The company was formed as a<br />

response to a growing industry need<br />

for trusted, structured data to support<br />

the digitisation of the industry and<br />

provide better value for its clients.<br />

Glider's mission is to revolutionise how<br />

asset information is managed<br />

throughout design, construction and<br />

operation of a built asset.<br />

Gliderbim®, the company's<br />

groundbreaking, data-driven,<br />

Common Data Environment for full<br />

lifecycle information management,<br />

provides asset owners with the tools<br />

needed to manage the production,<br />

approval and delivery of all asset<br />

information.<br />

www.glidertech.com<br />

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CASEstudy<br />

Planning ahead<br />

Esri UK recently ran a competition for local planning authorities to find innovative projects which best<br />

demonstrate the digitisation of the planning process<br />

Esri UK have announced the winners<br />

of a competition to find local<br />

planning authorities with innovative<br />

ideas on how best to use geospatial<br />

technology to help modernise the planning<br />

process. Attracting almost 50 entries, the<br />

three winning councils were Nottingham<br />

City, Dacorum Borough Council and South<br />

Ayrshire, who will work with Esri UK to<br />

make their pilot projects a reality, receiving<br />

free consultancy and access to GIS<br />

software from the company.<br />

The competition revealed several<br />

common planning challenges faced by<br />

local authorities, being addressed by the<br />

pilots, including the improvement of<br />

community engagement, how to maximise<br />

the use of 3D visualisations and how to<br />

manage developer contributions more<br />

efficiently. Esri UK is also creating a<br />

Customer Advisory Board to help grow<br />

best practice use of GIS within planning.<br />

"As the government looks to reform the<br />

planning system with an increased use of<br />

digital technologies, we wanted to find<br />

innovative solutions to planning challenges<br />

and collaborate with authorities to bring<br />

them to life," explained Stephen Croney,<br />

Head of Sector for Land, Property and<br />

Planning, Esri UK. "By combining each<br />

council's domain expertise with our team of<br />

geospatial experts, the pilot projects will<br />

explore new and efficient approaches to<br />

problems all designed to help make the<br />

planning process easier for everyone."<br />

Nottingham City Council's project will<br />

examine how geospatial technology can<br />

help increase the use of 3D visualisations<br />

within planning, both internally and with the<br />

public. Dacorum Borough Council's pilot<br />

will be using GIS systems to better manage<br />

the use and communication of developer<br />

contributions secured through Planning<br />

Obligations, while South Ayrshire Council's<br />

objective is to create an innovative<br />

community consultation platform, with<br />

interactive methods of engagement to<br />

improve community involvement in Local<br />

Development Plans.<br />

Croney added "Spatial data provides the<br />

common language to join different data<br />

together so that we can better determine its<br />

future, which means more sustainable<br />

communities are created and helps with<br />

the Levelling Up agenda too. It became<br />

clear that finding new ways of applying GIS<br />

in planning opened the minds of councils<br />

entering the competition as to what<br />

problems could be solved."<br />

Geospatial technology and data have an<br />

important role to play in digital planning<br />

reform, as outlined in the Planning for the<br />

Future white paper, published by the Ministry<br />

of Housing, Communities and Local<br />

Government in 2020. The use of mapping<br />

and associated analytical tools was also<br />

one of the recommendations in the report 'A<br />

Digital Future for Planning: Spatial Planning<br />

Reimagined', released in February <strong>2022</strong> by<br />

the Independent Digital Task Force for<br />

Planning. Selected from almost 50 entries,<br />

the winning applications are:<br />

DACORUM BOROUGH COUNCIL<br />

Dacorum Borough Council wants to<br />

translate existing text and spreadsheets by<br />

using digital mapping to better manage<br />

and communicate infrastructure and<br />

developer contributions, secured through<br />

Planning Obligations.<br />

"The objective is to use digital mapping to<br />

help with not only the decision making<br />

around the planning of new infrastructure<br />

and make the whole process more<br />

transparent but also to support community<br />

engagement," commented Councillor Alan<br />

Anderson, Portfolio Holder, Planning and<br />

Infrastructure at Dacorum Borough Council.<br />

"Our current system outputs are text and<br />

spreadsheet based - we believe that by<br />

providing this information in a spatial way it<br />

will provide a powerful asset which can be<br />

used by Council officers and others for<br />

planning, decision making and monitoring<br />

and also by the public to enhance<br />

understanding and engagement in<br />

infrastructure funding and planning."<br />

NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL<br />

Nottingham City Council's proposition will<br />

explore how geospatial technology can<br />

help increase the use of 3D visualisations<br />

within the planning environment, internally<br />

and with the public.<br />

"If 3D assessments are conducted in a GIS<br />

environment, planning teams will be able to<br />

conduct an assessment of various<br />

constraints on a site, at the same time as a<br />

visual assessment of the impact of the site.<br />

This will enable better and quicker business<br />

decisions and greatly contribute to<br />

modernising the planning processes as per<br />

the Government White Paper," explained<br />

Mick Dunn, GIS Service Manager,<br />

Nottingham City Council. "GIS will bring other<br />

capabilities to the process too, from in-depth<br />

flooding analysis to view analysis to share<br />

with interested parties. We feel this could be<br />

pushed even further, perhaps being able to<br />

provide VR consultation on sites."<br />

SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL<br />

South Ayrshire Council's project will<br />

examine how an innovative community<br />

consultation platform with interactive<br />

methods of engagement can help further<br />

improve community involvement in Local<br />

Development Plans - the Proposed South<br />

Ayrshire LDP2 in the first instance.<br />

"The objective is to create a space to keep<br />

our community engaged and informed to<br />

strengthen our relationship with our<br />

stakeholders and reach better planning<br />

outcomes," said Gordon Wilson, Planning<br />

Technician at South Ayrshire Council.<br />

"Effective public engagement can lead to<br />

better plans and better decisions, and it can<br />

help to avoid delays in the planning process<br />

too. Our vision is to build on the work already<br />

done by South Ayrshire in creating its LDP2,<br />

developing new apps and information to<br />

create a Local Plan community engagement<br />

and consultation Hub online."<br />

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