BIM
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Carbon calculator a first for BIM design
A new carbon calculator is being launched later this month – the first to measure the capital and operational carbon footprints of BIM designed assets, writes Mott MacDonald sustainability leader Davide Stronati -
BIM can genuinely fix our ills
As BIM becomes mandatory in public projects, Richard Shennan says re-thinking the boundaries between consulting engineers and contractors is a key step in realising BIM’s benefits. -
Is deep machine learning key to the future of BIM?
A team at Cambridge University is applying advanced machine learning to build BIM models, but needs help from national infrastructure agencies to realise the technique's vast potential, says Viorica Patraucean -
BIM well set to solve rail's delivery problem
BIM is now proven as a means for helping the rail sector to solve acute issues of delivery capacity, particularly in electrification, writes Atkins' Ray Dudding -
How BIM is driving efficiences for water companies
Water industry collaboration in BIM can stimulate competition and innovation, says Andrew Cowell of MWH and chair of BIM4Water -
BIM in Scotland – the challenge and the benefits
As the deadline for Level 2 BIM nears in England, in Scotland the mandatory date is April 2017. Transport Scotland project manager Andy Anderson answers the key questions -
Video: Straight Talk with Mark Bew – beyond the road to BIM level 2 compliance
UK government BIM task group chair Mark Bew sets out his views on the challenge of taking the UK supply chain to BIM level compliance by 2 April 2016 and explains the new target to verify and drive up data quality by October 2016. -
NBS BIM Toolkit revealed
With the Government’s deadline for the use of Level 2 BIM rapidly approaching, those involved in the design and delivery of infrastructure projects find themselves at the ‘sharp end’ of the BIM revolution says Dr Stephen Hamil -
Video: Bentley Systems reality modelling enhances US Papal visit to Philadelphia
Probono work and latest Acute 3D digital mapping technology from Bentley underpins Pope Francis's recent visit to Philadelphia in September. -
Interview: Bhupinder Singh, Bentley Systems CTO on the value of digital models
Infrastructure design and management software specialist Bentley Systems hosted its annual Year in Infrastructure conference last week. Chief technology officer Bhupinder Singh sets out a vision for the technology driven infrastructure future.