The final event of the Communicity project took place in Porto on 2 July and was attended by Rita Mendonça from BUILT CoLAB. This event, organised by Porto Digital at the Porto Innovation Hub, aimed to highlight the project’s main results, lessons learnt and innovative solutions to the urban challenges facing cities. It was attended...
João Moutinho and Sofia Bastos, from BUILT CoLAB, attended the event ‘7 years of CoLAB’s – Impacts and Perspectives’ which took place on 30 June in Lisbon. The event, organised by FCoLAB, the Forum of Collaborative Laboratories, brought together the 41 Collaborative Laboratories, such as BUILT CoLAB, with the aim of reflecting on the impact...
BUILT CoLAB recently welcomed two new members, ISQ and Gabriel Couto, following approval by the General Assembly. ISQ, an interface and technology centre, has 60 years of experience, offering integrated solutions that cover all project life cycles, including engineering, inspection, testing and training, in the areas of Engineering, Consulting, Inspection, Testing, Research and Development, and...
In May, the IPQ published the Portuguese version of parts 1, 2 and 3 of ISO Standard 19650, which are now available as Portuguese Standards NP EN ISO 19650-1, NP EN ISO 19650-2 and NP EN ISO 19650-3 on its website here. These final versions of the Standards are the result of a lot of...
BUILT CoLAB has completed its participation in the TARGET-X project, a European initiative co-funded by the Horizon Europe programme, which aims to accelerate digital transformation in strategic sectors such as construction, energy, the automotive industry and manufacturing. Throughout the project, and in collaboration with WatchBuilt, BUILT CoLAB developed and tested an intelligent web platform for...
BUILT CoLAB has finalised its collaboration with Porto de Mós City Council, the main aim of which was to support the municipality in establishing an action plan for implementing the BIM methodology, which is essential in its digital transition process. The work carried out by the BUILT CoLAB team over the several months of the...
BUILT CoLAB recently started a collaboration with Porto Vivo, SRU, with the aim of addressing the environmental challenges of rehabilitating and managing its building stock. Considering that the built environment is responsible for more than a third of environmental impacts, material and energy consumption, the project’s main objectives are: To this end, BIM models will...
On 23 April, BUILT CoLAB organised a session on the fundamental concepts of the BIM methodology for the members of the Agenda Sustainable Stone by Portugal consortium, as part of activity A6.1 – Sustainable Digital Hub for the Local Economy (Porto Mós), in which it participates. The session took place in a hybrid format and...
In March, BUILT CoLAB began the second phase of its collaboration with Águas do Douro e Paiva, with the aim of digitising its hydraulic supply infrastructures, reinforcing the joint commitment to the digital transformation of the water and sanitation sector. In this new phase, the focus remains on digitising critical assets – such as reservoirs,...
BUILT CoLAB recently completed the pilot test of BIMonitor, developed in partnership with Gabriel Couto, which demonstrated the potential of Augmented Reality to transform construction monitoring. Over the last few months, the two organisations have collaborated on the development of an innovative solution that allows multiple BIM models of on-site specialities to be visualised and...
