PRESS RELEASE
Release date: 4th November 2013
New company will help improve national
health and safety standards
A chartered surveying firm is
improving health and safety standards nationwide by introducing a safer way to
view complex buildings and structures through 3D modelling, with the launch of
its new sister company SEEABLE.
SEEABLE is being launched by Severn
Partnership to allow non technical access to complex 3D data on desktops,
smartphones and tablets. By liberating 3D data and Building Information
Modelling (BIM) from design teams and allowing access to site workers or board
directors who cannot operate complex CAD or BIM software, SEEABLE will make
important building information visible to a greater number of people.
SEEABLE hosts this data in a games
engine app, augmenting it with information, images and interactive features to
communicate in an intuitive, non-technical manner. By reusing BIM data and
repurposing it for safety briefings, marketing purposes and client/user
visualisation, executives will be able to visit a site virtually from their
desktop, without requiring complex BIM software knowledge.
Mark Combes, Partner of SEEABLE
explains how the new venture came to fruition: “We used to see all the
effort going in to create 3D models and Building Information Models (BIM) for
them just to reside with design teams and Facilities Managers in some form.
Much of this work required high end technical software, or model viewers aimed
at design teams.
“SEEABLE is our answer to moving
these models on to the next stage. Once 3D data goes into SEEABLE, we can reuse
it for architectural and engineering design. And because it can be viewed in an
intuitive app environment, or through games-based learning, there is no need
for complex software in order to make it possible to analyse and view 3D data.”
SEEABLE hosts 3D data in a serious
games environment, creating APPs which are then sent to mobile, tablet, PC, Mac
or the web. The APPs allow users to explore or examine the 3D environment
and use the principles of experiential learning to communicate risks and
visualise complex 3D environments.
Reality capture by 3D laser scanning
technology used by the company will be particularly useful in potentially
dangerous environments. Already SEEABLE has been used to create an accurate 3D
model of a live electrical transformer from a distance of 100 metres and on
active construction sites without endangering surveyors or disruption
operations. The railway industry is one of many that is set to benefit from 3D
briefings of potentially dangerous working environments as will large factory plants
and university campus constructions will also find the service useful.
Mark Combes continued: “Our aim
is to make real or virtual asset information visible and accessible to as wide
an audience as possible and through integrating our services from Severn
Partnership and SEEABLE we are making this aim a reality. The data we are
providing to businesses can be put to a variety of uses from health and safety
and design visualisation through to training and marketing.”
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About SEEABLE LLP
SEEABLE LLP is a sister company to the
established Chartered Geomatics company Severn Partnership Ltd. By using the 3D
laser scanning and 3D modelling skills of Severn Partnership, SEEABLE is able
to create new 3D models and building information models (BIM) from scratch
where no data exists. Severn have been surveying since 1983 and laser scanning
as early adopters since 2004.
About Severn Partnership
Severn
Partnership is a firm of Chartered Land Surveyors with offices in London and
Shropshire. The company has a reputation established over 30 years for
providing a high quality professional service. The company surveys, measures
and monitors to produce high quality plans, sections, elevations – all the way
to 3D and Building Information Models (BIM). It works throughout the UK and
overseas, utilising the latest robotic survey equipment, 3D laser scanning
technology & 3D modelling software, backed up by a wealth of survey
expertise and experience. Severn Partnership’s mission is to deliver a
professional and personal service, regulated at all times by RICS standards and
underpinned by strong ethical standards.
For further information, please
contact:-
Mark Combes, Partner, SEEABLE LLP, 08700
342222, mark.combes@seeable.co.uk or
Nick Blenkarn, Director, Severn
Partnership, 0844 8808247, info@severnpartnership.com
John Edden, Bridge PR & Media
Services on 02476520025 or email john@bridgepr.co.uk