At SPAR 2013 I had the opportunity to hear a very forward looking presentation by Ron Singh, Chief of Surveys/Geometronics Manager at the Oregon Department of Transportation. It was even more impressive because Ron’s background […]
Nick Nisbet, Director at AEC3 UK Ltd and buildingSMART, gave an overview of the role of COBie UK 2012 and its relationship to BIM. In the UK BIM has been mandated for central government buiding […]
At the RICS BIM National Conference 2013, Deborah Rowland, Head of Facilities Management, Government Property Unit, Cabinet Office in the UK Government outlined the Government’s motivation and plans for a program to improve the post […]
David Bartlett, who leads IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative, believes there is an ” immediate requirement to significantly and urgently change the way our built environment is managed.” And he is very sanquine about the capacity […]
At the Data Analytics for Utilities conference in Toronto yesterday, several speakers explained what is driving utilities to invest in analytics programs, and gave some real world examples of how utilities are implementing analytics programs. […]
I had the opportunity to catch up on current trends in analytics in the utility indusrty at the Data Analytics for Utilities conference in Toronto today. Jane Allen and Tom Peters from Deloitte gave a […]
The adoption of building information models (BIM) has provided quantifiable business benefits by helping improve collaboration and reduce the risk of budget and schedule overruns during the design and construction phase of building projects. Many […]