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Level 3 BIM and the data explosion
Level 3 BIM, location intelligence, and the explosion of data are all considered here by Paul Marshall of Landmark Information Group
The AGI’s Foresight 2020...
Funding for flood defences is putting communities at risk
The government is failing to protect communities at risk of flooding according to the Environmental Audit Committee.
A lack of long-term strategic planning to manage...
A rare opportunity to ‘turn the tide’
Oliver Johnson, Policy Executive at Environmental Industries Commission outlines the challenges caused by flooding and highlights details from the Turning the Tide report...
Previously occasional,...
Developers must introduce flood protection measures
Councils have called on developers to introduce new measures to protect homes and businesses from flooding…
The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling on the...
Forget Generation Buy, its Generation Build that matters
Britain is facing the biggest construction industry skills shortage for a generation. While the government’s commitment to build more new homes is a welcome...
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...
Lobbyist call for SuDS clause in Housing Bill
Civil engineers and architects are lobbying to ensure housing legislation will protect homes from flooding…
A number of organisations have joined together to ensure flood...
A Data-Driven Approach
Paul Marshall, of the Landmark Information Group outlines why a data-driven approach is vital for the construction sector...
Within the last month, we have seen the...
Public sector should support the British steel industry
The government has said public sector construction projects will be pushed to use British steel in a bid to save the industry…
Last week, steel...
The Housing and Planning Bill: A time of confusion
Naomi Luhde-Thompson, Planning Campaigner for Friends of the Earth details how further reform of the planning system heralded by the Housing and Planning Bill...
BIM: Integrating Environmental Intelligence at Landmark
Next month sees the arrival of the deadline for the mandated adoption of BIM Level 2 for all centrally procured projects. I read a great statement from RICS, which I felt really summed up just what BIM Level 2 represents
Archaeology, BIM and large-infrastructure (part 2)
In this article, we discuss the remaining two phases of archaeological works undertaken during construction: evaluation of the potential archaeology within the scheme, and finally, mitigation and monitoring during construction, and look at how they can contribute to the BIM
Flood clean up could boost UK construction
Storm damage repair and improving flood defences could offer a boost for UK engineering and construction…
December saw the wettest weather in century, leading to...
Britain facing a construction industry skills shortage
Britain is facing the biggest construction industry skills shortage for a generation. Whilst the government’s commitment to build more new homes is a welcome...
The potential pitfalls of brownfield redevelopment
With the country in the grip of a housing shortage, combined with the Government’s target of building 200,000 new homes each year, brownfield sites...
Student electrical safety campaign underway
Electrical Safety First’s campaign to make university students in Scotland aware of the risks of electrical fires gets underway as the new academic term...
Concrete strengthens resilience to fire and floods
Engineering resilience needn’t be rocket science. The challenge for designers is to be aware of the issues, and to think ahead, as Jenny Burridge...
BIM for Coastal Defences: Operational and maintenance data
This is the third in a series of interviews with Carl Green, Head of Engineering Services for Wyre Council as we follow the progress...
Ordnance Survey: Connecting the lives of everyone in Britain
We are Britain's mapping agency. We make the most up-to-date and accurate maps of the country. But we're also a digital business, and we...
Summer edition of PBC Today Northern Ireland is live!
Welcome to the Summer edition of Planning and Building Control Today Northern Ireland...
We are only a few months into the biggest planning and local...
APBC Northern Ireland 4
Welcome to the Summer Edition of PBC Today Northern Ireland. We are only a few months into the biggest planning and local government shake-up...
APBC Scotland 4
Welcome to the Summer edition of Planning and Building Control Today Scotland.
We open this edition with an article highlighting a wonderful example of what...
The ground you work on
Kevin Minton, Director of the Construction Plant Hire Association highlights the levels of risk involved in ground conditions for machinery and how it can...
A future flood resilient built environment
One in 6 homes are now under threat of flooding from rivers, sea and surface water. BRE’s Centre for Resilience is calling for a...
BIM for coastal defences: Identifying data
In the second of a series of interviews with Carl Green, Head of Engineering Services for Wyre Council, we follow the progress throughout the...