3D DESIGN TECHNOLOGY STREAMLINES THE CONSTRUCTION OF TOWER TO HISTORICAL SITE

High up in Westminster Abbey’s hidden triforium (gallery) lay hundreds of historical objects chronicling the extensive history of the British monarchy, as well as the Abbey itself. 

Having been off limits for about 700 years, it was finally decided that the time had come for it to open to the public. The challenge, however, was creating a feasible way for the public to access it. Since nothing had been added to the building for some 300 years, the pressure was on to create an access tower that was not only structurally viable, but that also remained in keeping with the Abbey itself.

Inventor’s built-in Collision Detection also provided much-needed support in understanding and anticipating component clashes – mainly for bolt and steelwork collisions. Having the ability to granularly analyse interference within certain clashes, the team at McNealy Brown could easily get a visual of what the exact problem was so that provisions could be made to resolve it – before fabrication even began.

In fact, with Inventor’s ability to create an accurate virtual representation of the overall end product, McNealy Brown could more easily involve the client, design team and other trades in meetings throughout the whole project.

Having visuals on-screen highlighting any issues – like clashes – gave different stakeholders on the project a better understanding of any challenges that arose, as well as an increased confidence in giving approval on certain stages of the project.