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Guidance from the BIM Regions

The BIM Regions – steering you on the BIM journey

The BIM Regions cover the UK & Ireland and can help you to negotiate the implementation of BIM Level 2 within your organisation with open advice & guidance

National park wins award for quality in planning

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park’s innovative Local Development Plan has secured a Scottish Award for Quality in Planning
UK Healthcare sector using BIM

How the UK healthcare sector is influenced by BIM

Construction research on the UK healthcare sector has revealed that BIM and sustainability are important factors, as Chris Ashworth of BIM4M2 explains
coBuilder Bulgaria

COBie functionality with ProductXchange

COBie functionality - Great news for manufacturers, clients, contractors and designers. ProductXchange has now a COBie filter functionality! Project Information Managers can set project data...
Women in BIM - call for diversity

Women in BIM – A call for diversity

Women in BIM is a growing global networking group set up to draw attention to the low numbers of women in BIM related roles as explained here
Funding needed for housing crisis

Allow councils to borrow to alleviate housing crisis

Allowing local authorities to borrow to build homes could both help tackle the housing crisis and mitigate any emerging economic uncertainty, the Federation of...
Clearbox

Clearbox helps Kier achieve BIM Level 2 compliance

BIM is fast becoming a word many are tired of. While it represents the enabler to describe the digital transformation of construction, it is also a misused and abused term to describe a variety of expectations for the user, which leads to frustration and disappointment.
lack of skilled labour in Fire industry

Lack of skilled labour highlighted in FIA survey

A lack of skilled labour is just one result of the latest Market Conditions Survey released by the Fire Industry Association (FIA)
Achieving efficient energy use

The Assured Performance Process for energy use

The Assured Performance Process for efficient energy use reduces the performance risk and protects the reputation of developers and local authorities
writing specifications in BIM

How are we writing specifications in a BIM world?

NBS has launched its latest survey to understand how the industry is changing the way it’s writing specifications as it adopts digital ways of working
BIM Show Live

BIM Show Live 2017 returns to challenge tradition

After taking a year out, BIM Show Live is returning. It promises to come back with a BIM-bang and deliver far beyond our expectations in the world of digital construction
UK house building

UK house building requires change in mindset

A step change is needed in mindset and delivery on UK house building to meet government’s ambition to build one million new homes by 2020, says CBI report
Infrastructure for London

Is infrastructure still a priority for the Prime Minister?

A new Commercial Secretary should be a priority for Teresa May if promises that infrastructure are high on her government’s agenda are to be believed
Building Manchester's Proton Beam Therapy Unit

How BIM is enabling proton beam therapy

Proton beam therapy will be more widely available thanks to the innovative use of BIM technology as explained here by Trimble M
Reducing construction co2 emissions

Reducing construction co2 emissions

The Construction Climate Challenge has selected two new research projects that aim to come up with solutions on reducing construction CO2 emissions
product data templates with the correct data

Product data templates = smart manufacturing

Smart manufacturers recognise the need for product data templates with the correct data.
Gender pay gap in construction

Gender pay gap lowest on record for construction sector

The latest figures showing the gender pay gap have been released by the Office for National Statistics.
construction technology

The new age of construction technology

Reflecting on current levels of construction technology and BIM adoption in the UK, Jason Ruddle, COO at Elecosoft urges industry to grasp the opportunities
considerate firms

CCS prepares to reveal the most considerate firms of 2016

The Considerate Constructors Scheme to host awards ceremony recognising the UK's most considerate companies and suppliers of 2016
BIM and CDM2015

BIM and CDM2015 – an opportunity to excel

BIM and CDM2015 have similar requirements and objectives. To ignore the synergy would be a missed opportunity argues David Carr, Managing Director of Callsafe Services Limited
affordable homes

2,500 affordable homes to be constructed in Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire Council reveals “ambitious plans” to invest £135m to build more than 2,500 affordable homes
Tekla Structures software

Tekla Structures software – what’s it all about?

Tekla Structures can allow a steel and concrete structure to be formed within the same 3D model, reducing costs and improving efficiencies
modular construction

McAvoy Group to invest £10m in modular construction

A £10m investment boost is to be given to the modular construction industry, as McAvoy Group announces plans to expand its services
construction site health and safety

A worker from the North East has died on a Scottish...

A construction site in Scotland has reported a fatality, after an employee died earlier this week while sustaining injuries at the Blackhillock substation
construction sector

Construction sector forecast presents a mixed picture

The Construction Products Association has revealed a mixed picture for the construction industry in 2017 and 2018 due to Brexit uncertainty
BIM software suite

Details of a new BIM software suite for SME builders have...

A new BIM software suite will help SME building firms to increase productivity, reduce costs and improve quality. House Builder XL ltd explains