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Ecobuild 2016 - Day One
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Ecobuild 2016 - Day One

Mar 8, 2016 |Richard McPartland

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Watch a video package showing highlights from the first day of Ecobuild 2016.

David Miller, from David Miller Architects, shares his journey putting BIM at the heart of his practice as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016.

Ian Chapman, Director of the NBS National BIM Library provides an introduction to BIM for a manufacturer audience in this presentation produced as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016.

Dr Stephen Hamil from NBS looks at how a combination of standardised content and process mixed with technology can result in efficiency and accuracy savings in this presentation, given as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016.

Andy Stolworthy from ASSA ABLOY Ltd discusses Practical BIM Advice for Manufacturers in the presentation given as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016.

Slides from The CUBE presentations delivered as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016. Here Boris Bresciani, BIM and Vectorworks Evangelist sets out to explore and demonstrate the key methods of the BIM process and the potential for creative design within it.

Download notes for The CUBE - Architectural (.pdf)
Download notes for The CUBE - Landscape (.pdf)

Rob Manning and David Philp both presented this presentation focussing on the journey from Analogue to Digital as part of the Digital Building Theatre programme at Ecobuild 2016.

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