A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories you might have missed in the past month, including training on AI for construction leaders.
AI training programme for construction leaders
A new training programme has been launched for UK construction professionals to help “demystify” artificial intelligence (AI), CIOB People reports.
AI in construction: Skills for the future, created by Innovate UK BridgeAI programme in partnership with Trilateral Research, aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to the AI technologies impacting the construction industry.
Registration is open for the first in-person networking evening, scheduled for 28 November in Manchester. Find more information and register for the event here.
Autodesk Forma connects with Docs
Autodesk Forma now connects with Autodesk Docs, Autodesk’s data repository. Amy Bunszel, EVP of architecture, engineering and construction solutions at Autodesk, said: "Over time, this will bring with it new workflows and opportunities that connect teams, and project data, together to supercharge collaboration. For example, our digital whiteboard and collaboration tool, the Forma Board, can now import visuals from Autodesk Docs files and connect stakeholders – architects, engineers, and contractors – around a live digital concept. It’s all powered by Autodesk Docs and centralised data.
“That’s just the start. Over time, Autodesk Forma’s connection to Autodesk Docs will enhance the integration between Forma and Revit, laying the groundwork for a powerful, fluid connection between Forma’s planning tools and Revit’s detailed design and documentation capabilities.”
Autodesk has also launched Autodesk Workshop XR, an immersive design review workspace connected to Autodesk Docs. It allows design teams and stakeholders to walk through their 3D models at human scale for the “ultimate design review experience”. The extended reality environment provides a deeper understanding of the spatial experience within the built environment, helping teams identify design issues.
Bola Abisogun joins nima ambassadors
Dr Bola Abisogun OBE, founder of the Digital Twin Skills Academy and Diverse City Surveyors, has become a nima ambassador.
A fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Chartered Institute of Building, he champions digital transformation and inclusion across the industry and aims to use digital twin technology in professional services.
Abisogun’s appointment means nima now has 20 ambassadors.
Circuland raises £620k for digital product passports
The Circuland startup has raised £620,000 in a pre-seed funding round to develop its digital product passport platform, aimed at boosting recircularity in construction.
The platform was first showcased on the Edenica office project in the City of London.
Circuland’s four key aims are to:
- create materials passports for new products;
- create materials passports for new and existing developments;
- easily access robust data for the materials stock in the UK; and
- connect supply and demand for reused materials.
Dates for your diary
- nima virtual autumn conference: 7 November
- CIOB Tech and Data Live: 12 November
- Digital Construction North: 13 November
- CPD webinar – Kits of parts and productisation: the future that construction must adopt: 20 November
- CPD webinar – The new approach to information management: 21 November
- CPD webinar – Mastering cost control in volatile times: 28 November
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