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...
The underlying 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...
The reality of BIM in practice
Jason Clark, Project Manager and Director at UBS details the BIM journey taken in the 5 Broadgate project and what it could mean for...
The ARC approach to BIM
At ARC:BIM collaboration is key. ARC:BIM is led by our divisional Director Paul Field who has a number of years of experience in successfully...
BIM the HS2 way
In an interview with Jon Kerbey, Director of BIM at HS2 he explains to Editor Lisa Carnwell, how BIM will be utilised on the...
The NBS BIM Toolkit
The development story so far…
The launch of the NBS BIM Toolkit public BETA in early April was the result of six months of intensive...
PROFILE: Robust and Reliable
OKI printers are durable and resilient to cope with tough construction site environments, but they offer flexibility and creativity into the bargain, says Andrew...
Smart cities standards, the story so far
Saviour Alfino Smart Cities Standards Strategy Project Manager at BSI discusses how standards are shaping the future city landscape…
There are many reasons to support...
Making consideration in construction top of the agenda
Robert Biggs, former Chairman of the Considerate Constructors Scheme outlines how the Scheme can address modern day challenges in the construction sector…
In today’s world,...
Five radical ideas for improving the planning system
Professor Yvonne Rydin of UCL’s Bartlett School of Planning presents five ideas that could result in a planning system that delivers a strategy that...
PROFILE: Improving performance and agility
The role of business processes...
All businesses, in whatever the state of development and maturity will use business processes to deliver services and goods to...
The Green Belt – Nice or Noose?
In considering what the election had in store for planners and developers, I came to the mixed conclusion that we might expect a comparatively...
The green belt dilemma
Amanda Beresford, Head of Planning at corporate law firm Shulmans, asks whether the government’s house building plans will result in development in the green...
A 21st Century approach to infrastructure decisions
Amy Mount, Senior Policy Adviser at Green Alliance examines the opportunities available to improve public engagement in infrastructure decisions…
The scale of change required to...
PROFILE: Embodied Carbon in Construction – the impact on your business
Embodied carbon is the carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the extraction, manufacture, transportation, assembly, replacement and deconstruction of...
Housing a nation through off-site construction
Dr Tim Fox, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers argues that a solution to the UK’s housing crisis could lie in the off-site construction sector
The opportunities for delivery
Andrew Walker, Policy Researcher for the Local Government Information Unit highlights the opportunities available for councils to play their part in the delivery of...