All Technology and process articles
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TechnicalTechnical Study: Restoring Birmingham Selfridges’ cladding
Future Systems’ Selfridges has donned temporary garb of greater gaudiness while faults are fixed in the glittering blue chainmail below. Thomas Lane explains the technical challenges. Photography by Oliver Lane
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NewsRIBA publishes Design for Manufacture and Assembly guidance
Plan has been endorsed by government MMC champion Mark Farmer
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AnalysisGetting the design information right is key to a successful tender
Andrew Barraclough on what contractors typically ask of design when invited to tender and how BIM can help you avoid the flowerpot trap
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OpinionFrom smuggling computers to BIM pioneers
Ike Ijeh reports on one Budapest firm’s rise to become a leading architectural software manufacturer
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TechnicalAnd the Oscar for best architect goes to...
Ike Ijeh on how Academy Award-winning special effects software is being combined with BIM to give architects mind-bending simulation capacity
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OpinionIs laser scanning a utopian solution for surveying buildings?
Drawings of existing buildings are often out of date, which is where laser scanning comes in
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OpinionBIM Level 2: defying definition
Achieving 5D BIM will be a slow process, says David Shepherd
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OpinionBIM libraries - help or hinder?
There are plenty of drawbacks to relying on external libraries, argues Kate Fletcher
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OpinionAre we all on the same BIM page?
The full benefits of BIM won’t be realised until the industry understands what it is trying to achieve
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OpinionThe rise of the virtual model in meetings
Our hardware is catching up with the software, says Kate Fletcher of Arup Associates
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OpinionTechnology and the lost art of drawing
For all their benefits BIM and 3D printing could lead to lazier architecture, warns Russell Curtis
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OpinionWhat's it all about, IFC?
History teaches us that open file formats need to be handled with care, says David Shepherd