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What is BIM?

Posted on: 23 January 2014
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This article looks briefly at the current state of play in Building Information Modelling.

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Using BIM to inform design

Posted on: 12 December 2013
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This video describes how BIM can be used to inform design.

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Economic and environmental assessment of deconstruction strategies using building information modeling

Posted on: 12 December 2013
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore have been investigating the possibilities for linking BIM with custom-made demolition and/or disassembly tools. Their paper, presented to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Construction Research Congress 2012, presents a method that uses BIM technology to decide on the most appropriate demolition strategy for a given project.

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BIM explained in laymen’s terms

Posted on: 29 November 2013
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This article aims to explain Building Information Modelling (BIM) is laymen’s terms, explaining what it is good for, selection of BIM tools and implementation.

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NBS Live. London, 26 November 2013

Posted on: 27 November 2013
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This event was designed to provoke debate in 4 key areas: BIM, Technical, Business and Practice, and Design. Presentations are available online.

BIM explores how BIM supports collaboration to save time and cost, the value of capturing and sharing information to reduce cost and risk. Other topics include the UK Government BIM strategy, using information and knowledge as competitive advantage, adopting BIM for practice knowledge capture, and the impact of the UK BIM and construction strategy.

Technical navigates the maze of current and predicted legislation, regulations & policy and explores how to keep ahead in an industry in a state of transition. How technical information is best captured, communicated, implemented and shared is explored as well as innovative new technologies that could have a significant impact on the industry.

Business and Practice offers valuable insights and pragmatic advice on winning and retaining contracts, both locally and internationally. Learn how to raise the profile of your business, increase market share and ensure your portfolio gets the recognition it deserves.

Design explores the opportunities and challenges facing the growth areas of green infrastructure, place-making and housing, and asks how we can produce designs that are fit for purpose and can withstand the rigours of value engineering and the construction process.

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RICS BIM Model: Parliament Square

Posted on: 18 November 2013
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In the second article on how RICS is using building information modelling (BIM) on its London head office, Les Pickford looks at the challenges of producing an estimate from the data in the initial 3D model.

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The route to BIM in 10 steps

Posted on: 13 November 2013
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The construction industry will have to put its foot down to meet the government’s BIM deadline. In this article, five experts break the route in 10 key stages.

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BIM and the infrastructure challenge

Posted on: 12 November 2013
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Building Information Modelling (BIM) is increasingly mandated for construction projects but most focus has been on BIM for buildings. Many of the same advantages of BIM are applicable in design, construction and management of infrastructure projects but some of the challenges in realising these are very different. A recent webinar from the New Civil Engineer, in association with Excitech, set out to explain how BIM techniques can be adopted in simple steps. This web seminar introduced, as a reminder, the potential benefts of BIM for infrastructure. Some of the challenges for BIM in infrastructure were then discussed along with some of the potential solutions. Real-life examples from the water industry and highways sector showed what can be achieved.

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Massive civil engineering projects worldwide: BIM comes of age

Posted on: 12 November 2013
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This blog looks at the use of BIM in major infrastructure projects, including London Victoria Underground.

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BIM training video

Posted on: 12 November 2013
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This 30-minute video provides a basic introduction to the digital construction age and Building Information Modelling (BIM). It covers key areas that manufacturers should take into account, and includes case studies from the designer’s, contractor’s and manufacturer’s perspectives. The video concludes with an overview of the NBS National BIM Library.

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