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CONTENTS<br />
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER <strong>2023</strong><br />
CONTENTS<br />
A MEGABUILD MARVEL IN MAYFAIR 10<br />
Specialist engineering contractor, McGee, uses<br />
Asta Powerproject to make the 'impossible'<br />
Mayfair Hotel megabuild a reality<br />
LIMITLESS CREATIVITY 14<br />
Vectorworks 2024 introduces significant<br />
changes and enhancements to design<br />
workflows and other productivity tools, making<br />
them more efficient yet simpler to use<br />
DELIVERING POWER IN STYLE 22<br />
The Hydro Ness, an architecturally striking<br />
hydroelectric generation project, has been<br />
delivered using constructible BIM software<br />
CONSTRUCTABILITY 30<br />
DBM Vircon uses its design engineering<br />
experts and the latest technology to transform<br />
standard structural designer's production<br />
models into fully connected LOD 400 models.<br />
David Chadwick reports<br />
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS......................SUBCONTRACTOR RELATIONS........................................................................6<br />
• HOW THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUBCONTRACTORS<br />
NEWS.................................................INDUSTRY NEW.........................................................................................................9<br />
• UPSKILLING OUR FUTURE CIVIL ENGINEERS • CAN ESG STRATEGIES DRIVE INVESTMENT?<br />
INDUSTRY FOCUS.............................LEANING INTO LEARNING ..............................................................................16<br />
• GRAPHISOFT LEARN BRINGS ARCHITECTS UP TO A CERTIFIED LEVEL IN THEIR ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS<br />
AWARDS............................................THE HAMMERS <strong>2023</strong>: THE FINALISTS...............................................................18<br />
• VOTING IS NOW OPEN TO DETERMINE THE WINNERS OF THE <strong>2023</strong> CONSTRUCTION COMPUTING AWARDS<br />
CONFERENCE PREVIEW...................THE FIRST NIMA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE.......................................................20<br />
• THE INAUGURAL NIMA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE IS ALL ABOUT DATA AND MEETING TODAY'S URGENT NEEDS<br />
CASE STUDY......................................RECOGNISED ON SITE.....................................................................................24<br />
• SARAH DARVILLE-DOWNS DISCUSSES HOW TAMDOWN REDUCED ADMIN BY ADOPTING BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY<br />
EXHIBITION PREVIEW........................THE SMART BUILDINGS SHOW <strong>2023</strong>..............................................................26<br />
• THE UK'S LEADING SMART BUILDINGS EVENT WILL SHOWCASE SMARTER BUILDING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE<br />
INDUSTRY FOCUS.............................WATER MANAGEMENT.....................................................................................28<br />
• HOW WATER UTILITIES CAN MITIGATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER INFRASTRUCTURE<br />
TRAINING MAP...................................AUTODESK TRAINING.......................................................................................32<br />
• YOUR GUIDE TO AUTODESK TRAINING<br />
CASE STUDY......................................THE SANDS OF TIME........................................................................................34<br />
• BLUESKY 3D IMAGERY BRINGS GLOBAL WARMING SEA LEVEL RISES TO LIFE<br />
<strong>Sep</strong>tember/<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2023</strong> 3
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