Following his summer 2025 appointment as nima vice chair for upskilling and education, Paul Woddy (September 2025 profile) aims to develop an updated Learning Outcomes Framework, and to reconstitute the group previously known as the BIM Academic Forum. To push both objectives forward, he is currently looking to engage with professionals from across the education…
Digital Construction Week (DCW) has opened its call for speakers. Industry disruptors and forward-thinkers are invited to apply to speak at the UK’s leading event for innovation and technology in the built environment. Deadline: 20 February 2026. The show will be returning to Excel London for its eleventh edition, 3-4 June 2026, with nima again…
The call for papers for the next buildingSMART International summit is open until 31 January 2026. Early bird registration for delegates to attend the event, on 24-26 March 2026 in Porto, Portugal, closes on 2 February 2026 buildingSMART International Summits take place twice a year (in March/April and September/October), with this year’s first event co-hosted…
Update (6 February 2026): Due to non-availability of key speakers, the 11 February webinar has been cancelled. A new webinar about PAS 1958 will take place on 24 March 2026, and we will share details as soon as we have them. BSI and nima are co-hosting a webinar to support SMEs in the built environment sector…
The projects, teams and innovators redefining what’s possible across the built environment have been revealed. This year’s Digital Construction Awards shortlist shines a spotlight on real progress: smarter delivery, intelligent data, digital culture, automation, AI, and sustainability at scale. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 18 March 2026 at the London Marriott Grosvenor…
With input from nima, BSI is hosting a lunchtime webinar (12.30-1.30pm) on Tuesday 24 February 2026 to discuss proposed revisions to ISO 19650-1, ISO 19650-2 and ISO 19650-3. These international standards, providing guidance on information management using building information modelling (BIM), have been undergoing a detailed review, and drafts of the revised guidance will be…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming many aspects of the built environment. Yet, while the benefits of AI often take centre stage, the hidden costs frequently go unnoticed. The RED Foundation‘s Data Ethics Steering Group has released a new report – The Unseen Costs of Artificial Intelligence (available here) – offering a critical perspective on the…
nima incorporates the UK and Ireland chapter of buildingSMART International, and bSUKI has just published a new report intended to help organisations understand the value of the IFC data schema and open data. The report – The Business Value of Adopting openData via Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) [PDF] – highlights the opportunities from the perspective…
Attendees at nima’s final quarterly forum of 2025 (on 4 December) heard chair Anne Kemp outline the organisation’s early thoughts on its future strategy. Anne recalled the mission nima set when it rebranded in October 2025: “We will inspire, influence, connect and support everyone active in the built environment and enable them to better manage…
The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM, a nima affiliate) has published a new information management good practice guide which highlights that information is critical infrastructure and that FM is a key player. IWFM’s guide provides a transformative framework for how workplace and facilities management (WFM) professionals approach information management – it represents a…
