Allen & Company

“So now we fly all of the ALTAs that we have and mainly send it to you guys [AirWorks] and work on that. It streamlined our process and allows now the project managers to take in more work.” – Allen and Company

AirWorks saves Allen & Company between 60-70 percent of plan drafting time while they pay 25 percent of what it would cost them to perform the same tasks in-house. We complete in one day what would take them four days!

Allen & Company Completes Projects Quickly and Cost-Effectively Thanks to Aerial Mapping and AirWorks’ Automated Drafting Software

AirWorks is currently able to generate linework on 14 layers autonomously, including both planimetrics and topography.

Some projects require additional features which is why we offer more layers upon request, our team will add them during the QA process.

The Airworks Automate™ platform is built on more than 30 thousand hours of data perpetration by processing thousands of acres of remote sensing data at varying GSD levels. The platform autonomously identifies and classifies features, and generates planimetric and topographic basemaps fast.

What types of projects can be uploaded to the platform? What industries does it serve?

Any type of engineering/land surveying project where you have collected aerial imagery and need feature extraction works for us. We currently only do work above ground, which includes: ALTA surveys, land development, corridor/transportation/highway work, as-builts, and many more. We serve clients within the AEC industry: civil engineering (top 100 ENR firms), land surveying firms, drone service providers, state DoTs, architecture firms, land developers, real estate, and many more.

AirWorks

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. stays a step ahead of modern-day obstacles despite labor shortage, by embracing our technological solutions!

Some of the benefits that AirWorks’ software offers CEC are:
- Tight turnarounds through parallel workflows
- An economical cost per acre
- Efficiency that complements safety

Despite Labor Shortage, CEC Continues to Expand Footprint and Meet Tight Deadlines through AI and Technology

TBI Hazenberg Bouw

Hazenberg developed Vredeoord in collaboration with Sint Trudo: a special neighborhood with about 250 homes. 

Problem:

Collecting and classifying the data from the  different subcontractors was one of the challenges for  Hazenberg Bouw. Importing and converting files in different  formats was even a bigger one: bringing .IFC files to  Navisworks or Solibri resulted in loss of data and details.  Merging different Revit models (creating federated models) and model coordination (making sure all project  participants have the latest version) was another issue  they wanted to address. A coherent, integrated  workflow with their already existing Common Data  Envronment was high priority as well to improve communication during the design and pre-construction  stage. Another issue mentioned by Hazenberg Bouw was  synchronizing files from Autodesk BIM 360 to Navisworks  and Solibri - every time a new update was available, the files  had to be manually synced.  

Solution:
 
Verifi3D by Xinaps was the perfect choice for  Hazenberg Bouw’s needs as it optimizes and automates  model checking. Offered as a cloud-based SaaS, Verifi3D  allows classifying building design data, conducting  automated checks in compliance with regulations and  reporting issues real-time, all in one platform. 


Advantages Verifi3D

The building construction industry is currently undergoing a major shift globally, as it is starting to massively digitalize and standardize its design and engineering processes. A significant part of the classification and checking of building models is still performed manually, costing a lot of time, effort and is prone to error. Verifi3D bridges the gap between the design and the construction stage by automating the manual checking tasks and enhancing the quality of BIM data. 

With Verifi3D, a cloud based ( model checking solution, it's our ambition to become the spell checker of every BIM model in the building construction industry. Verifi3D offers seamless integration with CDEs such as Autodesk Construction Cloud and Autodesk BIM 360, and issue trackers such as BIM Track, BIMcollab and Autodesk BIM 360 Issues. All your favourite tools integrated in one place!

How Helena simplifies her model checking workflow with Verifi3D

Verifi3D

Quintain

Quintain Ltd. engaged Delve to raise project density while minimizing daylighting and cost impacts, solving for complex project requirements in a 12-acre mixed-use development on the North East Lands site in Wembley Park, London.

Using Delve, Quintain generated, evaluated, and optimized 40,000 variants that increased the number of housing units (i.e. "unit yield") while preserving quality of environment over an existing benchmark design. By the end of the 8-week engagement, Delve produced 24 high-performing variants that exceeded all goals across unit yield, usable built area, daylight access, sun hours on the ground, and daylight impacts on neighbors.

Read more at: https://www.sidewalklabs.com/products/delve/quintain-case-study

Images courtesy: Delve by Sidewalk Lab

Wembley Park

Delve is a generative design product that uses machine learning to help real estate teams design better and faster with less risk. Delve identifies the best neighborhood design for a project based on the development team’s priority outcomes. 

By revealing the optimal design option, Delve helps developers meet or exceed a project’s economic goals while improving quality-of-life outcomes for residents and businesses.

To learn more about Delve and request a demo please reach out to delve@sidewalklabs.com

Delve by Sidewalk Labs

Joris Laarman Lab

The first 3D printed steel bridge, MX3D's Smart Bridge, is unveiled today by Máxima, Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, in the city centre of Amsterdam. It is now open to the public in the oldest neighborhood of Amsterdam. 

