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Ordnance Survey Trig Pillar

Surveying Past meets Surveying Present… in 3D

By Steve Bury | Dec 24, 2019

Trig Pillars and their Role in Surveying When the old meets the new On a recent autumn walk, we climbed Chase End Hill at the tail end of the Malvern Hills, which is crowned by a wonderfully intact Ordnance Survey trig pillar. Trig pillars were once the backbone of our national mapping network. Every time…

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Drawings must have a scale. Are you one of those people who wrongly think their PDFs have one?

By Steve Bury | Dec 24, 2019

Why Drawings Need A Scale Bar Over recent years I’ve noticed a growing trend appearing (or should I say not appearing?) on many of the digital drawings I see. It’s something that not only wastes my time, it drives me mad! PDF is now the most common format used to share drawings created in CAD.…

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Former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Bury Associates complete epic laser scan to Revit BIM project in Edinburgh

By Steve Bury | Dec 23, 2019

Edinburgh Laser Scan to Revit BIM Project Originally Posted on Feb 13, 2017 by Steve In 2017 Bury Associates completed their largest ever laser scan to Revit BIM project of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Steve Bury describes how the project was carried out and gives a few facts and figures about this huge undertaking.…

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Elevations with One Measurement

Tutorial – Drawing Elevations with One Measurement

By Steve Bury | Dec 23, 2019

How to Draw Elevations Using One Measurement Church elevation drawn in CAD – all from one single measurement Tutorial This video will tell you how in just 4 simple steps. All you’ll need is a camera, a tape measure and some free to download software. Latest Blogs from Bury Associates

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St John the Baptist Church, Mathon

Reality Capture – What is it and what will it mean for achitects, engineers & planners?

By Steve Bury | Dec 23, 2019

Reality Capture and its Implications Explained  ​Reality Capture – what it is and what impact it is about to have on surveying and construction. Reality Capture hits the small screen If you were lucky enough to catch the excellent BBC series Italy’s Invisible Cities, you would have seen some outstanding 3D visualisations. Those 3D scenes…

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Drone image Worcester in flood

Worcester in flood December 2019

By Steve Bury | Dec 22, 2019

Worcester’s 2019 flooding captured by drone This 360-degree aerial drone gives a remarkable view of Worcester under water. Here in Worcester, we get rather used to the River Severn regularly bursting its banks. After a very wet month, Christmas 2019 certainly turned out to be a fairly soggy one for some residents. Bury Associates sent…

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Never Lost Again

Never Lost Again – the story of Google Earth

By Steve Bury | Dec 21, 2019

Never Lost Again Google Earth – its development & how it’s changed our world One of the plus sides of often being on the road visiting sites or meeting up with clients is that I can use that time to soak up lots of audiobooks and podcasts. Being a little bit obsessed with business books…

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Epic-pen

Epic Pen – the simple mark-up tool that works with every software program you use

By Steve Bury | Nov 1, 2019

Epic Pen Markup Tool Epic Pen – the handy tool Bury Associates recommend for mark-ups We all need to make mark-ups on those images, drawings, 3D models and documents we constantly have open on our computer screens. Sometimes it would be really helpful to be able to make temporary mark-ups as we work – although…

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