Structural warranty — a guarantee of quality
PBC Today sheds light on the structural warranty market and how it can guarantee a level of quality for newly built homes and commercial...
Warranties vs Insurance – which cover is best?
Kim Vernau, Chief Executive Officer at BLP Insurance explains which is best, warranties or insurance?
Taking the Building Regulations Online
The team at SpecifiedBy recently converted the Building Regulations Approved Documents for England & Wales into web format. Founder Darren Lester talks through some...
Requirement and guidance in BS 7543:2015
Stephanie Kosandiak, Lead Programme Manager at BSI and Kathryn Bourke, Technical Author of building components durability standard, BS 7543 discuss its fit with service...
PROFILE: Durability challenges for new and existing reinforced concrete structures
Concrete and reinforced/pre-stressed concrete is and will be the main construction material for civil engineering infrastructure. Much more than in the past this construction...
Green Sky Thinking: Can construction really be sustainable?
The construction industry has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but only if it is open to innovation and change with a more...
Implementing the Housing Standards Review
Paul Wilkins, Chair of the ACAI examines how the Housing Standards Review will be implemented by both building control and councils
NHBC: Building control for major builders
A recent discussion with major builders and the NHBC provided guidance and clarification surrounding the Housing Standards Review and its impact on the industry....
BIM4SME winners
PBC Today honour the winners of The RICS BIM4SME Awards 2015…
The first RICS BIM4SME Awards ceremony took place on the 18th June at the...
Councils pushed to release surplus land and property
Under the productivity plan the government wants councils to release land and public property to boost development...
In an attempt to boost development the government...
From BIM to FM
Brian McGuire, Chairman of the Zutec Group argues that technology will be the driver for BIM and energy management in buildings…
Having worked in the...
The BIM countdown to 2016
As the BIM clock continues to tick, Kath Fontana, Managing Director of BAM FM and chair of RICS FM PG board, shares her thoughts...
The new BIM Bom(b)
Jan Phelps, Principal and IWMS Advocate for Terminal Velocity FM hails the popularity and benefits of BIM for the FM community and asks whether...
The importance of BIM certification
Drew Wiggett, Head of Production Information, assesses how important BIM certification for BIM objects is for the construction industry…
There is no doubt that awareness...
We need to talk about BIM
Nick Nisbet, Director at AEC3 Ltd and Technical Coordinator for buildingSMART wants us to be clear-headed when talking about BIM…
I’m reliably informed that if...
PROFILE: BIMer.eu, the new online BIM model viewer
Are you on the lookout for a tool to share your models online? Look no more. The easiest possible way to share 3D visualisations...
SketchUp 2015 and it’s interoperability with BIM
With the recent launch of SketchUp 2015, the latest edition of the 3D modelling platform from Trimble Buildings Group. Designed for architects, engineers, design...
PROFILE: What’s new about BIM?
Nick Nisbet, Director at AEC3 Ltd and Technical Coordinator for buildingSMART asks whether BIM is so new, after all…
Last year I was challenged to...
PROFILE: Wienerberger BIM objects now downloadable directly from its website!
1 April 15: Wienerberger, the leading provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, launched its fully functional Building Information Modelling (BIM) portal on its...
An Object Lesson in BIM
With the April 2016 deadline for the use of Level 2 BIM on all centrally-procured government funded projects looming, the importance of standardised BIM...
PROFILE: BIM is our Glue
One Creative Environment’s journey through BIM adoption began in 2007 when we first became fully multi-disciplinary, although we didn’t know it was called BIM...
PROFILE: Making progress with BIM
With Construction identified by the government as an enabling sector under its industrial strategy, BIM has been heralded as an integral part of this...
Benchmarking a Common Data Environment (CDE)
While BIM has, to date, been synonymous with Design, the Common Data Environment (CDE), as outlined in British Standard 1192:2007, is seen as a...
Quality Assurance in the Construction Process
The benefits of the governments’ BIM Level 2 legacy are potentially immense. However, there is a caveat – the BIM process creates more data...
PROFILE: Refurbify: The virtual retrofit manager
Close to 3 years ago, VRM set out to build a next generation cloud based construction management and collaboration platform for the domestic refurbishment...
Scottish construction firm enters administration
A total of 60 staff are set to lose their jobs after Scottish construction firm Stewart McNee (Dunoon) Ltd goes into administration...
Tough trading conditions...