Embracing the Future
CORE Systems Software is revolutionising construction projects around the world.
Paul Bass’s CORE, based in Darlington’s Business Central, is ensuring projects are managed and delivered using its specialised contract management software and 3D virtual scanning services to help build, manage and deliver construction projects in the most cost-effective and sustainable way possible.
Paul, CORE’s founder and director, has spent the last 20 years working on large infrastructure and civil engineering projects such as the Transpennine Route Upgrade. He has also worked with companies such as Amey, Kier, Network Rail, Volker and JN Bentley and is now focused on playing a leading role in taking the construction industry into a more sustainable and efficient future.
Paul Bass has designed specialist contract management software which supports 3D scanning technology, allowing anyone in the world to see a project’s progress without the need to travel. Picture: Stuart Boulton.
CORE’s specialised solutions enable the progress of construction projects to be tracked at every stage by a user-friendly contract management solution combined with VR-enabled digital twins, to address the three common challenges of the construction industry. These are late delivery, overspending and not meeting the client’s requirements. Be it an oil refinery in Texas or a wind farm on Teesside, CORE’s technology enables collaborative working and real-time updates for clients and teams, without the need for them to travel. Paul said:
“Unlike other sectors, the construction sector is slow to embrace digital transformation. And when you speak to directors and project managers who are incurring hundreds of thousands of pounds of costs a day managing some of the most high-profile projects in the UK, they will tell you that if they had known about a problem earlier, they would have dealt with it. Our solutions mitigate that risk and bring efficiency through increased productivity and communication with project stakeholders.”
CORE’s innovative platform, incorporating facilities such as automated dashboards, activity feeds, risk and change management, site diaries and improved site-to-office transfer, streamlines the whole construction management process. Paul said:
“We have provided local company WOODSmith Construction with an all-encompassing solution that is delivering results by streamlining data, informing decisions, driving contractual compliance and agreement and increasing productivity, delivery and reducing resource wastage. WOODSmith has also embraced our 3D scanning service, which is integrated with CORE, and the results are impressive.”
Providing digital twinning solutions is one of CORE’s more recent services. For a quick insight into what the technology looks like, CORE scanned Teesside International Airport’s SkyBar, which can be viewed on the airport’s website, using the latest 3D scanning technology. It has also delivered a significant number of scans in the Tees Valley but also overseas, including locations such as France and United States. Paul said:
Design – A 3D model of an offshore structure now used for VR training purposes and part of the Teesside University research project.
“The 3D site-scanning, digital-twinning and VR-training services are incredible. For example, if you were building Darlington Railway Station, we could scan that, and a person anywhere in the world could walk around that station site and see the progress as if they were really there.
This year we have already scanned numerous offshore wind farm projects for Trident TS, which has reduced the need to send multiple engineers. The VR scans of these projects are now being used in the UK for training inductions and collaboration.
We are working closely with Trident and really embracing technology. You can basically immerse yourself on site. Companies are very excited at the benefits because it helps them meet sustainability goals, reduce costs and it’s safer.”
CORE won the Innovation Award at the Tees Tech Awards – Paul gives credit to the success of its growth to the fantastic regional support from the TVCA, DigitalCity and Teesside University, its use of local suppliers such as Sapere and marketing company DUCO Digital, and forward-thinking early adopters of CORE such as WOODSmith. Paul also recently attended the National Sustainability Summit in Ireland as part of a trade mission to showcase CORE. He added:
“There is plenty more to come, too. We have a collaborative research project with Teesside University and are looking into some really innovative solutions. It’s great news, not just for us, but the Tees Valley and the construction industry as a whole.”
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Feature from Tees Business.