The futuristic multi-award-winning bridge, designed by Joris Laarman Lab with Arup as lead engineer, is now placed over one of the oldest canals in Amsterdam's red-light district. MX3D kicked off this project in 2015 when it proposed printing a metal bridge with its innovative large-scale, robotic 3Dprinting technology, creating a playful, inspiring example of how digital tools can create a new form language for architectural objects.

Source: https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/koningin-maxima-opent-de-eerste-metalen-3d-geprinte-brug-ter-wereld-op-de-oudezijds~b7b53931/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fmx3d.com%2F

Digital simulations of the bridge using Karamba3D

Smart Bridge

With over 10.000 kg of metal 3D printed objects and over 40 man-years of experience since 2014, MX3D is the company that brought large-scale robotic wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) and its market to life and made enabling 3D metal printing more flexible, faster and cheaper.

Now, MX3D is ready to transform the market further by launching the first dedicated robotic WAAM software enabling companies, engineers and designers to print end-to-end large-scale 3D metal objects in-house.

MX3D became immediate innovation leader in 3D metal printing by presenting its jaw-dropping 12 meter long fully functional 3D printed stainless steel pedestrian bridge which will soon be installed in the heart of Amsterdam.

MX3D

Karamba3D is a parametric structural engineering tool which provides accurate analysis of spatial trusses, frames and shells.

Karamba3D

ATLV

Studio Link-Arc

Architect of this project is Studio Link-Arc, and the roof facade design was done by ATLV. Designed as a freeform timber structure, the Pavilion roof uses contemporary glulam technology to create a long-span exhibition space covering a multimedia installation (the centerpiece of the Pavilion’s cultural program) consisting of 22,000 LED stalks integrated into the landscape. Learn more at: http://atlv.org/project/milan/
http://link-arc.com/project/china-pavilion/

Milano Expo 2015 China Pavilion Roof Facade

iGeo is free and open source 3D modeling software library in Java for computational design in architecture, product design, interaction design and more. It includes libraries of vector math operations, NURBS curve and surface geometries, polygon meshes and 3D model file I/O. It also has an interface specialized for processing.

iGeo

Rhinoceros 3D is a 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application software developed by the American company Robert McNeel & Associates. Utilizing NURBS mathematical modeling to produce precise representations of free-form, curving surfaces, Rhino is used in industries such as architecture, industrial design, automotive design, product design, and multimedia and graphic design.

Rhino 3D

Grasshopper is a visual programming language and environment that pairs with Rhino 3D, a software program also developed by Robert McNeel & Associates. Grasshopper allows users to build algorithms by dragging and connecting components on a digital canvas. From parametric modeling and fabrication, lighting performance analysis, to building energy consumption, Grasshopper provides an intuitive way to explore design without requiring programming experience.

Grasshopper

LMN Architects

OpenAsset has proven to be a superior product. It works as advertised, the support team is great, and they have the client base to prove it. Read more at: https://openasset.com/clients/lmn-architects/

'must have' tool

Store Digital Assets In One Place |
Find The Digital Assets You Need |
Use Digital Assets To Their Full Potential |
Share Digital Assets With The People Who Need Them |
Store Employee Assets and Create Employee Resumes |

| We integrate with: InDesign, Procore, Newforma, Deltek, Unanet, Cosential, CMAP, Rapport3 and many more.

OpenAsset

SHoP Architects

Thornton Tomasetti

These large-scale pavilions form an immersive entry environment to the 2016 Design Miami Exhibition. After SHoP Architects was awarded the 2016 Design Miami Visionary Award with an invitation to design the entry, the firm quickly reached out to Branch Technology to develop a design concept that leveraged large-scale 3D printing. Read more at: https://www.branch.technology/projects-1/2017/6/9/shop

Design Miami Pavilions

We are a prefabrication and technology company that specializes in large-scale 3D printing. Branch Technology offers a patented 3D printing process called Cellular Fabrication, C-Fab®. This unique printing method allows material to solidify in open space, creating a matrix of polymer in virtually any shape.

We are a construction and technology company that is inspired by nature. We use its teachings to build sustainably and efficiently through the development of hardware, software, pre-fabrication innovations, and solution-driven products.

Branch Technology

Delve by Sidewalk Labs helped a prominent Japanese real estate developer exceed their financial and quality-of-life goals for a large-scale, mixed-use project in one of Japan’s major cities.

“What Delve has accomplished is more than we had imagined.”

A prominent Japanese real estate development team engaged Delve, Sidewalk Labs’ generative design product, to identify and recommend best scenarios for a large-scale site that includes hotels, parks, and offices in one of Japan’s major cities. Delve generated thousands of design options, evaluating each scenario for profitability using an integrated financial model, offering scenarios that enabled the developer to review trade-offs and make real-time decisions.

