David Philp: Implementing a Company-wide BIM Strategy?
Sep 27, 2011 |NBS
On Friday 16 September, NBS held its first BIM conference in conjunction with NLA at The Building Centre in London.
This special event brought more than 200 construction professionals together to hear from an expert panel of industry speakers and join in a lively morning of debate.
Implementing a Company-wide BIM Strategy? – Watch David Philp present his thoughts on BIM. David is the newly appointed Head of BIM implementation for the UK Government Cabinet office. How can we use BIM to reduce capital costs by 20% and carbon usage down to 0%?
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