WEEKLY REPORT

The stuff we found most interesting for the BIM career centric this week.

The latest update to the BIM Capability Assessment Tool is a rough draft of a downloadable ‘BIM COMPETENCY REPORT’ and ‘ACTION PLAN’ to see how you can progress in your BIM career.  Feel free to test the tool and let us have your feedback. 

For guidance on using the tool, click here for the manual.

Read our November review of how bigger picture construction industry trends are affecting the BIM world here.

The latest from Mr.Smith who discovers the importance and methods of motivation in Psalm #12.

CAREER OPPORTUNITY OF THE WEEK 

BIM Technician with an exciting new modular construction division of a well known housing developer.

ARTICLES OF THE WEEK

Not career centric, but a great article on a new brick constructed using 3D printing and made from plastic waste.

Case study on the Centre for Advanced and Low-Carbon Propulsion Systems BIM project in Coventry. With Willmott Dixon acting as BIM Information Manager.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Excitement about technology is good, but we need to remember that it needs to work in a practical and complex environment.“

Gareth Parkes, Company Knowledge Manager at Sir Robert McAlpine. 

EVENTS NEXT WEEK

• Next Tuesday and Wednesday is the Construction News Summit in London. It will be interesting to see their review on the uncertainty in the infrastructure sector (which is one of their key topics this year).
• ConTech 2019 is also taking place in London on Wednesday – an important one for demonstrating the impact of cutting-edge technology on the construction sector.
• But if you are up north next week, the thinkBIM half-day conference is happening on Wednesday in Leeds.

For more information on these events, check out our events page.