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Could home appliances heat your home?
An engineering firm has claimed the heat given off by home appliances could be used to warm homes…
It sounds bizarre, but your TV and...
The FM impact on construction design
Brian Atkin, Lead Technical Author of BS 8536-1 the new facilities management briefing guidance, and Stephanie Kosandiak Lead Programme Manager for Construction at BSI,...
The Fire Industry Association – meeting the challenges
The Fire Industry Association outline how their new CEO, Ian Moore, will deliver the strategy set by the Association’s Board of Directors…
The Fire Industry...
The great fracking dilemma
Phil Foster, CEO of Love Energy Savings outlines both the economic and environmental case entrenched in the fracking debate along with its potential impact...
Empty homes: turning local effort into local impact
Over 27,000 privately owned homes in Scotland have been empty for 6 months or more. Kristen Hubert, National Manager for the Scottish Empty Homes...
Concerns raised over new apprenticeship levy
Government plans for a new apprenticeship levy could have a significant impact on the Construction Industry Training Board…
The BSRIA has raised concerns about the...
Smart standards for a smart world
Henry Lawson, Market Research Consultant at BSRIA examines the possibilities of achieving common standards which are appropriate for the myriad of different “things” that...
BIM3 Initiatives Launched by Government – but what about BIM2?
The government has launched its building information modelling (BIM) level 3 initiatives with a view to implement in 2025 and aim of improving data...
Insecure site leads to construction firm receiving fine
A construction company has been fined for failing to secure a development, which allowed a two-year old boy to access the site…
The principal contractor...
Delivering on the BIM mandate
In an interview with Lisa Carnwell, Editor of BIM Today, David Philp, industry sector BIM ambassador, discusses the UK’s BIM journey and his latest...
Amendments to Building Regulations set to come into force in October
Amendments to Building Regulations will come into force on 1 October 2015. Planning and Building Control Today outlines what to expect...
Earlier this year the...
Balfour Beatty named the preferred bidder on nuclear plant contract
Construction firm Balfour Beatty has been appointed the preferred bidder on a project to build the UK's first nuclear power plant in two decades
Hinckley...
Implementing the Housing Standards Review
Paul Wilkins, Chair of the ACAI examines how the Housing Standards Review will be implemented by both building control and councils…
October 2015 sees the...
Tackling plant and machinery theft
PC Mike Dawber of the Knutsford Rural NPU division of the Cheshire Constabulary, outlines the successes of tackling plant and machinery theft throughout the...
Implementing the Housing Standards Review
Paul Wilkins, Chair of the ACAI examines how the Housing Standards Review will be implemented by both building control and councils
NHBC: Building control for major builders
A recent discussion with major builders and the NHBC provided guidance and clarification surrounding the Housing Standards Review and its impact on the industry....
PROFILE: Making progress with BIM
With Construction identified by the government as an enabling sector under its industrial strategy, BIM has been heralded as an integral part of this...
Smart cities standards, the story so far
Saviour Alfino Smart Cities Standards Strategy Project Manager at BSI discusses how standards are shaping the future city landscape…
There are many reasons to support...
PROFILE: Improving performance and agility
The role of business processes...
All businesses, in whatever the state of development and maturity will use business processes to deliver services and goods to...
NHBC: Building control for major builders
A recent discussion with major builders and the NHBC provided guidance and clarification surrounding the Housing Standards Review and its impact on the industry....
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...
The Advantages of ‘Paper-Light’
By Andrew Hall, marketing manager, OKI Systems UK Ltd
Despite moves to make businesses ‘digital by default’ and targets to ‘go paperless’; it is quite likely...
BIM for surveys – a model of excellence
Through a combination of its highly experienced, knowledgeable personnel and the latest cutting-edge technologies, Murphy Surveys is at the forefront of delivering expert survey...
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...
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...