BRE Group: Why is it so hard to get the floor right?

The number of floor problems that BRE investigates seems disproportionately large when compared to problems occurring in other, more complicated building elements. Their relative simplicity can often mean that floors are overlooked, and project timescales tend to...

BRE Group: Avoiding dripping roofs

Dripping from roofs into the rooms below is often caused by a build-up of condensation in the cold roof voids, rather than by leaks which may initially be suspected. At BRE we regularly investigate roofs from which water is dripping into the rooms below.  Often a leak...

BRE Group: About BIM

Building information modelling (BIM) utilises information-rich models through collaborative working processes in order to improve the quality of information provided at the design and construction phases to save costs by eliminating waste. BIM was developed initially...

Why should I switch from CAD to BIM?

Why should I switch from CAD to BIM? BIM and CAD represent two fundamentally different approaches to building design and documentation. CAD (Computer Aided Design)applications imitate the traditional “paper & pencil” process in so far as two-dimensional electronic...