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One Click LCA and Trimble to boost low carbon structures
Issue tracking from IrisVR ssues discovered during collaborative VR coordination meetings in Prospect by IrisVR, can now be tracked. Once classified, hard and soft clashes, general issues, requirement changes, or points of interest can exported to a variety of file types. This includes the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) , which can be used to connect into existing issue tracking workflows, such as BIMcollab and Revizto.
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o make it easier to design and deliver low embodied carbon structures, life-cycle assessment specialist One Click LCA is collaborating with Trimble on a free carbon assessment tool. The tool, which is fully integrated with Tekla Structures, Tekla Structural Designer, and Trimble Connect, is available for free until the end of 2021. According to research by One Click LCA, structural elements are responsible for around 70% of a building’s embodied carbon footprint. Cutting the carbon of structures critical in the ‘race to zero’, as outlined in the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference goals. The collaboration between One Click LCA and Trimble is designed to make it
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easier to calculate and reduce embodied carbon at any phase of a project: from early analysis and design, through to finished construction. According to One Click LCA, the combination of its Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) database and Trimble’s constructible models enable the emissions of every nut, bolt or rebar to be calculated accurately. The Trimble integration was developed by construction consultancy, Sweco, in collaboration with One Click LCA. It is one of a series of integrations, with One Click LCA also offering free tools and integrations with McNeel Rhino and IES Gaia, with the aim of supporting the sector to decarbonise. ■oneclicklca.com/cop26
Virtual job site navigation for Procore sers of Procore’s construction management software can now remotely ‘walk through’ a construction site thanks to a new integration with the CupixWorks 3D Digital Twin Platform. Users of the software can navigate to the location of RFIs, observations and open items, search by location names and review job sites retrospectively. According to Cupix, this enables teams to review iterative progress on a job site dating back days, weeks or months. The integration of Cupix with Procore delivers a 360-degree panoramic view with ‘full 3D spatial context’, enabling users to search locations within a job site
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by the names they already use, (e.g. main lobby) without having to leave the Procore platform or alter Procore’s normal operations. Cupix’s real-time 3D digital twin collaboration tool, SiteView, offers virtual remote site navigation, progress tracking, as-built vs. BIM analysis, 3D measurements, and 3D annotations. “Before Cupix, we used to send cell phone pictures back and forth, or try to use Facetime. Now, using just an off-theshelf 360-degree camera, Cupix gives us the full context to solve problems,” says Shane Flanagan, senior project manager at Dome Construction. ■ cupix.com
Bringing BIM into AR / VR T-Platform is a new web platform from VT-Lab designed to enable AECO teams to visualise and work with BIM models in AR and VR, as well as with smartphone, tablet, and web. The software targets the entire AECO process, from design and construction through to operations and maintenance. The aim is to give everyone involved in the construction process access to ‘productivity solutions’, to bring BIM to site and enable siteto-office communications.
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Harrow creates ‘digital twin’ arrow has added highdefinition street-level imagery and LiDAR data to its Esri UK GIS system, giving staff access to a ‘digital twin’ of the London borough. The move is designed to improve the efficiency of various tasks in planning, highways and Council Tax and reduce the need for site visits.
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