“BIM, Digital Life and the Third Industrial Revolution”
“It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin
Do you remember the...
PROFILE: Advancing BIM for comprehensive project delivery
New tools are empowering designers to explore new materials, builders to take advantage of innovative construction methods, and entire project teams to deliver better...
Introduction – BIM Today May 2015
Welcome to the Spring edition of BIM Today.
Opening this bumper publication is an interview with Jon Kerbey, Director of BIM at HS2, who explains...
Survey suggests old homes are preferred
In the rush to build more homes, there is concern that new homes standards are slipping...
According to the 2015 Homeowner Survey by HomeOwners Alliance...
BIM certification
Gaining recognisable BIM certification proves competency, compliance and capability of successful BIM delivery. PBC Today outlines what BRE can offer the industry…
Achieving BIM level...
BIM – The legal framework
Julian Booth and Louise Forbes of law firm Olswang, consider the Construction Industry Council’s BIM protocol and how it might be amended for anyone...
The road from Lonely BIM to Collaborative BIM…
While the benefits of BIM are widely recognised and detailed in many articles and presentations there are many businesses that are yet to receive...
Adoption of BIM by product manufacturers
Chris Witte, BIM4M2 Steering Group examines the recent BIM survey by Chris Ashworth, BIM4M2 Promotions Working Group Chair and Director of Competitive Advantage…
There are...
PROFILE: What has BIM got to do with us?
BIM is fast becoming an industry standard and accepted norm for new building projects. Here, David Wigglesworth, Managing Director of newly formed UK Specification...
PROFILE: BIM: Injecting innovation into the construction sector
The way we build is changing. There is a new breed of building design consultants emerging. Armed with a digital tool box, BIM enabled...
BIM – Where will the product information come from?
The potential impact of BIM on all stages of construction is undeniable. Expectations on the part of clients and other stakeholders are great and...
Putting BIM to work
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has fast become an essential in today’s construction industry. The challenge faced by management teams now is to integrate the...
The BIM journey – Begin with the end in mind
It has often been said that every journey starts with a single step. We at Quadra Solutions, believe that every journey starts with a...
The technology behind BIM
In matching the challenges and opportunities that BIM presents, Autodesk discuss the available software to satisfy the requirements for a successful project.
The introduction of...
Concerto and the Golden Thread of BIM
Greg Davies, Operations Director at Concerto, discusses their integrated asset management solution, their on-going commitment to Government Soft Landings and his thoughts on ‘the...
Environment & Infrastructure Europe – BIM
Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure Europe progressed the adoption of BIM through 2014 as part of a standard approach to project delivery and...
The BIM Delivery Cube
Tim Cole, Executive Vice President, Research & Development at Causeway and Bill Healy, Chair of the BIM Technology Alliance explains how the BIM Delivery Cube...
Tackling thermal bridging the Passivhaus way
Chris Parsons, Director of Parsons & Whittley Architects and Passivhaus Trust member provides an overview of thermal bridging challenges and its impact on the...
Moving to Level 3 BIM
Reports would have you believe that the design team is endangered due to the continued traction Building Information Modelling (BIM) is gaining in our...
The 2014 BIM message
As we enter another busy year for BIM processes, PBC Today outlines some of the key messages from 2014 by David Philp.
2014 was undoubtedly...
Introduction – BIM Today February 2015
Welcome to the February 2015 issue of BIM Today.
This is an exciting time in the BIM world. The NBS BIM Toolkit is on track...
Affordable homes top 260,000 mark
New figures released today have revealed that more than 260,000 affordable homes have been delivered since April 2010.
Housing Minister Brandon Lewis hailed the efforts...
Insulation for business efficiency
With many energy saving insulation solutions readily available for business premises, significant savings can be made on energy bills...
Although warmer weather is on the...
The water sector’s journey to BIM
Jon de Souza, Business Improvement Manager, Galliford Try and Chair, BIM4Water details the challenges of incorporating BIM in the water sector and how BIM4Water are addressing the issues
Urban Development for the highest level of quality of life
Andreas Trisko and Katharina Söpper from the Municipal Department of Urban Development and Planning, City of Vienna sheds light on the Urban Development Plan Vienna...
Firm in court after exposing workers to asbestos
A construction firm has been fined by the Health and Safety Executive after it was found guilty of exposing workers to asbestos fibres...
Marden Homes...