Construction · Digital twin
Turning site data into a collaborative planning room
Spencer led client, commercial and technical engagement through Holosphere, connecting the planning need to an executable immersive solution.
Overview
Drone and LiDAR capture became an interactive planning environment with BIM context and remote collaboration.
Project media
Balfour Beatty digital‑twin planning environment
A silent highlights edit showing aerial site data, multi-screen planning views and tablet-based access to the digital model.
A site that stakeholders needed to understand
Dispersed teams needed a shared understanding of site conditions, plans and safety considerations without every conversation requiring physical access or personnel ascending the site.
Starting with the planning conversation
Spencer led client, commercial and technical engagement through Holosphere, focusing the solution on the decisions stakeholders needed to make together rather than on a technology demonstration in isolation.
Bringing the sources together
Drone and LiDAR capture, BIM information and real-time 3D were combined into a navigable view of the site. The model gave different disciplines a common spatial reference for planning and discussion.
Collaboration across locations
Multi-user access, avatars and voice communication enabled remote participants to review the same site model, point to issues and test equipment positioning in a shared planning room.
Making site knowledge easier to share
The delivered environment supported planning, communication, stakeholder engagement and health-and-safety conversations across locations, and received strong feedback from senior Balfour Beatty stakeholders.
Outcome
The environment supported planning, communication, stakeholder engagement and health-and-safety discussion across locations.
Technology & methods
- Unreal Engine
- LiDAR and drone capture
- BIM overlays
- Multi-user VR
Credibility indicators
- Delivered collaborative environment
- Remote site access
- Cross-disciplinary planning use
Related capability
- Innovation strategy
- Stakeholder leadership
- Digital twins