Are you BIM ready? What your business needs to do before 2016

2016 will see the mandatory use of Level 2 BIM on all public-funded projects. In this 10 part series we explore how your business can become BIM-ready. This time, creating a business audit (part one).

A review of the new BCO ‘Guide to Specification’ – written by the industry, for the industry – with five emerging themes for sustainable office buildings picked out.

A report by the BIM 2050 group explores what an interdisciplinary scope of work might look like as construction technology develops to BIM Level 3 and beyond.

We explore a government road map to deliver a radically simplified system for setting standards in the design and construction of new homes.

A recent case at the Court of Appeal provides clarity on Architects' certificates.

Despite their seeming simplicity, the design of a car park on multiple levels – whether above ground or below – involves the consideration of a number of significant requirements.

A look at how NBS services have been used to develop Bridlington Leisure World.

Whether involved in building or civil engineering projects, work at onshore or offshore industrial sites, or an occasional visitor, the hard hat – or safety helmet – is an essential item of safety equipment. This article gives a brief overview of the principal features, legislation and guidelines surrounding its maintenance and use.

We will visit Hoare Lea’s new offices, where they have invested heavily in new designed lighting systems and techniques that enhance energy use and lower costs, while providing a better psychological environment for staff.

The latest advance used to help design new buildings and conserve our historic ones is a range of 3D modelling technologies.

This new gallery for architectural drawings, designed by German/Russian practice SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov recently won the ar+d awards in the UK. It is a small 500m² gallery in Berlin, constructed in five above-ground tiers. The key focus of this programme is in the constructional techniques that have resulted in the decorative concrete surface of the main walls: abstractionist motifs. So the gallery for drawings is itself a drawing.

Is the time right to reconsider our approach to solar power? We muse on the role for solar energy in the UK's power mix.