Sitedesk are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a multi-year contract by GM UTC in Oldham and Willmott Dixon, to help provide young people with a combination of digital construction skills and real world practical experience. Sitedesk is being used to deliver an accredited learning programme that applies pure academic subjects to the latest construction industry practices including BIM (Building Information Modelling), through a project based learning approach.

In this new article in industry magazine, Concrete, Rob Umphray, our Director of BIM discusses the need for the supply sector to fully leverage the benefits of Building Information Modelling (BIM). With concrete being one of the most widely used construction materials, it is time to realise BIM’s potential to transform all its related workflows. It is time for concrete industry BIM to take a step forward.

Construction Computing and CAD User have published a a new BIM software review featuring Sitedesk. Editor David Chadwick evaluates Sitedesk’s ability to create federated models for design, construction and operation. On hearing the potential of Sitedesk to increase contractor profit margins by up to 50%, he was keen to learn about its power for himself.

Are you ready to answer the BIM questions you’ll get in April?

In a new article for H&V News our Chairman, Michael McCullen, joins a panel of experts commenting on how businesses need to prepare for the April 2016 deadline for the BIM Level 2 Government mandate. The article examines BIM-readiness and the concerns about lack of preparedness for BIM. It also explores how BIM can help in all kinds of projects, not just those in for public sector clients.

BIM deadline approaching: Listen up – 2016 is CrunchTime

We all saw it coming – yet the April 2016 BIM deadline may hit some companies with a crash, as they recognise that they are not quite as ready as they should be for BIM. What can they do? Our Chairman Michael McCullen gives his BIM advice in this audio interview with Jack White of BIM Crunch. The interview looks at many things including BIM barriers, the April Level 2 BIM target and what Government Soft Landings mean to building firms.