Page 9 - W M Donald Newsletter - Edition Twelve

Combined with the 3D model of the site, it is possible to calculate how much, if any, additional cut/fill of material will be required. Making best use of existing site-won material is critical to minimising the environmental footprint of our operations.
If a tender is successful, the 3D model can subsequently be used to create machine control files for the diggers, dozers and engineers on site.
In the W M Donald office we use AutoCAD Civils 3D complemented by N4ce geomatics** software for survey processing and point cloud modelling. N4ce has become particularly useful for cut/fill calculations. There seems little doubt that on larger projects clients are moving towards BIM (Building Information Modelling) as a shared knowledge resource to manage projects and co-ordinate the site activities of multiple contractors.
W M Donald is monitoring developments in this space and it is highly likely that we will be investing in AutoCAD Revit (BIM software) in the near future. With our extensive portfolio of design and management software and technology across the business, W M Donald is ideally placed to take advantage of the move to BIM.’
*NURBS is a mathematical model used in computer graphics for representing curves and surfaces.
** Geomatics refers to the methods and technologies used to collect, distribute, store, analyse, process and present geographic data.
W M DONALD GOES RINGSIDE
W M Donald supported Aberdeen boxer Dean ‘Deadly’ Sutherland by sponsoring a VIP ringside table for his championship bout at the Beach Ballroom on November 12th. Sutherland fought the Italian, Michele Esposito, for the WBC International Silver Welterweight Title.
Sutherland won the title with the referee stopping the fight in the 8th round. It was the first time the Italian had been stopped in his career. Sutherland has now won all twelve of his professional fights to date.
As can be seen from the photo, the W M Donald ‘team’ were all in prime drinking condition.
A quick test of your boxing knowledge:
Rank these different weight divisions from lightest to heaviest:
A – Middleweight C – Flyweight
E – Featherweight G – Lightweight
I – Light Heavyweight
B – Cruiserweight D – Welterweight F – Heavyweight H – Bantamweight
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(Answer:C,H,E,G,D,A,I,B,F)