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BIM & digital construction Comment

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Let’s lift modular into the mainstream

2020-09-25T05:00:00+01:00By Mark Farmer

It is time to think big and give our archaic homebuilding industry something to be positive about, says Mark Farmer

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The Building Safety Bill explained

2020-08-03T05:00:00+01:00By Theresa Mohammed, Rebecca Rees and Helen Stuart

Three lawyers detail what measures the new legislation is likely to contain and how it will operate

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International BIM takes a big step forward

2020-06-24T06:00:00+01:00By Simon Lewis

The first BIM protocol for use with ISO 19650 provides a legal framework for those using the international standard

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How to adapt now and for the future

2020-06-03T05:00:00+01:00By Iain Parker

Business are tackling urgent problems but they also need to think further ahead about long-term trends emerging from this crisis, says Alinea’s Iain Parker

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Five lessons from building NHS Louisa Jordan

2020-05-12T05:00:00+01:00By Graeme Watson

Aecom’s multidisciplinary team helped build Glasgow’s new covid-19 hospital in just three weeks, project director Graeme Watson explains how

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How contracts can smooth the path to offsite construction

2020-04-14T06:00:00+01:00By Peter Hibberd

Offsite construction has been heralded as the future for many decades – so what is standing in its way?

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Lockdown is taking digital collaboration to the next level

2020-04-14T05:00:00+01:00By Will Squires

Delivering essential projects in difficult times reveals technology’s ability to bring us closer together in a crisis

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After this is over, what will have changed?

2020-04-09T05:00:00+01:00By Ann Bentley

If we learn nothing else from this crisis surely we will realise that we are all capable of so much more than we thought

Rebecca Rees

What will new building safety legislation look like?

2020-04-03T12:05:00+01:00By Rebecca Rees

A legal view on what the government’s response to the Building a Safer Future consultation means

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Five digital trends for construction in 2020

2020-01-08T15:36:00+00:00By Marzia Bolpagni1 comments

Industry can seem so keen to discuss how digital construction will change our world that it fails to see how much it already has

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Research into construction methods gets £18m funding boost

2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00By Will Ing1 comments

Contractors participating on a range of projects, including merging AI and BIM

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Gleeds launches construction app

2018-10-17T06:00:00+01:00By Will Ing

App allows users to track project’s progress from beginning to end

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Delayed £420m construction Sector Deal unveiled

2018-07-05T06:44:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

The deal, which was originally due out in January, has been published

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Use modern methods of building, PM tells industry

2018-05-22T14:01:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Theresa May says modern construction integral to clean growth

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Hackitt's digital records call could boost BIM take-up

2018-05-21T14:00:00+01:00By Hamish Champ

Safety and accountability issues could get more firms on board

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BIM take-up growing at highest rate since 2014

2018-05-11T06:01:00+01:00By Debika Ray2 comments

But worries grow government is not enforcing 2016’s BIM Level 2 mandate

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Mace appoints first chief technical officer

2018-05-09T10:59:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Stephen Jeffery has been with Nova Victoria builder for 22 years

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L&G lining up management team for affordable housing operation

2018-04-30T06:01:00+01:00By Hamish Champ

Newcomers will oversee affordable home construction and operational management

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Peers hear modular the only way to solve housing crisis

2018-04-26T06:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Willmott Dixon’s Tim Carey tells House of Lords inquiry there is not enough traditional resources

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Laing O’Rourke backed consortium wins £1m VR grant

2017-08-16T15:04:00+01:00By Will Mann

Virtual and augmented reality technology aims to reduce costs and waste, and boost productivty

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BIM survey 2020: The final push for full adoption

2020-05-26T05:00:00+01:00By Thomas Lane

BIM adoption remains stuck on a plateau, according to the latest NBS survey. But those who are working with BIM are doing it better – and the new building safety legislation is likely to give an extra boost

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