South and West Yorkshire Local Authority Training Consortium

I had the pleasure of delivering a CPD session to the South and West Yorkshire Local Authority Training Consortium on BIM yesterday evening. We discussed what BIM is, some case studies and then looked at how the data in the NBS specification model could be integrated with the data in the CAD model. (and in between there was some time for some lovely pie, chips, gravy and mushy peas :)).

There were loads of questions and some real interest on the subject. Useful links on the subject below:

• The NBS BIM research:
  http://www.thenbs.com/topics/BIM/articles/What_BIM_is_and_how_it_is_being_used.asp
  
  
• Tutorials on the different methods of linking the CAD model with NBS:
  
  https://www.thenbs.com/support/softwaresupport/knowledgeBase/KB10168spec.asp
  
  
• Paul Morrell’s BIM presentation:
  http://www.bsria.co.uk/services/design/bim/bim2010/
  
  
• A recent article I have authored on the “rapid acceleration of BIM”:
  http://www.thenbs.com/topics/BIM/articles/rapidAccelerationOfBIM.asp
  
  
• The buildingSMART/BSI publication making the case for BIM (including some good case studies):
  http://constructioncode.blogspot.com/2010/07/bsi-spells-out-case-for-bim.html
  
  
• The NBS BIM Blog:
  http://nbsbrightsparks.wordpress.com/

Thanks to Clinton to inviting me down - look forward to doing it again some time.