The Construction Playbook, National Infrastructure Strategy and TIP: Roadmap to 2030 have set the priority areas for the built environment – but productivity remains a key challenge. Dan Rossiter of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists says the UK BIM Framework can support organisations in boosting output, cutting costs and improving sustainability.
AI is kicking up a storm. Marc Nezet, chief strategy officer & chief division officer of the Operate & Manage Division, Nemetschek Group, explains why the group’s introduction of an AI Innovation Hub will restore calm to the AEC/O sector.
Paul Hanney, Senior Designer at Fforest Timber Engineering Ltd in Gorseinon, Swansea – one of the earliest adopters of Horizon – describes the lessons...
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...
In recent years BIM has focused on the built aspects of construction, however the ground conditions are arguably equally if not more important. Unexpected...
Karl Redmond, BIM4HEALTH & BIM4SME representative and Director at Bowman Riley Innovate & Healthcare details how the future NHS Estates frameworks will fully support...
Mike Packham, Partner of Bernard Williams Associates and BIFM member provides the highlights from May Winfield’s recent presentation examining the dark side of the...
Software provider Nemetschek AG has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Solibri Inc., based in Helsinki, Finland. Nemetschek successfully beat several other...
Nick Nisbet, Technical Coordinator for buildingSMART UKI details how the UK can meet the vision set out in the Construction 2025 strategy…
Our industry’s vision...
Loughborough University will launch a dedicated training centre to support the building and industrial services industry in tackling the challenges of pipework innovation and...
A new study has shown BIM offers substantial benefits to the construction sector, allowing information mobility and pushing down costs…
US firm Dodge Data &...
A new joint venture has been launched to provide help to ensure manufacturers are prepared to meet the April 2016 BIM mandate
The Construction Products...
Joe Cilia, Technical Manager at FIS considers whether specialist contractors are ready for the government’s mandating of level 2 BIM on centrally procured projects...
Shona Frame, Partner at international law firm CMS considers the legal implications of BIM in contractual documentation…
Much has been done in relation to the...
BSI has launched a new verification scheme to help contractors discern which firms are capable of delivering projects using BIM technology…
Building information modelling (BIM)...
