Technical support
Support on key activities within the level-2 BIM process is provided here in the form of a number of expert articles.
The Toolkit in 3 minutes
For those that want a quick introduction to the BIM Toolkit. The key things you need to know in a 3 minute video.
An introduction to the Toolkit
Article from Stephen Hamil, Director of Design and Innovation at NBS. Stephen looks at how the Toolkit can be used at an early stage of a project ...
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 ...
Employer's Information Requirements
Working to the level-2 BIM process, undoubtedly brings huge benefits to the supply-chain on any construction project. However, ultimately, BIM must be about better...
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 ...
Verification
Through BIM information can be provided to a standard data structure. This increasingly allows project teams to digitally verify that the information that is being requested has been delivered. In this article ...
Product Data Templates for Manufacturers
Since April 2015, over 5700 Product Data Templates have been available from the NBS BIM Toolkit. With the introduction of a much demanded product data sheet hosting...
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...
Further reading
Other essential BIM sources of information
