Frog Up or Down

It's not long to my Final year students BSc Hons AT Degree Day Show at Birmingham City University, if you're in the area and would like to see the final project work, drop by, its free and you can chat to the students re their last three years training, and their hopes for the future. If your thinking of what to do when you leave school, then it's a great way to see the discipline of Architectural Technology at its best. We will also have past students who are now in practice, plus most of the lecturers, including my good self. Confused as to the difference between an Architect and Technologist, come along and chat, there will be free soft drinks and nibbles.

Its a long title, and Google might blow a fuse, but this time I am taking no notice, "PAS 1192-2 --- Specification for information management for the capital/delivery phase of construction projects using building information modelling " is a document we should all have read, and if you have not, then do so, its the route the government has set for the introduction of BIM, OK its a long document, and the content is very much gov speak, but the underlying tone is the foundation of BIM, and like it or not, its the future, and here I speak global, not just the UK, there will be no country constraints, building are going digital. You might also want to read an excellent article on the CIOB web site , and cedrtainly watch the youtube interview with  BIM Task Group chairman Mark Bew. The page itself might be behind a fire wall, but the interview is on youtube, see below. I would also recommend downloading PAS 1192-2 its free and can be obtained via the BSI shop for fr...