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Terrestrial laser scanning: as built vs design – Can drones be flown in cities

01 Oct 2020 David Gibson Press, Products and Services

Drones at work. An update from Ian Tansey on developments and application of drone technology. ProDroneWorx combines the latest advances in 3D terrestrial laser scanning and drone technology to provide our Construction, Asset Inspection, Engineering, Surveying, Environmental, Planning, Ecology and Architectural clients with a wide range of high quality digital mapping, inspection, modelling and surveying services across...

Scotland: Consultation – Reviewing and Extending Permitted Development Rights

01 Oct 2020 David Gibson Legislation, Press

WOBO members and fellow professionals are provided with the opportunity to respond to the consultation in respect of Permitted Development Rights in Scotland The Scottish Government today published a consultation paper on their Phase 1 proposals for reviewing and extending permitted development rights in relation...

UN-Habitat: Report of the Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10)

01 Oct 2020 David Gibson Press, Publications

WOBO, as part of its affiliation with the United Nations – UN-Habitat, have received the final report for the 10th World Urban Forum held in Abu Dhabi 2020. The report is comprehensive with major focus on cities, sustainability and a reference point for participating organisations...

Structural Safety

01 Oct 2020 David Gibson Articles, Press

WOBO members and fellow professionals deal with structural safety on a day to day basis. They are involved in the creation of the new and investigation of the existing buildings. The following link provides an opportunity for access to structural reports to assist them in...

Darwin Australia: The potential of building adaptation measures to counterbalance the impact of climatic change in the tropics

29 Sep 2020 David Gibson Press, Publications

Governor David Gibson was pleased to receive the following link from Shamila Haddad. Shamila is an architect by training and holds a PhD in Architectural Sciences from the University of New South Wales (Australia). Her research expertise and interest relate to Building Performance, Environmentally Sustainable...

UK: Construction Industry Training Board – CITB Strategic Plan 2021-25

29 Sep 2020 David Gibson Press, Publications

The UK Construction Industry is likely to experience significant changes during 2021 in terms of skills, roles and responsibilities, and the CITB have set out their plans and proposed actions in respect of training and development in the CITB Strategic Plan 2021 – 25. The...

COMING SOON: Human-Drone Teams Working On Construction Sites

28 Sep 2020 David Gibson Articles, Press

Resource availability – another option. The article by Chelsea Mistretta reflects on research taking place at the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management – food for thought!!!! COMING SOON: Human-Drone Teams Working On Construction Sites What if instead of humankind fearing robots taking over,...

Australia: ” Proactive Auditing” Information asymmetry, where parties to a transaction have different information, is something we all experience.

28 Sep 2020 David Gibson Articles, Press

The Australian Building Codes Board have provided an update on their Building Confidence Report in respect of commercial buildings. Members and fellow professionals should note that “proactive auditing is imperative to restore public trust. Governments need to be able to detect and regulate inadequate practices”....

Presidents page – Paul Myers September 2020

28 Sep 2020 David Gibson Presidents page, Press

Paul Myers provides an update of the activities of WOBO and the opportunity for you to participate and promote the development and delivery of Building Codes, Regulations and Standards. 2020 WOBO Membership letter-4th...

Energy: Volkswagen launches its new ID.4 electric SUV

27 Sep 2020 David Gibson Articles, Press

Building officials are immersed in the built environment and ongoing research. Robin Whitlock’s news item provided a reminder that essential research in respect of energy is much broader and reminds us that we should reflect on those developments and their transfer of technology into the...

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