Is Tim Broyd the first ICE President who genuinely believes in a digital future for the construction industry?
It is certainly true that he is the first ICE President to place digital engineering firmly at the top of his agenda. Which is no surprise given that he has built his career…
This month, we will welcome a new ICE President with professor Tim Broyd replacing Sir John Armitt. Fortunately the days when a change of President represented a completely new agenda for the Institution are long gone. On 19 October, one of Armitt’s final but perhaps most significant tasks will be to…
New Civil Engineer asked Peter Madden, chief executive at urban consultant Future Cities Catapult, how he would invest £1M in a technology relevant to civil engineering.
Madden said his focus would be on building information modelling (BIM) implemented at a city level, including retrospective and sub-surface. “This is one of the cornerstones…
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is hoping its BIM group exercises will bring the next generation of engineers, architects, construction managers and surveyors closer together and working smarter.
The UK Government’s Construction Strategy of 2011 demands “fully collaborative 3D BIM… as a minimum by 2016” throughout the industry. Now, five years…
BWB Group has acquired EDCM Consulting, a mechanical and electrical building services consultancy which has offices in Leeds and Birmingham.
It’s the second acquisition for Nottingham-based engineering consultancy BWB in three years, after it bought DKS Consultants, also to develop its M&E offering. The aim of the latest acquisition is to…
The team in charge of a programme to manage the River Thames from a flood risk management perspective is using building information modelling (BIM) to help with asset management.
In a move away from the traditional use of BIM Level 2 in terms of 3D modelling, the CH2M Hill led team, which…
Highways England and Costain have launched a new building information modelling (BIM) library.
The Digital Components Library (DCL) has been created to store 3D models for use on highway projects. The library contains 80 digitally modelled components that range from gantries to vehicle restraint barriers. Models in the library represent an…
Civil engineers will need to keep a smart pace if infrastructure is to keep up with rapid changes in technology.
The House of Commons science and technology select committee’s Big Data Dilemma report, published in April, said that 90% of the electronic data in the world was created in the last…
A survey of the Institution of Structural Engineers’ membership has found that they support the use of BIM among the profession, but training is still a barrier.
The survey of 750 members found that sole practitioners and small practices also thought that BIM was less relevant. The survey found71% believed BIM…
A cross-industry alliance has been established to drive implementation of building information modelling (BIM) level 2.
Set to be officially launched in October, the UK BIM Alliance is a coalition of over 50 organisations and aims to provide clear leadership for BIM level 2 compliance across the industry over the next…
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