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Fabricate smarter with PowerFab
Feature | November 2022
When it comes to reducing the construction industry's environmental impact, a lot of attention rightfully falls on the initial design and engineering stages of a project...
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Keeping New Zealand on track
Case Study | November 2022
How a visual cross-discipline collaboration solution is enabling the efficient delivery of New Zealand's rail upgrade projects
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4D Construction Progress Management
News | November 2022
FARO has announced the 4D Construction Progress Management Solution, available on FARO's Sphere SaaS platform.
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Collaborative partnership for Bricsys
News | November 2022
Bricsys has partnered with web application platform Cooperlink CONNECT.
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Epic collaboration for Autodesk
News | November 2022
AssetAutodesk has entered a strategic collaboration with Epic Games to accelerate immersive real-time (RT) experiences across industries, with an initial...
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NVIDIA's new Ada Lovelace RTX GPU arrives
News | November 2022
Shipping in Q4, the new NVIDIA RTXâ„¢ 6000 workstation GPU, based on its NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, will offer 2-4x the performance...
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Net zero targets - have we been sidetracked?
Technology Focus | November 2022
How can building companies support net zero targets? Dan Allison, divisional director, Net Zero Buildings says that it time to act, and explains why it's so important...
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Is BIM delivering the benefits?
Technology Focus | November 2022
BIM is more than a design and construction process, according to Edocuments, as its information handling capabilities can bring efficiencies to every...
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Retrofit for purpose?
Technology Focus | November 2022
Marek Suchocki, infrastructure engagement lead at Autodesk, suggests mitigating the energy crisis with a national retrofit plan
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The confusing world of insurance
Technology Focus | November 2022
By May Winfield, Global Director of Commercial, Legal and Digital Risks, Buro Happold
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A world of visualisations awaits
Software Review | November 2022
Amutri deliver a quick and simple route into 3D visualisation and immersive technology for architects and interior designers
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Comment
Off-site fabrication and Net Zero Carbon
The Government appears to have lost sight of the ball at the moment – that is the race to Net Zero carbon emissions – with the new Prime Minister dithering about whether to attend the next round of COP27 due to take place in Egypt, and Greta Thunberg deciding not to attend and calling it out for people in power using it for "greenwashing, lying and cheating." It's still a hot topic in the construction industry, though, and in this issue we have two articles on net zero fabrication and construction.
Trimble base their article on Powerfab on the stark fact that 50% of the embodied carbon in a building project is specified at the design stage. In recent issues we have had a number of features on embodied carbon calculation software which allows the amount of embodied carbon to be assessed in every process from the original mining or manufacture of materials and components, including transport to the building site – and subsequently throughout the buildings projected life.
The message is re-inforced by Dan Allinson, CEO of Net Zero Buildings, who adds some further statistics and lucid arguments about the need to adopt a net zero mindset, but also to make low carbon buildings affordable and achievable for all.
As Dan says - 'it isn't enough to wait for the government to support the sector or to step back from our responsibility. It's about constantly challenging our carbon impact to ensure the spaces we're creating are as sustainable as possible."
David Chadwick
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