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Business Collaborator: Our Semantic BIM Platform

Adopt our Semantic BIM Platform today and realise the benefits for your asset’s lifetime… Data, data, data Admit it. When you think of BIM the first...

BSI, BIM, compliance and capability

With the government mandate for all government projects in the UK to be level 2 BIM compliant by 2016, Andrew Butterfield, Global Head of...

First steps in addressing contaminated land risks

With a national drive to redevelop brownfield land across the country, planners and developers are increasingly faced with sites that may have been contaminated...

How to make your data work in BIM

Karen Alford, BIM Project Executive at the Environment Agency explains how to gather shareable and verifiable data and its key to asset delivery in...
BIM objects

A Guardian for BIM

“Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the next generation of digital representation for architectural projects,” says Lance Altizer, Marketing Director for Guardian Europe
timber

Offsite construction and timber sees massive growth

The move to offsite construction and timber systems has grown significantly due to a shortage in skills… Leading provider Stewart Milne Timber Systems has reported...
inputs and outputs

Managing inputs and outputs to the model

A few years ago, an international architectural studio famous for its modern glass and steel designs discovered that building information modelling threatened to break...
planner

Scotland’s chief planner calls for a flexible approach

In a letter, the Scottish government’s chief planner has called on council planners to adopt a positive and flexible approach to private rental applications… Scotland’s...
outstanding

Carbon centre becomes first refurb to gain BREAAM Outstanding

The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation has become the first UK refurbishment scheme to be awarded a BREEAM outstanding rating… The Edinburgh Centre for Carbon...
BIM FM

BIM for FM – Progressing the case

Mike Packham, Partner of Bernard Williams Associates and BIFM member details how BIM and Soft Landings have progressed recently with guidance from bodies such...

A holistic approach to energy assessments

John Edwards, Trustee of the IHBC argues for an intelligent and holistic approach to energy assessments that have a positive impact on the sustainability...

Brownfield First

Natasha Levanti writes on behalf of the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) outlining a sustainable way forward in both housing and commercial development of brownfield...
Energy efficiency rating

A holistic approach to energy assessments

John Edwards, Trustee of the IHBC argues for an intelligent and holistic approach to energy assessments that have a positive impact on the sustainability...
Greater Manchester from Poyton

Brownfield First

Natasha Levanti writes on behalf of the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) outlining a sustainable way forward in both housing and commercial development of brownfield...
Cumbrian businesses join forces to create ultimate green home

Cumbrian businesses join forces to create ultimate green home

Three Cumbrian businesses have worked together to create the ultimate energy efficient home… A detached house in Kendal has achieved the second highest score for...
Concrete strengthens resilience to fire and floods

Concrete strengthens resilience to fire and floods

Engineering resilience needn’t be rocket science. The challenge for designers is to be aware of the issues, and to think ahead, as Jenny Burridge...
UK construction firms awarded £1bn sewer contract

UK construction firms awarded £1bn sewer contract

Around £1bn worth of contracts have been granted to joint ventures led by Balfour Beatty, Costain, and Laing O'Rourke to construct a major sewer...
BIM and archaeology – a natural fit

BIM and archaeology – a natural fit

MOLA’s Senior Consultant Sophie Jackson, describes three very different applications of BIM: for archaeological interpretation, predictive modelling and heritage management BIM and archaeology might seem...
BIM for Coastal Defences: Operational and maintenance data

BIM for Coastal Defences: Operational and maintenance data

This is the third in a series of interviews with Carl Green, Head of Engineering Services for Wyre Council as we follow the progress...
Warranties vs Insurance – which cover is best?

Warranties vs Insurance

Warranties vs Insurance – which cover is best? Kim Vernau, chief executive officer at BLP Insurance explains There is, and always has been, debate in...

The imperative open communication standard

In an interview with Lisa Carnwell, Editor for PBC Today, David Jellings, Solibri UK Managing Director and board member of buildingSMART UK and Ireland,...
warranties

Warranties vs Insurance – which cover is best?

Kim Vernau, Chief Executive Officer at BLP Insurance explains which is best, warranties or insurance?

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...
HS2

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...

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...

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...