On 6 January 2016, the European Commission adopted the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) that will considerably reduce the administrative burden for companies, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), who want to have a fair chance at winning a public contract. The ESPD will replace the current system, which can differ drastically between Member States. While some countries have already introduced some form of...

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...