Raising standards in building inspection

Posted on Friday 1 January 2010

Risk management specialists Lucion Services are partnering with Northumbria University to develop an app to directly connect building plans and drawings with data from asbestos surveys and laboratory analysis information.

The new NexGen app forms part of a new approach to Building Information Modelling (BIM) systems and is being undertaken as part of an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project.

As part of the KTP with Northumbria University, Lucion Services has seconded developer Alexei Holgate to work on the project which will provide a new and technically advanced way of completing safety and risk management assessments in buildings.

The new software will present users with a 3D image of a building, including floor by floor and room by room representations allowing users and surveyors to flag-up the presence of asbestos or other safety hazards more accurately and efficiently.

The new app design aims to reduce human error, eliminating the risk of mistakes made with traditional paper-based plans and subsequent problems associated with the inspection of buildings.

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