A collection of articles and insights about technology and the urban development and construction industry, project planning, stakeholder engagement, training, construction across industries including property, railways, development, highways, light rail, defence, training, utilities and environmental sustainability. This collection includes articles about infrastructure planning, stakeholder engagement, industry training, and digital twins technology.
The New Frontier of Performance Enhancement In recent years, the focus on improving performance in both sports and industry has shifted from physical attributes to cognitive abilities. Arsène Wenger, the legendary football manager, rightfully predicted that neuroscience would be the next game-changer in football, emphasising that advanced optimisation will stem from the ability to influence …
Unpacking Organisational Psychology Organisational psychology, often referred to as industrial-organisational (I-O) psychology, delves into the nature of human behaviour within professional settings. Its primary focus is to enhance workplace productivity, well-being, and overall efficacy through employing strategic improvement plans that are based on a deep understanding of how individuals and groups operate within organizations. Continuous …
In the complex industrial landscape where operational performance is paramount, training is one of the main levers for improving operational excellence, along with machinery upgrades and capital investment. Having your team working individually and collectively to elevate performance and maintain critical safety standards is consequently a key driver to excellence across sustainability, profit and culture. …
Rostering train drivers in railway operations is a highly exacting process with costs and consequences when things need to change. There is high levels of inertia and scrutiny by unions in relation to Enterprise Bargaining Agreements, and high overtime and penalties if this change. When managing railway training for route inductions with changed track conditions …
In discussions with a major railway operator in Australia, the Head of Training and capability development for rail training had the idea to use drones to capture footage of the new railway, save some dollars, and familiarise their staff ahead of time. Unfortunately the approach didn’t work, with a highly unsatisfactory product unable to be …
Slow Railway route familiarisation can be a major bottleneck to growth. Existing staff may need to move to new routes on the network. New staff may need to be route qualified. Changed track conditions may require re-qualification of previously qualified drivers. The length of time it is taking using traditional means to achieve route qualifications …
Adaptive training and induction in dynamic scenarios is increasingly critical – from defence to construction to railway operations. The best are using CGI training – such as this example from Melbourne, Australia for Train Driver and Train Controller Training programmes. The Rail Pilot-Train Controller Training Disconnect Rail pilots and train controllers have critical roles in …
BIM-based simulations have the potential to revolutionise the way we plan and design infrastructure in our cities. Traditional planning methods are often time-consuming and can be difficult to use when trying to visualise and understand the full impact of a proposed infrastructure project. In contrast, simulations in an Urban BIM context allow for an intuitive …
There is a labour shortage caused by COVID. There is much to do and not enough people to do it. Coupled with this, large companies are aggressively poaching and headhunting staff, consuming smaller organizations as well as actively encroaching on competitors. Upskilling resources to be better trained with higher confidence and a greater ability to manage multiple situations, particularly in industrial environments, has never been more critical.
Virtual Reality was wildly popular in the early 2020s with Mark Zuckerberg and others desperate to sell us the “metaverse”. The concept seemed to be we would all live inside a bubble of digital space with a phone strapped to our eyeballs, dancing and waving at each other. They hype was intense and many invested …
Our Property focused interactive Kiosks are improving; property sale volumes, conversion rates, sale values, customer engagement, attachment and commitment. In this article we demonstrate how our 3D interactive Kiosks enable customers to quickly engage with the site and information.
In the age of digital architecture, an ever-evolving suite of tools offers the ability to metamorphose physical constructions into immersive digital realms. Yet, as is often the case with intricate processes, the intricacies lurk beneath the surface. A prevailing misconception among many clients and professionals is that migrating Building Information Modelling (BIM) data, especially from …
A major challenge in this project was significant noise restrictions, inhibiting the traditional method for alerting personnel to train movement; the sounding of the train horn. To ensure continued safe operations during train preparation, the client proposed an innovative Ground Based Warning System (GBWS) consisting of audible and visual warnings.
