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Come and talk to us at Ecobuild, 4 to 6 March 2014

February 2014

Ecobuild 2014 externallink, the world’s leading event for sustainable design, construction, energy and the built environment, is being held at ExCeL in London from 4 to 6 March 2014.

Visit the NBS advice pod at the Building Performance & BIM content zone, where you can talk to our subject specialists for advice around BIM and BIM objects. Find the NBS advice pod on stand N140/239.

Plus, our subject specialists will also be speaking at seminars held in the BIM Tech Theatre – do come along and see us. This dedicated theatre will have a full programme of 15 minute presentations with content provided by manufacturers, specialists and tech providers.

Find the BIM Tech Theatre on Stand N132, right beside the seminar area.

Register free for Ecobuild now [LINK REMOVED - NO LONGER CURRENT]

BIM Tech Theatre programme

  Tuesday 4 March Wednesday 5 March Thursday 6 March
Speaker Topic Speaker Topic Speaker Topic
11.00 John Tebbit, Construction Products Association BIM for the Terrified – a Guide for Manufacturers David Rich, LaFarge Tarmac BIM for Construction Material Suppliers Martyn Horne, Vectorworks Arboleda BIM Project
11.30 Louise Swift, Interface BIM from a Manufacturer's View Clare Watson, Director of Marketing, NBS The financial case for BIM: architects to manufacturers Dr Stephen Hamil, Director of Innovation, NBS BIM through the RIBA Plan of Work
12.00 Rob Charlton, CEO, _space Group Manufacturer vs Generic BIM Frank Wierling, MetsaWood From lonely BIM to BIG BIM Daniel Pitkin, Aluk Integrating Product Specification with BIM
12.30 Ed Barlett, KyKloud Taking BIM to 90% of our buildings through building condition surveying Paul Broadfoot BIM Development on Priority Schools 4Projects Collaborative BIM For Building & Infrastructure
13.00 Adam Ward, Technical Director BIM.Technologies.co.uk Adam Ward, Technical Director BIM.Technologies.co.uk Lee Townend, Kingspan BIM there done that...?
13.30 David Bosworth, ACO Technologies Does BIM apply beyond buildings to civils & infrastructure? If so, how? James Parsons, Moore MicroCAD A Manufacturer's Guide to BIM Ian Chapman, Director of the NBS National BIM Library, NBS Integrating Building Information in the Supply Chain
14.00 James Parsons Moore, MicroCAD BIM for the Layperson Gillian Smith, Bimstore Sales and Marketing with BIM Lee Mullin, Autodesk Autodesk BIM 360 Glue Cloud Collaboration
14.30 Drew Wigget, Head of Product Information, NBS Integration of construction information: BIM 2016 and beyond Ian Chapman, Director of the NBS National BIM Library, NBS Integrating Building Information in the Supply Chain John Gelder, Head of Sustainability, NBS BIM data structures 2: Uniclass2 object mapping table
15.00 Rob Charlton, CEO, _space Group Pre-Fabricated Housing utilising BIM Casey Rutland, Arup Associates Project_OVE Duncan Reed, Tekla Health and Safety improvements BIM
15.30 Derek Rae, Soluis Building Information Magic – Bringing your BIM data to life! John Gelder, Head of Sustainability, NBS BIM data structures 1: Uniclass2 overview Koko Udom, Head of Contracts & Law, NBS The fine print of the legal issues in BIM
16.00 Paul Broadfoot, _space Architecture BIM Development on Priority Schools Robert Klashka BIM for Small Practice Close

 

Meet the authors of An Introduction to Passive House and Retrofit for Purpose in the Building & BD Cafe: Thursday 6 March.