Mark Bew - BIM Level 2 and BIM Level 3

It was fantastic last week to have Mark Bew delivering our first lecture in our new NBS building.
- thenbs.com/knowledge/four-things-mark-bew-told-us-about-the-future-of-bim-and-digital-construction

I've known Mark since the days when he was chair of UK buildingSMART and hosting buildingSMART meetings in the Scott Wilson offices in London. Since then Mark went on to persuade the UK Government that it would be a good idea to 'do BIM' - and then was the driving force behind the BIM level-2 initiative.

Only 50 people could fit in the room. So - a few slides from the presentation below and also the embedded video of the presentation from our NBS youtube channel.

I'd definitely recommend finding 30-40 minutes one lunchtime and watching the video at the end of this blog post...

The first lecture in our new building

Paul Morrell's reflection on the UK achievements

A reflection on where technology was when Mark started out on his career

The exponential growth of computing power

Using the cloud, and apps, and feedback to create a better society based on evidence of performance

Watch the presentation now...

Check out the write up on our website and some exclusive video footage:
- thenbs.com/knowledge/four-things-mark-bew-told-us-about-the-future-of-bim-and-digital-construction

Opening of our new NBS building in Newcastle

Last night we officially opened our new NBS office with presentations and a drinks reception to business leaders from around the North East.

A selection of photographs from Twitter below from the hashtag #DiscoverNBS.

To find out more about our new office please visit our website:
- https://www.thenbs.com/knowledge/nbs-old-post-office-refurb

The roof top garden, lecture theater and boardroom

The Hub

The decking looking out onto Newcastle Cathederal

The specification for the flat roof above The Hub (specified using NBS of course)

Another roof top garden shot

The ground floor office space

The exhibition space

The facade (as it has been for over 100 years)

Update 26/01 (a couple of pics from the official photographer) - it was a real privilege to the get the chance to show off our digital solutions to the guests :)

Our super new lecture theatre (sits 50-60)

How our digital solutions connect together

You can also see how we used the design model for the building in one of our NBS videos below...

Pitch at Palace

This week I was fortune enough to attend the Pitch at Palace event at Sunderland Software Centre.

In addition to celebrating all things 'Tech' in the North East, it also was a chance for a number of up-and-coming tech businesses to pitch to His Royal Highness The Duke of York at part of the Pitch at Palace initiative.

North East excellence in technology

It was a super day and a bit of who's who in the North East technology industry. Prince Andrew came across really genuinely as really supporting up-and-coming innovations. He was engaging with speakers and even occasionally heckling them :) It was also fantastic to hear the keynote speech from Leighton's Gerard Callaghan. As part of this story was an early extranet/ftp project they did for Taylor Woodrow which eventually turned into 4 Projects.

Prince Andrew supporting technology in the North East

The founder of 4projects Gerard Callaghan

The winners

Well done to Billy Webber for chairing the day - and well done to the winners that have now gone through to present at the actual Palace in London in the final. Also, great to see that one of the winners was Ami Davies who used to work in the NBS team!

Don't miss out on BIM Show Live 2017

BIM Show Live 2017 is fast approaching (1st and 2nd Feb) and it looks like it's going to better than ever.

BIM Show Live

Since BIM Show Live #2 NBS have always played a part in the UK's biggest and best BIM event and this year it will be no different. It's a little bit more special this year of course as the event is only a few hundred meters from our offices in Newcastle upon Tyne!

NBS will be doing technology demonstrations, contributing to panel discussions and running one of the classes. So if you want to catch up with us and know anything more about our products and services, we'll be on hand over the two days.

If you haven't booked your place then you can do so through our NBS portal below. The web article also includes a summary of the great speakers that will be at the event.

- thenbs.com/knowledge/packed-programme-in-store-as-bim-show-live-2017-returns-to-its-roots

I hope to see lots of new and familiar faces over the two days. For those that need a reminder of what BIM Show Live is all about - some of my blog posts from me from 2012 onwards below:

- BIM Show Live 2012 Day One and Day Two

- BIM Show Live 2013

- BIM Show Live 2014

- BIM Show Live 2015

Graphisoft's Morph in 2012

TV star Mordue in 2013

An ever present Dave Philp with some of his friends

http://www.bimshowlive.co.uk/

The NBS BIM Survey 2017 is now open

Since 2011 at NBS we have run a national BIM survey to gain a true reflection as to what the industry thinks about the topic of building information modelling.

This will be our seventh annual survey. The majority of questions are consistent with previous years to allow trends to be monitored. Additional questions are also added this year to gain an insight into the industries BIM Level-2 attitudes and also to see which emerging digital technologies will have the biggest impact on our industry.

So please take part in and forward the link below around your colleagues - from the BIM evangelists to the biggest of skeptics. It takes around ten minutes to go through the survey - the final report will be freely available on our website in a few months time.

- theNBS.com/NBSBIMSurvey2017

Does anyone else have a hard copy version of all six previous reports?

All previous reports can still be downloaded from our website:
- thenbs.com/knowledge/nbs-national-bim-report