The cities of the future could be built by microbes | NBS

You might be disappointed to hear that some intriguing underwater structures recently discovered off the Greek island of Zakynthos are not part of the lost city of Atlantis. But the structures, which resemble colonnades of cobble stones and bases of columns, have an...

Top 10 BIM Myths

Myth #10: The geometry requirements are too burdensome It may be tempting to model every single element on a project but there’s no need to take this down to nuts and bolts unless a client has specified this. BIM is best typically used to ‘imply’ a...

Top 10 BIM Myths

Myth #9: Clients don’t know what to do with BIM data Clients are increasingly asking for their projects to be ‘BIM’ projects without always fully understanding what this actually means in practice or the benefits such an approach would bring. It is...

Top 10 BIM Myths

Myth #8: BIM ‘solves’ clash detection Level 2 BIM requires contributors to upload files to the Common Data Environment at pre-determined points in a construction project. This data is used to drive the production of a federated dataset and model which...