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A timber frame manufacturer’s BIM learning curve

Paul Hanney, Senior Designer at Fforest Timber Engineering Ltd in Gorseinon, Swansea – one of the earliest adopters of Horizon – describes the lessons...
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BIM certification awarded to HLM

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...
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BIM: Starting with the Design

Some say BIM is a type of software. Others say BIM is the 3D virtual model of buildings. Many say BIM is a process or...

Linking BIM, GSL and the future NHS Estates frameworks

Karl Redmond, BIM4HEALTH & BIM4SME representative and Director at Bowman Riley Innovate & Healthcare details how the future NHS Estates frameworks will fully support...
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First 12 months sees widespread use of NBS BIM Object Standard

The NBS BIM Object Standard is not tied to a particular software package, but is platform neutral and tailored to supporting all file formats...

First 12 months sees widespread use of NBS BIM Object Standard

It’s just over a year since the NBS launched its BIM Object Standard. The first of its kind in the world, the Standard defines...

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...

Knowledge transformation for BIM implementation

At The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) 5th BIM conference, Nathan Baker, Director of Engineering Knowledge for ICE set out how we can transform...

Getting a structured BIM Strategy

In 2011 the UK Government Construction Strategy mandated the use of Level 2 BIM on all public sector projects by 2016. Recently the promotors...

BIM – is infrastructure an exception?

Nick Nisbet examines how we ensure that infrastructure doesn’t get left behind in the BIM journey… The lorries took the ‘B of the Bang’ sculpture...

There’s No “I” in BIM

Jason Whittall, Director of Architecture & BIM for One Creative Environments Ltd argues that the ‘I’ in BIM needs to be taken seriously if...

Business Collaborator: Our Semantic BIM Platform

Adopt our Semantic BIM Platform today and realise the benefits for your asset’s lifetime… Data, data, data Admit it. When you think of BIM the first...

The specialist contractor – BIM ready?

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...

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...

BIM tools are the key enabler

Ian Chapman, Director of the NBS National BIM Library, outlines how the use of BIM tools is enabling the industry to embrace BIM… With less...

Are you BIM ready?

The UK Government’s deadline for the construction sector to pre-qualify for participation in public sector construction programmes by being ‘BIM Ready’ by April 2016...

BSI, BIM, compliance and capability

With the government mandate for all government projects in the UK to be level 2 BIM compliant by 2016, Andrew Butterfield, Global Head of...

The Data Conundrum in BIM

BIM objects of manufactured building products typically consist of three things: intelligent geometric representation of the product; data about the product (specification, sustainability, etc.,...

BIM 4 FM – May the force be with you

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...

There’s No “I” in BIM

Jason Whittall, Director of Architecture & BIM for One Creative Environments Ltd argues that the ‘I’ in BIM needs to be taken seriously if...

Training centre for BIM and pipework to launch in the New...

Loughborough University will launch a dedicated training centre to support the building and industrial services industry in tackling the challenges of pipework innovation and...
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NBS opens its national BIM survey

The sixth NBS National BIM Survey, which offers a comprehensive insight into BIM, has been launched… A new survey looking into the use of BIM...
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Study reveals the benefits of BIM

A new study has shown BIM offers substantial benefits to the construction sector, allowing information mobility and pushing down costs… US firm Dodge Data &...
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New initiative will help prepare for BIM mandate

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...

The specialist contractor – BIM ready?

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...
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Getting a structured BIM Strategy

In 2011 the UK Government Construction Strategy mandated the use of Level 2 BIM on all public sector projects by 2016. Recently the promotors...