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Lords vote in favour of zero carbon homes
The House of Lords has voted in favour of bringing back carbon standards for homes after government attempts to scale back green policies…
Last year,...
The ground beneath cities – opportunity for urban design
Stephanie Bricker, Urban Geoscience team leader at the British Geological Survey describes how BIM approaches can help unlock the potential of the ground beneath...
BIM: Embracing innovation in housing
Paul Surin, Vice-Chairman of BIM4M2, and a member of the Built Environment Executive for the IET, evaluates the role of BIM for innovation in...
World Green Building Council gains Volvo CE on its advisory board
Volvo Construction Equipment has joined the corporate advisory board of the World Green Building Council…
The World Green Building Council (WGBC) has welcomed a new...
Global market for zero net energy buildings to expand
It is expected the zero net energy buildings market will see global growth between 2016 and 2024…
According to a new report the global market...
Analogue villains in a digital world
The world has become increasingly digitalised and construction, as well as wider society, must adapt. John Eynon, Consultant at Open Water Consulting explains...
The saga of the...
Building Control – a look ahead at the challenges
Paul Wilkins, Chair of the ACAI and Chief Executive at Butler and Young Group, summarises the latest developments and challenges for the building control...
Digitising healthcare: The future for the NHS
Karl Redmond, member of BIM4HEALTH and Director of BIM4SME details how the IoT, big data and the BIM agenda can help shape a digital...
2025 vision – a digital future for the construction industry
Dale Sinclair, AECOM’s Director of Technical Practice, the CIC BIM Champion and the RIBA’s Ambassador for Industry Collaboration and Technical Innovation sets out the...
New design and construction process guide launched for FM
A new guide aimed at helping facilities management professionals with the design and construction process has been launched
The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM)...
University report criticises government’s zero carbon homes policy cuts
A new report from two major universities has brought to light the serious impact of cutting the zero-carbon homes plan…
The University of Westminster and...
Energy efficient buildings qualify for cut-rate loans
Lloyds Banking Group is offering £1bn in cut-rate loans to help improve the energy efficiency of buildings…
Real estate clients looking to improve the energy...
Healthy towns scheme to be piloted by the NHS
This week NHS England announced 10 new towns will form the pilot of a new healthy town initiative…
Ten new towns across England are set...
ICE meeting brings industry together to discuss skills shortage
Representatives from industry and academia came together in Nottingham to discuss how the skills shortage could affect the delivery of future infrastructure projects…
The Institution...
GCU wins BIM construction integration contract
A contract has been awarded to Glasgow Caledonian University to help the industry get to grips with Scottish government protocols for BIM…
Glasgow Caledonian University...
Global green building will double by 2018
The amount of green building taking place globally is expected to double by 2018, according to a new study…
The World Green Building Council (WGBC)...
Global consultancy firm RPS awarded BRE BIM certification
RPS has become the latest business to gain accreditation from BRE Global for becoming BIM Level 2 compliant…
Built environment consultancy firm RPS is the...
BIM4SME launches a new digital2all initiative
A new strategy has been launched, aimed at future proofing the sector, while expanding the benefits of BIM for SMEs
In response to plans set...
ESOS – the proof of the audit is in the saving
Thomas Whiffen, Senior Energy Specialist at the National Energy Foundation talks about the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme and how it can save millions...
If anyone needs convincing...
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 it should be called BOM (Building Operations Modeling)
2016: The beginning of the end of BIM?
Jon Frost, BIM Leader for BWB Consulting and BIM4SME Leadership Team Member summarises the history of how BIM came into being, and crucially, where he believes it will take the construction industry
Security in the BIM world
Anthony Burd Head of Sector – Construction, and Kieran Parkinson, Market Development Manager for the Built Environment at BSI, outline best practice for managing...
Peer review process ensures quality of access consultants
 About Access discusses the importance of the peer review process in ensuring quality...
Whatever your trade or profession, credibility counts.
You wouldn’t place an important legal matter in...
BIM certification awarded to HLM
Architect firm HLM has been awarded BIM certification ahead of the government’s April deadline for public sector projects…
From April this year all public sector...
Three initiatives for efficiency
Paul Wilkins, Chair of the ACAI details three recent initiatives that can improve the efficiency of what is already an effective and valued building...
The Future of Construction Plant Hire
Kevin Minton, Director of The Construction Plant Hire Association provides the highlights of their 2015 conference…
The Construction Plant-hire Association’s 2015 conference was a huge...