Technical support
Support on key activities within the BIM process is provided here in the form of a number of expert articles.
An introduction to the Toolkit
Article from Stephen Hamil, Innovation Director at NBS. Stephen looks at how the Toolkit can be used on a project that is working to BIM ISO 19650...
The level-2 BIM package
Around the world, there are many definitions of what BIM is. In the UK, the Government has been very clear in terms of what they consider the levels of BIM maturity. In this article, Rob Manning from the UK ...
Levels of definition
To define information delivery a reference library of definitions is required. Levels of definition may be either described in terms of geometry (levels of detail) or information requirements (levels of information)...
Classification
Uniclass2015 is a unified classification for the UK industry covering all construction sectors. It contains consistent tables classifying items of all scale from a facility such as a railway down through to products such as ...
Product Data Templates for Manufacturers
Since April 2015, over 5,700 Product Data Templates have been available from the NBS BIM Toolkit. These templates contain a standard set of headings that are specific to different product types...
For software developers
The data within the BIM Toolkit is documented to a common schema and API access to this information is available. In this article, NBS Labs Manager Alan Smith introduces software developers to these capabilities.
Security-minded BIM
Being security-minded is not about inhibiting collaboration, but instead adopting an appropriate, proportionate, need-to-know approach to the sharing and publication of data and information in order to deter...
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