Solar shading: why architects should integrate it, and how BIM can help
As an architect observing the latest trends in building design, it’s likely that at some point, you’ll integrate a brise soleil into your CAD designs. While solar shading is an attractive, functional and relatively unusual design feature to include in…
How to explain BIM to a 5-year-old?
How do you present complex information to an audience that is, let’s say, resistant to change? You can’t just deliver it in a charismatic way and expect everyone to just get it, right? I guess what I’m getting at here…
What is BIM?
BIM. Three letters that are radically reshaping the construction landscape – and that, for those of us in the industry, are becoming increasingly hard to ignore. It’s possible that you might know BIM inside out already. If so, good work…
5 biggest challenges of BIM (and how to overcome them!)
We read something this week about BIM that really caught our attention: “why is something so simple so complicated?” It’s a very good question, so we’ve decided to explore the challenges of BIM, and more importantly, how we can overcome…
Bibbidi Bobbidi BIM – A Little Bit of Construction Magic
Technology we use and work with on a daily basis today has evolved immensely over the past few years. This can be seen throughout the world in all shapes and sizes, from Apple launching the first iPad in 2010 (yes,…
STARTING 2017 WITH A BANG
After the cloud of uncertainty 2016 cast across the UK, with financial instability, political upheaval, terror attacks and fears for the future of businesses across the UK, the dust has finally settled and we’re able to see clearly just how…
Solinear open access to BIM file library
Engaging with potential partners across the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) community is one of the principles our business was founded on, and for this reason it gave us great pleasure to launch SolBIM, a dedicated library for building information…