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Newly inaugurated Trimble Technology Lab provides students with a competitive edge

KTH's President Sigbritt Karlsson (to the right) and Amy Northcutt, Director Education & Outreach from Trimble USA, cuts the ribbon and declares the lab formally inaugurated(Photo: D Nilsson)
Published May 12, 2022

On 5 May, Trimble Technology Lab at Teknikringen 78 could be officially inaugurated, one year after the sneak opening during the pandemic. During mingling, presentations and ribbon-cutting, those invited could learned more about the opportunities of the lab where many of Trimble's software and hardware for building construction, infrastructure and distance measurement are available.

KTH is now one of about 20 universities in the world that has been dedicated its own Trimble Technology Lab since 2016, where a large part of Trimble's software and hardware for building construction, infrastructure and distance measurement is offered.

For four years, KTH has worked in collaboration with Trimble to develop a laboratory where students and researchers have access to many of Trimble's hardware and software. The products cover all stages of the construction process - from architectural integration to buildings and infrastructure as well as tools used in production.

The inauguration began with a mingle with non-alcoholic drinks and snacks, followed by presentations and ribbon cutting. The School of Architecture and the Built Environment's Deputy Head of School David Nilsson  started the afternoon and welcomed everyone. His speech was followed by speeches from KTH's President Sigbritt Karlsson and representatives from Trimble.

- At KTH, it is vital for us that students have access to the latest technology in digital development and therefore it is important for us to be able to collaborate with external actors, President Sigbritt Karlsson emphasized, during her speech.

Kjartan Gudmundsson , Deputy Director of First and Second Cycle Education at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, and Associate Professor Milan Horemuz  spoke about how the lab and Trimble's hardware and software are used in teaching and showed examples of completed student work and projects.

Kjartan Gudmundsson

Sought after in the job market
Kjartan Gudmundsson states that KTH has now gained access to an entire ecosystem of tools that give students great opportunities to work with sustainable development, make correct decisions and make the right type of analysis.

- We have received very positive reactions from the students. Partly because we have woven the use of Trimble's tools into our courses, but also because the students themselves have been able to work with the hardware and software and come up with solutions on their own. This makes them attractive to future employers, he states.

Trimble Technology Lab

KTH's Trimble Technology Lab is established at Teknikringen 78 with room for a total of 78 students. In addition to the physical lab at KTH, both students and staff have the opportunity to use a number of the tools remotely.

The software now offered at KTH's Trimble Technology Lab includes:

  •   Tekla Structures, the most buildable design software for BIM
  •   the 3D modeling program SketchUpPro
  •   the web-based analysis platform Sefaira Architecture
  •   Tekla Tedds, used for design calculations
  •   the cloud-based collaboration tool Trimble Connect
  •   the Quantm optimization tool for road and rail projects
  •   the collaboration platform Quadri, which enables collaboration with employees in real time

For distance measurement, the total stations TX8 Scanner and SX10 are available.

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