UKBIM Alliance – and about time too!
You may not feel it, but our lives have changed. You experience it everyday. Walking down the street you bump into people because they’re peering down into their phone or tablet. On the train (if you...
View Article#nostoneunturned – #iamthefourthrider – Reflections of a Boomer
I guess the Olympics is a popular topic for a blog. I’m no different. But I was struck by a few things over the last few weeks. As you will know the issues around industry transformation are never far...
View ArticleWHY JONTS? WHY?
I was having lunch with a friend this week and we were talking as you do. I don’t know how we got on to the subject but it became a conversation about why I’m doing what I’m doing. I guess for me I’ve...
View ArticleWho am I?
I am organised I am system I do not change I am lined up All my stuff is easy to find Named correctly to attention, just how you want I gather dust but I do not wither I have no warmth but I like the...
View Article#G.O.B*
*Grumpy Old Boomer! If you know me you’ll get this. If you don’t, then you might need some salt. :o) I’m getting a little tired of Millennials… #nomoremillennials But recent events show that they might...
View ArticleBIM Regions UK Community Interest Company
For the future and the present In order to secure the future of the BIM Regions network so that we can continue to serve the industry on its ‘ journey to digital transformation, we have made a number...
View Article#1 – 2017
Greetings earthlings. Happy New Year! Ready? 1 – 2017 is here 2 – Dream bigger people!!! 3 – Whatever your dreams for this year…..double them, quadruple them, go forth and multiply exponentially 4 –...
View ArticleWho in the #BIM are you? – A Digital Transformation Almanac for 2017!
You might have heard of Geoffrey Moore’s chasm theory*, so as a little game to start off 2017, use this article to work out where you are on your digital journey. Innovator – You are on the cutting...
View Article#31773…
…is the number of viewings my videos on YouTube have received up to yesterday mainly through The B1Mhttp://www.theb1m.com My good friend Fred Mills pointed this out to me the other day. I hadn’t known...
View ArticleI AM TECHNOLOGIST
And we all are! Looking around my home, let’s do a count… Smart tv’s. DVD/video player. Laptops. Printer/scanners. Wifi Hub Router and extenders. Smart phones. Tablets. Fitbits. In my home life I’m a...
View ArticleMy Kobayashi Maru _ part 1
Anyone who knows me reasonably well will know that I like weird stuff. I collect comics, I like science fiction and fantasy. I really like Star Trek, particularly the original series , Kirk/Shatner,...
View ArticleSssshhh!!!! – Don’t mention Level 2! Hey! It’s crunchy dog time!
Hey there. Greetings Earthlings. Found this on a website a while ago “Corporations will own… The next horizon of innovation We have entered a decade of disruption of large corporate business models,...
View ArticleAnd when I grow up, I want to be …….a tree!
Trees are part of our lives. They’re just there. Winter, spring, summer, autumn, they just keep going on doing their thing. Leaves, fruit, shade, shelter, homes for all kinds of mini beasts birds and...
View ArticleUK BIM Alliance – One year on!
Last year we launched the UK BIM Alliance at Digital Construction Week 2016. A few weeks ago we returned to Digital Construction Week 2017 to update on progress and show what we’ve been up to…..read...
View ArticleLook forward or look back? – Evolve or die!
Evolve or die! Pevsner talked about the Zeitgeist, or the Spirit of the Age. I wonder how he would have summed up where we are now? Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t...
View ArticleNews Flash! – The UK BIM Alliance Rocks!
Dangerous things are happening across the built environment industry. People are collaborating, talking and working together. ( Better put a stop to that then! :o) ) UK BIM Alliance won Team of the...
View ArticleJoin for a LIVE Twitter Q&A – Explore Offsite Outlooks 2018 – 5th Feb, 1pm,...
Join for a LIVE Twitter Q&A – Explore Offsite Outlooks 2018 Explore the potential of digital construction and understand how best to implement it into your offsite construction strategy. I will be...
View ArticleThe blink of an eye……
Everyday we fool ourselves into the permanency of our existence when in reality our lives hang by a very fragile thread… For instance. Driving to work the other day I passed a road accident near where...
View ArticleLast one out, turn off the lights……..
Greetings earth people! I don’t often do this but I want to point you to a blog by Tom Jarman on the theme of “Modernise or Die” , the report by Mark Farmer last year. Check it out here: Tom Jarman...
View ArticleUK BIM Alliance – The end………..of the beginning!*
We held our latest quarterly Alliance forum last week. We had to get a bigger room at the IET in Savoy Place. (Big shout out to Rick Hartwig and the IET team for their constant support – thank you...
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