Collaboration: Bridging the divide
Over the past six months, Bond Bryan Architects has committed both time and money to investigating in a thorough manner the issues surrounding data exchange. This has been focused on...
Teach them BIM – A School of Thought to Consider
The Government has plans to make the UK a world leader in the use of BIM, however it could be argued that the current transition we are experiencing in the...
Time to Reflect on BIM Show Live
We all went into BIM Show Live with high expectations looking forward to a few days of work hard, play hard! The event did not disappoint, it was also an...
Recommended Reading: 3D Printing
This week we spotted a great article written by Marcus Fairs of dezeen magazine. (more…)
A BIM Lesson Learnt
I can remember now clearly the embarrassment of my first day at my year-out placement at a design build company in Bridgwater, Somerset. I was handed a tracing paper, ‘Rotring’...
Xbox One: we need time to figure this out
The Xbox One event has had a tough reaction from critics – the same fate befell PlayStation 4. But are we placing too much importance on these strange presentations?In his...
George Soros invests in ‘hyperfast’ internet firm
Soros investment vehicle Quantum Strategic Parters injects £50m in fibre-optic company HyperopticFinancier George Soros has led a £50m investment in fibre-optic company Hyperoptic, which lays high-speed lines direct to UK...
Peering at bright screens after dark could harm health, doctor claims
Light from TVs, computers, tablets and smartphones may disrupt sleep and raise risk of obesity, heart disease and depressionWatching TV or using computers, tablets or smartphones after dark may cause...
Who dares to dodge Google’s information tax? | McKenzie Wark
In exchange for giving up our personal data, we get to watch each other's cat videos, while Google becomes the new stateOf course Google doesn't want to pay its taxes...
Google boss calls for a ‘rational and predictable international tax system’
Eric Schmidt rejects Ed Miliband's criticisms of tax affairs, saying firm fears being 'double or quadruple taxed' under any changesThe Google chairman, Eric Schmidt, has told political leaders to sort...