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  New BIM tools donated to help with Notre Dame restoration Four years ago, the iconic Notre-Dame de Paris went up in flames, causing massive damage to the roof and spire of the world-famous cathedral. The mammoth reconstruction project initiated in the aftermath of the fire saw a number of companies - such as French companies including AXA, BNP Paribas, and JCDecaux promising sums of between 10 million and 20 millions euros each. Even US companies like companies like Apple and Disney have given millions of dollars in donations to help with this rebuild in Paris. Other US firms - a number...

Reality modelling helps streamline Hinkley Point C construction Topcon ClearEdge3D Verity software used to verify the complex marine and tunnelling work for UK nuclear power plant The UK currently generates around 15 to 20 per cent of its electricity from nuclear energy. To support the UK Government commitment to reach Net Zero emissions by 2050, Hinkley Point C in Somerset is under construction. This is the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK in over 20 years and will provide low-carbon electricity for around 6 million homes. The electricity generated by its two EPR reactors will...

BIM News: Vectorworks Intros New Cloud and Mobile Features Built on Apple Technology New features in Vectorworks Cloud Services and Nomad mobile app leverage new advanced Apple technologies for reality capture, more… Global design and BIM software maker Vectorworks, Inc., has announced this month new cloud and mobile enhancements to its product offerings. These new features and capabilities are built on Apple technologies. The new Apple technologies in question are Apple’s new photogrammetry API (Apple Object Capture Framework) and Apple’s LiDAR-based room scanning RoomPlan API. Reality Capture Enhancements One of the major thematic tech transformations in AEC/O is reality capture...

ICON to develop Space-based Construction Technology for Moon exploration ICON wins $57.2 Million SBIR Phase III to build Furthers ICON’s Space-based Construction 3D Printing Technology Developments ICON Space-based Construction Technology Concept rendering/Source: ICON ICON, a pioneer in advanced construction technologies and large-scale 3D printing, announced that it has been awarded a contract under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program’s Phase III. This $57.5 million NASA grant will be used to develop space-based construction technology for Moon exploration. It also aims to be humanity’s first construction on another planet. The nearly $60 million contract expands on previous NASA and Department...

OSHA investigating recent construction accidents A spokesperson for the Denver office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has confirmed the agency is looking into the circumstances which led to two separate construction site accidents in the Denver metro area last week. One of the accidents killed a worker. Chauntra Rideaux, a regional OSHA representative, stated the U.S. Department of Labor agency is investigating the April 13 fatal fall in downtown Denver and the April 17 collapse of a warehouse-sized building in Commerce City. In the first incident, a 25-year-old worker, Juan Blanco-Parra, died after falling from the upper stories...