The Civil and Surveying Institute unleashes SPOT

In case you haven’t heard, the Institute of Surveying and Civil Design Training (ISCDT) has been rebranded as the Civil and Surveying Institute (CSI): www.civilandsurveying.com.

CSI is an authorised 12d Model training centre offering training programs for novices through to experienced 12d Model users.

For instructor-led courses, CSI has online and face-to-face training, either as open courses, or courses restricted to one company. Tailored courses are also available.

CSI realised that not everyone can attend their instructor-led courses and so has added Self-Paced Online Training (SPOT) to its offering.

With SPOT, you work through a course at a time of your choosing, from anywhere in the world - all you need is a Microsoft computer, two screens, an internet connection, and an interest in learning.

Once enrolled in a SPOT course, you can play, and replay, the videos for twelve months, and on successfully completing all the lessons and any associated quizzes, you receive a Certificate of Completion. Most courses also include access to a 12d Model licence for up to six months.

Another service offered by the Civil and Surveying Institute is Proctored exams. In a proctored exam, you are under online supervision and work through, and successfully complete, a number of 12d Model tasks. After passing a Proctored exam, you will receive a Certificate of Competency.

Although Proctored exams are based around 12d Model courses, they are open to anyone, regardless of whether you have taken a CSI course.

So, if you need civil and surveying training using 12d Model, the Civil and Surveying Institute is the place to go.

ADAC: Bundy and beyond

On 1st September 2017, Bundaberg Regional Council (BRC) adopted the ADAC system for As Constructed XMLs for data provided by the Development Industry.

“However, ADAC, as the name implies, is Asset Design and As Constructed...so why doesn't our industry provide ‘Design For Construction’ in ADAC.XML?” said Adam Johnston, Manager of Design at Bundaberg Regional Council.

“ADAC no longer needs to be only part of the As Constructed package at BRC …The goal was to produce an ADAC.XML file from a 12d design so that it could be read into our GIS and accounting systems and supplied to industry so that it could be used by any other system that reads ADAC.XML.”

With this in mind, at 12d Solutions, Paul Hardwick and Peter Taynton enhanced the new 12d Model 15 option, Metaconnex, and added extensions to snippets, 12d mapfiles, chains and macro calls, to make this a reality. Mal Peaker then trained the BRC Designers in the new process.

“This process used to be done manually and could take weeks for large projects. Now this only takes hours to achieve, arguably with more accuracy than before,” said Adam.

The next logical question is: if we have ADAC at design and at the As Constructed phase, where will this process lead? Stay tuned!