Water industry information management network BIM4Water has recruited two new members to its steering group. Roi Otero Roi’s career includes working in construction, gaining early experience in BIM and digital delivery, before spending 11 years with a water utility, and then joining Autodesk in 2023. Roi’s current role is a Senior Manager – Water Industry &…
Two influential not-for-profit networks, Women in BIM (WIB) and BIM4Water, have announced a strategic partnership to strengthen collaboration, knowledge-sharing and digital transformation across the built environment and water sectors. The partnership unites WIB’s global collaborative network, supporting Members in their professional and personal development, with BIM4Water’s cross-industry forum, which is dedicated to driving digital transformation…
A new framework aims to provide the water sector with unified, practical guidance on asset information and how companies can strengthen their data to support asset health and performance (reports Digital Construction Today). Across the UK water sector, asset health has moved firmly into the regulatory spotlight. Ageing infrastructure, rising service expectations, climate resilience pressures…
BIM4Water hosted their Summer Event on Thursday 25 September 2025, focused on the critical topic of securing the water sector’s digital infrastructure. The event, sponsored by Procore Technologies and titled Beyond the Firewall: Delivering water sector reform through AMP8, explored the challenges and solutions in balancing data access with robust protection. The morning session, held aboard…
BIM4Water held a successful event, led by its Asset Data Standards (ADS) group, working in partnership with Water Services Association of Australia, to examine how water sector owner operators implement robust information strategies for enhanced asset management. The objectives of this meeting were to: Presentations (PDF) from the event are available for download below:
Want to talk about cyber-security and its impacts upon the UK water industry? This is your chance – the BIM4Water 2025 Summer event is fast approaching. Supported by Procore, the event will include a water-borne trip upon the River Thames and an afternoon in a riverside venue close to London Bridge – with a packed…
In May 2025, industry publication Digital Construction Plus launched an informal ranking of the 20 people and organisations who have the most influence and exert the most control over the digital construction sector. As part of “a people’s vote”, it invited readers to send in their nominations – and four of the five latest nominations…
Attention: all water company asset managers – is your asset management strategy working effectively enough to meet the new AMP8 requirements? BIM4Water, in conjunction with Autodesk, is holding a free Asset Information Strategy event on 30 September in Birmingham. The overall theme covers the development and implementation of an Asset Information Management Strategy (AIMS) for…
Change is needed to improve information management practices in the water sector, says Clare Taylor, chair of the 2,000-strong practitioners network BIM4Water in a wide-ranging major interview in BIMplus (26 February 2025). And she says the recently launched nima/CLC-backed Information Management Initiative (IMI) could provide the necessary disruption to improve digital maturity across the sector….
The Anglian region is one of the driest regions in the country. In the last twenty years the region’s population has grown by 20% to add to the water stress challenges, and the population is expected to grow further. With the need to protect the environment from over-abstraction the Company has the vision, by 2025…
