The problem with COBie

Posted by - February 18, 2014
From 2016 UK firms working on government projects will be required to deliver data-rich models, drawings and asset information in…

Architecture anywhere

Posted by - February 18, 2014
American independent university Roger Williams University (RWU), based in Rhode Island, has a well-established architecture course that fosters rigorous technical…

Autodesk Evolution part I

Posted by - December 1, 2013
On a visit to Autodesk’s headquarters in downtown San Francisco, we quizzed the company’s AEC development team on near and…

BIMobject.com

Posted by - September 13, 2013
BIMobject is building a reputation for free ‘real world’ BIM components of consistent quality.

Executive guide to BIM: part 2

Posted by - July 17, 2013
The second installment of this two-part guide goes into greater detail on Building Information Modelling (BIM) workflows, when a model…

4Projects BIM in a Browser

Posted by - May 9, 2013
Cloud-based collaboration specialist 4Projects recently added ‘BIM’ support to its range of services. The new technology delivers a suite of…

SSDs for CAD

Posted by - March 18, 2013
CAD users should sit up and take notice. A Solid State Drive could be the most important workstation purchase you…

Content is dead, long live content

Posted by - March 18, 2013
A well planned content management strategy is essential for BIM-ready organisations, writes Nick Harris from design technology supplier and consultancy…