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Product manufacturers and BIM: the importance of standardised data

Product manufacturers and BIM: the importance of standardised data

Alex Small, BIM and Digital Platforms Manager at Tata Steel outlines the challenges construction product manufacturers face on their route to BIM
Generative design

Generative design focuses on aesthetics and performance to create quality

Rachel Waite, Business Development Manager, FenestraPro discusses the importance of performance led generative design for AEC
compliance

The scale of the challenge and the cost of compliance

Graeme Forbes, Managing Director, Clearbox discusses the challenges in the digital construction sector and the cost of compliance
PUWER

PUWER keeps workers safe while using equipment

Jess Penny, General Manager of Penny Hydraulics outlines the importance of the PUWER regulation and its role in maintaining worker safety
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.
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.

The housebuilder’s challenge: a realistic target?

74 percent of housebuilders think the government’s aim of building a million homes during the current Parliament is unachievable. Gwyn Roberts, Homes and Communities Leader at BRE Global examines what can be done to make this target a reality

£5bn government funding will speed up home building

The government has announced funding totalling £5bn, which will be used to speed up the construction of tens of thousands of new homes.
Lean principles

The top 3 Lean principles in developing BIM software

The top 3 Lean principles in developing BIM software are outlined by coBuilder Marketing.

Are you suffering from BIM fatigue?

BIM is fast becoming a word many are tired of. While it represents the enabler to describe the digital transformation of construction, it is...

FenestraPro Premium for Revit Version 2.1

Business Development Manager Rachel Waite discusses the launch of FenestraPro Premium for Revit Version 2.1, and what’s to come It’s a very exciting time for us...

Utilising structured BIM data in offsite construction

Ensuring that you utilise structured BIM data in offsite construction is a vital aspect of BIM as Peter K. Foster Jnr, Director of Manufacturers...

Practical ‘BIM’ for the SME builder sector

Joanna Mulgrew, Marketing & Product Development Director, HBXL Building Software outlines how SMEs can embrace BIM...  BIM has been around for quite some time shaping some of...

The 5 pillars of Product Data Templates

In an interview with Nick Tune, CEO of coBuilder UK, he details the 5 Product Data Templates issues that manufacturers must consider if they...

How will the BIM revolution affect existing assets?

Nicholas Nisbet, director of AEC3 and Technical Coordinator buildingSMART UKI asks how the BIM revolution will impact existing assets... It’s widely held that we already have...

An FM Perspective of BIM in Healthcare

Stephen Bartlett, CEO of Invigilatis discusses how BIM is approached by FM in healthcare The journey/vision Given the government’s imminent deadline (end 2016) for Level 2 BIM, new...
BIM

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 security when utilising BIM
concurrency

Concurrency for BIM

Having recently published volume one of its BIM Digest, which offers a comprehensive guide to BIM through the views, opinions and observations of leading market professionals, Stephan Jones, Segment Manager at Trimble company, Amtech, outlines the benefits of concurrency for BIM
security

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...
measuring performance

New study reveals insights into gaps in building performance

The findings of an £8m study into the gaps between the expected and actual performance of buildings have been released A new study has revealed...

A diverse and inclusive culture for a sustainable workforce

Natasha Levanti, ACE Group Communications Executive explains the need for industry to adopt a diverse and inclusive culture if we are to address a...

BIM and re-thinking conventional practice

Richard Shennan, Chair of ACE BIM Engagement and Support Group muses on re-thinking the boundaries between consulting engineers and contractors – a key step...

Invigilatis: An FM Perspective of BIM in Healthcare

The journey/vision Given the government’s imminent deadline (end 2016) for Level 2 BIM, new and exciting ways of working will soon be available to NHS...
digital

Defining Digital Built Britain

Paul Oakley, BRE BIM Director examines the current state of play in the drive for coordinated data standards for information exchange, in order to...

An FM Perspective of BIM in Healthcare

Given the government’s imminent deadline (end 2016) for Level 2 BIM, new and exciting ways of working will soon be available to NHS Estates...

BIM and the necessity to participate

Raj Chawla, Vice Chair at BIM4SME analyses the challenges, issues, and benefits that the SME community face in the BIM process, arguing that to...