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Defining Digital Built Britain
Paul Oakley, BRE BIM Director examines the current state of play in the drive for coordinated data standards for information exchange, in order to...
The 3 key pillars of BIM adoption in the UK
As Peter Hansford nears the end of his Government Chief Construction Adviser role, he provides a retrospective look at the adoption of BIM highlighting...
50 years of Architectural Technology
As the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists celebrates its 50th anniversary, Graham Paterson MCIAT and Tahar Kouider MCIAT summarise how the organisation is embracing...
A Good Time to Re-Consider Print
Despite the fast approaching deadline, the industry is still debating whether the government’s mandate that all centrally-funded work should use building information modelling (BIM)...
What’s new about BIM?
Nick Nisbet, Director at AEC3 Ltd and Technical Coordinator for buildingSMART asks whether BIM is so new, after all…Â
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Last year I was challenged to...
PROFILE: Retrofit insulated render system saves a fortune in heat loss
The world’s demand for energy will only ever grow and whilst new sources of sustainable and renewable energy are secured through incentivising financial investment,...
First 12 months sees widespread use of NBS BIM Object Standard
It’s just over a year since the NBS launched its BIM Object Standard. The first of its kind in the world, the Standard defines...
The 3 key pillars of BIM adoption in the UK
As Peter Hansford nears the end of his Government Chief Construction Adviser role, he provides a retrospective look at the adoption of BIM highlighting...
The 3 key pillars of BIM adoption in the UK
As Peter Hansford nears the end of his Government Chief Construction Adviser role, he provides a retrospective look at the adoption of BIM highlighting...
What’s classification got to do with it?
Nick Nisbet, Director at AEC3 Ltd and Technical Coordinator for buildingSMART UKI explores how classification is the key to the information and productivity revolution…
Classification...
North East firms unite to create BIM industry group
To champion digital construction in the North East a number of leading companies have teamed up to create a collaborative group…
Building Information Modelling (BIM)...
Airtightness topic guide published
BSRIA has relaunched a topic guide for airtightness as part of a drive to provide information and answer key questions…
The first release of the BSRIA’s ‘At...
BIM3 Initiatives Launched by Government – but what about BIM2?
The government has launched its building information modelling (BIM) level 3 initiatives with a view to implement in 2025 and aim of improving data...
NHS England to develop healthy towns scheme
News towns or schemes of more than 250 homes will form part of a new NHS England initiative to trial design ideas and digital...
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,...
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...
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...
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…Â
Last year I was challenged to...
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: 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...
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...
Open standards for open BIM
Dr Anne Kemp, Chair, BIM4IUK and Vice Chair of BuildingSMART reflects on recent discussions surrounding BIM in terms of the route to a Digital Built Britain and open standards
How to move faster: Collaborating in the cloud
Tracey Saunders, Sales & Marketing Manager at Asite details collaboration in the cloud - Adoddle has quickly become the collaboration platform for many
PROFILE: Innovation in Vectorworks BIM
Read Axiom Architects story on getting started with BIM…
THE PRACTICE
Since Axiom Architects was founded in 1986, the practice has grown from its origins in...
Getting our BIM data in order
Martyn Horne of the Landscape Institute’s BIM Working Group explains why BIM data in the form of COBie requirements is not something to fear…
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