Using A.I.-powered generative design, Delve created ~10,000 scenario variants that took into account the existing parameters, an adjacent parcel, public space, changes to local height limits, and the potential addition of local transit. Each scenario was then optimized for the development yield, using machine learning and the integrated financial model, while carefully evaluating the key quality of life metrics such as walkability and views for both the public realm and individual buildings.

At the end of the two-month engagement with Delve, 50 percent of the generated designs exceeded the benchmarks for the development team’s financial goals and quality-of-life outcomes.

“It has been a thought-provoking project, and a valuable experience to learn how urban development benefits from using technology, saving our team both time and money.”

Our Customer
Our real estate developer customer is an experienced and highly-respected leader in the global market. Their portfolio includes major districts, neighborhoods, and high-rises across major global cities. The company distinguishes itself by often serving as both the real estate developer and owner-operator for many of its projects. Their unique approach enables them to pursue urban development with an eye to the future, designing places that will thrive not only decades but centuries from now.

The Development Site
Our customer’s track record made them strong candidates for the development of the historic, centrally-located site. The large-scale parcel was identified by the municipal government as a prospective development site, with the request for proposals centered on the importance of activating the site. Priority outcomes included:

Walkability
Hours of daylight
Sunlight
Views
The development team used Delve to model development scenarios that included height limits, usage of the additional parcel, assessing the financial performance, and optimizing for quality of life outcomes. Delve’s machine learning algorithm solved for the important quality of life outcomes, and provided an updated financial model tied to each recommended design option. In addition, multiple scenarios for the adjacent development parcel were incorporated into Delve’s analysis.

Defining the Outcomes
Given the complexity and scale of the site, our customer needed their proposal to anticipate a number of flexible yet optimized development scenarios for the formerly industrial site. Key considerations for Delve included:

The inclusion of the adjacent parcel
Potential local transit
Public space
Changes to zoning requirements and local height limits
Our customer wanted to ensure that in every scenario they could deliver a program that would deliver the best financial returns on their investment.

Delve Generates the Solution
Using the original plans as a baseline, Delve was able to guide an optimal program mix by solving for value based on the developer’s inputs. The most crucial value driver was Delve’s recommendation to reduce the two largest uses, office and hotel, by 10 percent and 12 percent respectively, and introduce 40,000 square meters of new residential space. In the process of reconfiguring the program mix, Delve significantly improved the new hotel and office views to existing parks and the water by over 40 percent, based on our proprietary view scoring matrix, giving our customer the confidence, and a set of evidence-based data points, to underwrite 5 percent higher rents than originally modeled.

By refining the price points guided by Delve, the developer incorporated a total rent premium of 9.8 percent to their underwriting model across the three main program uses (office, hotel, and residential), 370 basis points better than the previously assumed 6.1 percent market premium ascribed to the baseline financial model. All trade-offs were weighed and achieved in real-time at the same time, whereas the traditional master/district planning process would have taken months given the magnitude and level of detailed changes incorporated into the development site. For large projects such as this one, where the total construction capital stack is in excess of ¥300 billion ($3 billion USD), months of pre-development time savings equates to hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest expense and carry cost savings.

Delve’s final design output generated a stabilized unlevered yield of 12.1 percent, a 260 basis point improvement over the 9.5 percent yield underwritten in the baseline financial model. Through pre-development time savings, an optimized program mix, and premium rental pricing guidance, Delve was able to generate significant value creation for our customer and the development team.

This case study captures lessons from a paid engagement between the customer and the Delve by the Sidewalk Labs team that was completed in Q1 2020.

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Delve Case Study: Japan

Timbatec

A tower called "Semiramis", consisting of five oversized wooden plant bowls, is being built in Zug, Switzerland. The structure, with an extraordinary design, will be built in the middle of the new innovation district called Tech Cluster Zug.

The tower's columns are made of steel and the plant bowls, with a diameter of up to 33 ft, are made of cross-laminated timber panels. The team of Gramazio Kohler Research at the ETH Zurich, which conceptually designed the architectural timber structure, has also developed, together with various internal and external partners, a completely robot-supported assembly method for the precise positioning of the cross-laminated timber panels. Four robots working at the same time enable this method.

Read more at: https://www.timbatec.com/en/aktuelles/meldungen/2021.05.31-Semiramis.php

https://www.dlubal.com/en/downloads-and-information/references/customer-projects/001209

The Hanging Gardens of Zug

RWIND Simulation is a stand-alone program for numerical simulations of wind flow (digital wind tunnel) around buildings or any other objects and generating wind loads, i.e. forces acting on these objects.

This program was developed in cooperation with PC-Progress and CFD Support and can be used as a stand-alone application or as a complement to RFEM / RSTAB programs for static and dynamic analysis.

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