Paul Fletcher: BIM – Collaboration and Integration
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.
BIM – Collaboration and Integration – Inspiring BIM presentation from RIBA Construction Strategy Group chair Paul Fletcher. To many, Paul was the star performer of the conference. Tweet of the day of the day was "Paul Fletcher on fire!". Essential viewing.
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