BIM (Building Information Modelling)

Paul Shillcock, co-author of PAS 1192-2 and author of ISO 19650-2 and the UK National Annex, talks to us about the journey to ISO 19650. 

Arguably the biggest external factor influencing the construction industry is the world’s rising population. A recent World Economic Forum publication on the future of construction reported that the population of the world’s urban areas is increasing by 200 000 people per day.

Phil Simpson takes a look back at the last 12 month with BIM Alliance and pulls out his top take aways for 2018.

Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) is a non-proprietary data format for the publication of a subset of building information models (BIM) focused on delivering asset data as distinct from geometric information. Stephen Hamil examines COBie and discusses the role of CAD and master specification systems in creating this data model.

NBS, the leading provider of technical information, specification and BIM tools, has released a new survey looking into the use of digital technologies across the industry.

We look at some of the real issues the construction industry faces, and how digitisation can help address them.

At our recent series of NBS Discover events around the UK, we held roundtable discussions with delegates. We wanted to use these events to ask for your thoughts about a number of relevant industry themes including collaboration, specification, office knowledge and customer support.

At the recent Discover events there were a number of presentations from NBS customers. We take a look at their stories in respect to how they are integrating NBS into their existing workflows.

How fast are practices taking on digital transformation? A new survey set out to investigate.

Sit up straight and get stuck into these ten talks exploring machine learning, smart cities, data and lots more

In this article, Joanne Pringle, Director of Global Product Management at NBS, looks at the value of working collaboratively within a cloud environment when writing specifications.

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