The NSAI launched the public enquiry for the revision of I.S. 370 on the 8th of December 2015. This enquiry will run until the 8th of February 2016. Any comments received will be dealt with by the technical committee. To comment, click on the following link to access I.S. 370:201X. http://www.nsainep.ie/Home/Details/5247 . You may comment on any clause of this document. Simply enter the clause number, make your comment...

The first national survey to benchmark the level of Building Information Modelling (BIM) adoption in Ireland revealed that 67% of the industry sample possessed confidence in their skills and knowledge to deliver BIM. While only 6% reported no confidence the remaining 27% reported a general knowledge of BIM and a gradual improvement in BIM skills. 75% of the sample reported an increase in demand for BIM in Ireland. The survey was undertaken by...

The ACEI have recently formalised its BIM Committee which consists of the following members: Brian Lahiff – GARLAND Thomas Griffin - TJ O’Connor & Associates Aonghus O'Keeffe - Roughan and O’Donovan Richard Osborne – Waterman Moylan Anthony Condon – Ethos EngineeringBrian, Thomas, Aonghus, Richard and Anthony have been working on a number of tasks...

The Construction IT Alliance (CitA) held a world-class BIM event over two days, 12th and 13th November, at The Gibson Hotel, Dublin.The ‘CitA BIM Gathering 2015 – An Integrated Future featured keynote presentations from some of the world’s BIM experts including Bill East, Kimon Onuma, Léon Van Berlo, Arto Kiviniemi, Claire Penny, David Philp, Ilka May and Frédéric Bosché.The...

Digital Construction Week was officially opened by Kevin Rudden, President of The Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland, in the Irish Embassy in London on Tuesday 20th October 2015.In his opening address Kevin presented the key drivers behind Ireland’s transition over the past 5 years and highlighted the importance of leadership in Ireland’s transition as well as the breadth of leadership required from across the...