At the Year in Infrastructure 2016 conference in London, the Be Inspired Awards attracted over 300 submissions. Many of these were impressive in how they applied digital technology to designing, constructing and maintaining buildings and […]
At the Year in Infrastructure 2016 conference in London, the Be Inspired Awards attracted over 300 submissions. Many of these were impressive in how they applied digital technology to designing, constructing and maintaining buildings and […]
In a recent report, Imagining construction’s digital future, McKinsey & Company suggests that the construction industry is ripe for disruption and two of the technologies that it believes will be key in that anticipated transformation […]
Leica Geosystems has announced the “BLK360,” a miniaturized 3D imaging laser scanner. The BLK360 captures full-color panoramic images overlaid on a high accuracy point cloud. The one-button Leica BLK360 and included Autodesk software is intended […]
Important new research on the reliability of the generally available technology for detecting and gelocating underground utility infrastructure and the costs of hitting utilities during excavation (known as strikes in the UK) was presented at […]
Introduction Building Information Models are comprehensive digital representations of buildings which include 3D geometry and associated data. They are widely used for designing, engineering, and constructing buildings (vertical BIM) and infrastructure (horizontal BIM). Owners are […]
I spent a fascinating day at the CanBIM Regional Session & Technology Exhibition in Toronto. I was very impressed by how much things relating to BIM have progressed in Canada, which has generally lagged the […]
The UK Government’s goal for construction industry is to reduce the CAPEX for public construction projects. To reach its goal for the construction industry the UK Government has undertaken several initiatives, one of which is […]