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INDUSTRY news<br />
MIXED-REALITY FOR CONSTRUCTION LAYOUT<br />
Trimble has announced an<br />
innovative mixed-reality<br />
solution for construction layout<br />
with the introduction of the<br />
FieldLink MR app. Built on the<br />
powerful Trimble Connect collaboration<br />
platform, Trimble<br />
FieldLink MR offers a completely<br />
new way to perform construction<br />
layout, enabling professionals<br />
to quickly navigate to tasks<br />
on the jobsite - getting more<br />
done in less time. The app runs<br />
on the Trimble XR10 with<br />
HoloLens 2, a hardhat-integrated<br />
mixed-reality device.<br />
With Trimble FieldLink MR,<br />
field crews can easily visualise<br />
construction data without relying<br />
on a handheld controller for<br />
step-by-step navigation to<br />
locate each point. Visual cues<br />
presented through the mixedreality<br />
hardhat naturally lead<br />
workers directly to each point<br />
for them to physically lay out<br />
pertinent information on the<br />
construction site. Attracting and<br />
retaining skilled workers<br />
remains a key challenge for<br />
many contractors, reducing the<br />
complexity of layout in the field<br />
will be essential to enable less<br />
experienced staff to deliver<br />
quality work the first time.<br />
"Trimble's FieldLink solution<br />
enables users to precisely position<br />
digital construction information<br />
in the physical world. Field-<br />
Link MR is an extension of this<br />
application, which seamlessly<br />
integrates cutting edge mixedreality<br />
technology to help construction<br />
professionals be more<br />
effective on site," said Martin<br />
Holmgren, general manager for<br />
Trimble'sBuilding Construction<br />
Field Solutions Division.<br />
fieldtech.trimble.com/en/<br />
products/layout<br />
MACHINE LEARNING FOR CO2 CALCULATIONS<br />
Quebec Wood Export<br />
Bureau, a Canadian nonprofit<br />
organisation promoting<br />
the use and export of timber,<br />
has created a Machine Learning<br />
tool, CarbonFixer, to pre-calculate<br />
the CO2 impact of choices<br />
in early-phase building designs.<br />
The tool has been developed<br />
with Brainpool.ai, a global AI<br />
consultancy, with the objective<br />
of helping the building sector to<br />
decarbonise by showing the<br />
CO2 impact of traditional concrete<br />
and steel in comparative<br />
scenarios with wood and biosourced<br />
building materials.<br />
Building with wood consumes<br />
much less energy than<br />
using concrete or steel, emitting<br />
just 14% and 10% of the<br />
relative CO2. Between 15%<br />
and 28% of new homes built in<br />
the UK annually use timber<br />
frame construction.<br />
www.quebecwoodexport.com<br />
FILLING A BIM GAP WITH SANDWICH PANELS<br />
AGACAD is filling a gap in<br />
the market for BIM tools<br />
with its new Sandwich Panels<br />
solution for Autodesk Revit<br />
users. The solution makes it<br />
easy to create multi-purpose<br />
buildings with shell structures<br />
made of insulated panels in a<br />
unified BIM project environment.<br />
Consisting of a core of insulating<br />
material between sheet<br />
metal skins, sandwich panels<br />
are a great lightweight, cost-efficient<br />
and customisable material<br />
for low-energy buildings, and<br />
NBS has partnered with<br />
Quiet Mark to empower<br />
architects to specify 'acoustics<br />
first', by providing a shortcut<br />
for specifiers to source<br />
responsible products. Since<br />
2020, lockdowns and WFH<br />
policies have brought to light<br />
the importance of noise reduction<br />
in the environment, and<br />
the new partnership aims to<br />
support the Responsible-<br />
Sourcing Movement as the<br />
industry further prioritises<br />
health and wellbeing.<br />
NBS and Quiet Mark are now<br />
joining forces to make Quiet<br />
Mark certified products easily<br />
accessible to equip architects<br />
and specifiers. The new partnership<br />
will enable the 3,600+<br />
practices that use NBS to create<br />
specifications to easily find<br />
Quiet Mark certified products<br />
and materials. The aim is to<br />
have become a basic building<br />
material for 21st-century industrial<br />
and business structures.<br />
The suite greatly enhances<br />
workflows by allowing Revit<br />
users to create a database of<br />
configurations for varying wall<br />
and roof types. Specific ways to<br />
detail and distribute panels can<br />
be saved and reused any time.<br />
Once modeling is complete,<br />
the user can simply click Frame<br />
to auto-generate panels and<br />
additional elements.<br />
https://agacad.com<br />
PARTNERSHIP FOR WELLBEING IN BUILDINGS<br />
elevate the aural design of<br />
buildings, optimising the overall<br />
level of acoustic comfort for<br />
occupants. To do this it is necessary<br />
to curate a selection of<br />
the quietest products and<br />
acoustic improving materials<br />
from the outset of a building<br />
specification. Sound from<br />
sources such as heating, ventilation,<br />
and air conditioning<br />
appliances hinders productivity<br />
and wellness.<br />
In addition to airborne noise<br />
sources, impact noise from<br />
traffic, adjacent activity or<br />
mechanical vibration can create<br />
very uncomfortable environments<br />
long-term. Acoustic<br />
plasters, lighting products and<br />
low-noise hand dryers are<br />
some of the Quiet Mark certified<br />
products that will be easily<br />
identifiable on NBS Source.<br />
www.thenbs.com<br />
8<br />
<strong>Jan</strong>uary/<strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2022</strong>
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