The importance of interior designer in Construction

from Construction Mining Magazine November 2020

by Namibia's Construction and Mining Magazine

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THE PRIMARY BENEFITS AND USE CASES FOR DRONES IN MINING

As in many industries where drones are used, one of the biggest benefits drones provide to mining is improved safety.

Mining work is inherently dangerous. Materials in areas that have recently been excavated, called stopes, can shift and move, making them too dangerous for personnel to enter; blast sites can present uncertain conditions, making them hazardous to walk on foot; and even the surface of a mine can become unstable if there are problems underground, and potentially lead to a sudden collapse that could endanger those in the area. But safety is only one of the ways drones are helping to improve work in mining. Here’s a list of all the benefits drones present to mining operations:

Improved safety. Using drones to collect visual data on the status of potentially volatile areas of a mine, like highwalls, crests, and inside stopes, as well as blast sites, means fewer people are exposed to those dangers. Improved savings. Using drones to capture visual data inside of a stope can help identify remaining ore and geotechnical areas of interest, which could lead to additional revenue. Improved data.

Capturing HD 4K video and high res images of a mine can help engineers and safety personnel do their jobs better, and create a historical record of the mine that can be used for future planning. Improved efficiency. Mining companies can use visual data captured by drone to quickly share the status of an ongoing operation with stakeholders. So What Kinds of Work Are Drones Doing in Mining Operations? In general, drones are being used in mining to capture raw visual data. This data can then be converted into several different outputs, including detailed photos, videos, 3D maps, and orthomosaics.

Here are some of the main ways these outputs are being used in mining operations:

1. Mine planning Detailed aerial data can help companies understand the elevation and contours of a mine so that they can do accurate planning.

2. Optimizing site development Once a mining operation is underway, drone data can ensure that the site is being used in an optimal manner, with ongoing progress reports helping personnel identify ways that operations could be made more efficient or safer.

3. Environmental monitoring 3D maps created with aerial data can help monitor the impact a mining operation is having on the surrounding environment in real time, allowing mining companies to reduce their impact and ensure compliance with environmental regulations. 4. Blast engineering Blast sites can be dangerous immediately following a detonation, presenting potential hazards to mining personnel. Using a drone, detailed aerial data can be collected for a post-blast inspection to ensure that the site is safe before anyone enters it to continue work.

5. Stockpile inventory monitoring As drone software and technology improves, the ability to conduct accurate stockpile volumetry measurements completely by drone continues to develop. Using drones to inventory large stockpiles of mined materials poses a significant improvement over more manual methods, which are slow, cumbersome, and often inaccurate.

6. Mapping the inside of mines Using special indoor commercial drones like Flyability’s Elios 2, which can fly in confined environments without GPS, mining operations have been able to start successfully creating 3D maps of the inside of mines. This use case is still relatively new, and the maps produced are not always perfect, but the value these maps can provide in terms of safety and enhanced situational awareness is immense.

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The interior designer’s role within the design of a commercial building, or home building structure, can be of great importance for a client to achieve their desired design objectives and functions during the initial development phases and throughout the completion of the processes and phases of the project.

“Functionality is very important, knowing the client’s desires, wants and needs are equally as important, and that’s what an Interior designer does, they compel the client’s needs and desires and create a personalized functional space for the client,” remarks Zita Jesus, the 28-year-old Namibian interior designer who is making head waves in the industry.

Zita remarks that most issues that could have been avoided in the construction process, come up long after the construction phase is done.

Some construction plans include a double story with the toilet upstairs this makes life uncomfortable for the client.

“You get a client that is a person who prefers a shower over a bath, but during the construction phase, they agreed to a model of their home that had a bathtub. The interior designer’s role is to give functionality to space, an architecture or construction project manager would give the basic’s standard structure, my role, especially in the initial construction phase, is to personalize the space for the client”

The interior designer takes the architect’s interior, of the structurally complete and mechanically, electrically, and plumbing approved project to a new level. That concentrates its focus on the safety, welfare, and personalization of the space in the most appealing, and functional aesthetics for the homeowner, for commercial projects; the public to appreciate and be proud of inhabiting.

“What are you naturally drawn to as a homeowner, are you left-handed or right-handed, knowing this we can design a space that is easy to function in. Do you like drawers or cabinets? Are you naturally drawn to the outdoors, if so you would probably want more light coming in the home, that means more windows? Are you a TV person? That means that you probably wouldn’t want windows that would face the screen in the sitting room.” notes Zita.

The role of an interior designer is to make sure that the client lives in a comfortable home.

“We design a space that is an extension of who you are. If you love plants we put the windows where

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it makes sense for your plants to get the most natural light, if you are someone that loves to cook, that means your living room could be smaller than your kitchen because you would spend more time in the kitchen, so rather make that space much more comfortable.”

Architect’s professional services are required to perform the specifics for the client involving structure, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical engineering in a project, involving an interior designer at the beginning of the project, to collaborate ideas of design with the architect and client as a team effort, benefits the client not only short term but also in the long term.

I can advise a project based on the client’s needs, health and wants for instance making space for a ramp when building a home for someone in their 60’s who suffers from a health condition that, could have them needing to use a wheelchair in the future are considerations that save the client time and money, states Zita.

She is currently busy with the Pimp My Shack Project, a competition promoted by Pupkewitz Megabuild, where three lucky families get their shacks renovated for N$30000 each.

“One of the things we are doing in this project, for instance, is achieving functionality through painting the roof, with paint that can aid in cooling the shacks when it gets hot”, Zita mentions.

The project is meant to assist three families living in shacks to achieve a better quality of life through making their home’s aesthetically pleasing while also giving functionality and safety to the home, that benefits the inhabitants.

“Interior design can be for everyone; we want to do away with notions that interior designing is only for the rich and elite, just like when you go shopping there are some shops a bit pricier than others, it’s the same concepts here. You can still achieve a look and feel for your home within a reasonable budget” states Zita.