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immediately helps you understand . You get a wow in your mind – this is what I ’ m building !
The power of visualising the whole scope of the project in 3D has also improved communication and community engagement . We recently used the model in a community event in central London to demonstrate to residents that the construction would not impact existing views . The model provides evidence . It ’ s not just saying , ‘ don ’ t worry , everything will be fine ’. We prove it and demonstrate it using scientific methods , which is the best argument .
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The move to embrace 3D data in GIS provided the path for closer integration with BIM and CAD . Pioneering firms like SCS JV are pushing into additional dimensions . I ’ m working with our 4D specialists from our BIM team to integrate time and construction sequence . It ’ s a very interesting challenge . We have the information from the planners – it ’ s a matter of bringing that information into our 3D GIS system .
Moving beyond 3D and even 4D , the architecture , engineering , and
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