November 2020
2020 has brought a seismic shift in the working environment for the whole construction industry. The prospect of long term remote working has left many companies re-evaluating their working practices and looking to technology to support the changes in their practices.
Other changes that have major impact on the way buildings and infrastructure projects are constructed are taking place at...
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October 2020
ISO 19650 is a series of international standards defining the collaborative processes for information management.
Information management is a cycle of organizational activity: the acquisition of information from one or more sources, the custodianship and the distribution of that information to those who need it, and its ultimate disposition through archiving or deletion.
The UK 1192 series of...
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September 2020
It can be easy to assume that BIM is only applicable to new build or commercial renovation projects. In fact, one of the key areas that is now coming to prominence is the use of BIM to enhance the restoration and maintenance of historic buildings and environments.
The ownership and management of Britain’s thousands of listed and historic buildings and monuments is spread across a range of...
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August 2020
One area relatively untouched by BIM so far, at least in the UK, is procurement. RIBA has had its product selector platform for many years, and this has now been combined with the NBS BIM Library and the NBS Plus library of manufacturers' product information, into a single portal NBS Source.
In the four years since BIM Level 2 became mandatory on all public projects in this country, the...
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July 2020
This Blog discusses a released National BIM survey. One of the findings to a question asked for the first time:
>Tell us about your current and expected use of the following technologies. 80% of survey respondents anticipate using cloud computing within five years, and 78% immersive tech.
The survey points out that:
>This survey was carried out before the COVID-19-induced lockdown began...
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