The opening subject for discussions in the session was Geospatial Infrastructure & Digital Twin: Empowering Sustainable Construction. The session was moderated by Kasirajan Mahalingam, Industry Manager - AEC, Geospatial World; and the speakers were Ingo Simonis, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Germany; Amr Raafat, Vice President, VDC & Technology, Windover Construction, USA; Daniel Pierre, Group Innovation Director, Antea Group, France.

Speaking on the subject, Ingo Simonis, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Germany, said, “The key is to make all geospatial data findable and accessible.” He also emphasized the requirement for data standards for better project execution and delivery.

Focusing on the advantages of modeling, Amr Raafat, Vice President, VDC & Technology, Windover Construction, USA, said, “BIM data helps us visualize things concerning the construction, be it industrialized or offsite construction. We see geospatial as not a technology tool but as a solution. The ultimate goal is to integrate geospatial data from sensors and drones with BIM and AR & VR.”

Meanwhile, Daniel Pierre, Group Innovation Director, Antea Group, France, exhibited the work on environmental digital twins by his company to ensure sustainability. “Digital Twins will help in making our sustainable cities more sustainable, and that is why we need environmental digital twins with an ecosystem approach,” he said.
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