22 | Tees Business
Constructing a game-changer - Dr
Jonathan Siddle and Garry Lofthouse,
front centre, with, from left, KTN’s Ian
Blakemore, Applied Integration’s Lee
Raywood, and Teesside University’s Prof
Nashwan Dawood and Dr Huda Dawood.
New Zealand unveiling
for Tees system set
to “revolutionise”
construction industry
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A
ground-breaking system developed
by North-East firm Applied
Integration that could revolutionise
the construction industry has
received a global unveiling at a world-leading
exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand.
ArchiTrack, which the Stokesley firm
believes will save millions of pounds and
countless man hours on major construction
projects, was unveiled at the International
Conference on Construction Applications of
Virtual Reality.
The conference was attended by world-
leading experts in virtual reality, augmented
reality and building information modelling.
Applied Integration, who specialise in
providing cutting edge solutions to the
petrochemicals, oil, gas and defence sectors,
have developed ArchiTrack over the past two
years in partnership with Teesside University.
The firm believe they are “pushing
the boundaries of innovation” with the
development of the software tool which is
designed to record the ongoing architectural
changes with a building’s construction.
ArchiTrack has been developed by
Applied Integration after they joined forces
with Teesside University in a two-year,
government-backed Knowledge Transfer
Partnership (KTP).
Designed to encourage businesses
to improve their competitive edge and
productivity through the use of emerging
expertise and innovative technologies, KTP
is a nationwide programme helping firms
make better use of the UK’s knowledge,
technology and skills-base.
Software engineer Dr Jonathan Siddle,
who recently joined Applied Integration on
a permanent basis after leading the project
as an associate on the KTP, presented
ArchiTrack to the industry experts at the
University of Auckland’s flagship science
centre.
Applied Integration also worked with
academics within the university’s School of
Science and Engineering on the KTP, which
has moved ArchiTrack to the stage where
it was ready for its grand unveiling at the
prestigious conference Down Under.
Dr Siddle, who has a doctorate
in Computer Science from Teesside
University, added: “The KTP has given me
a great opportunity to apply my expertise
to deliver a solution for a real-world
problem – which has the potential to be
such a game-changer within the sector.”