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Projects

Risersafe support beams - Underside of a RiserSafe unit showing fire wall fixed beams and movable support beams 8 Bishopsgate: BIM and Hololens aid riser safety
Photos: Shaun Armstrong Digital tech fundamental to Luton DART delivery AI tech key to Mace's £225m City project

Technology

Printer robot turns BIM layouts into reality
Remote site inspection best practice guide expected for Scotland
A screen grab showing a typical view in Disperse The AI start-up working with big contractors

Analysis

How digital can make construction equipment greener
Three new tools to reduce embodied carbon
Laing O'Rourke's digital push at Hinkley Point C

Opinion

P-DfMA as a service seems a natural fit for tier 1s.

P-DfMA: smart construction procurement in the 21st century

Zoe Price, ISG

I needed to understand what was being asked of the BIM bureau. There was no Employers Information Requirements or other formal BIM documentation.

BIM requirements must be clear to avoid trouble

Dominic Sibbring, Digital Engineering Studio

The principal focus for any asset owner has to start with the provenance and cleanliness of in-house property data.

Social housing must get to grips with data

Bola Abisogun, Urbanis

Bim poll

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Explainers

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I have had this exact turnstile on my site since early May, so not sure how you can claim this ...

Jonathan Leech
Fit-out contractor introduces new facial recognition tech

On the subject of interoperability is it suggested that a main 'COBie' database should be created so that all and ...

Mervyn Richards
COBie inventor Bill East: 'time to put an ...

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jean
How parametric design can benefit construction

Thanks Bill East <Thumbs up>

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My Digital Life: John Ford, Galliford Try

I am very pleased to note John Ford will be leading the Contractor and Subcontractor Squad of the buildingSMART International ...

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