The UK Government response to a consultation on the single construction regulator has accepted all the key points made by industry respondents, including nima, about the critical need for interoperability of information and clear data standards. In its July 2026 response to the consultation on the single construction regulator (SCR) prospectus, the UK Government (via…
Nima’s response to a UK Government consultation on future regulation of the construction sector has stressed the need for more consistent digital standards and greater interoperability of information and data across the lifecycle of built assets. It stressed principles contained in the Information Management Initiative (IMI) – including the need to upskill people in information…
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…
Interoperability and the planned National Data Library were prominent topics in a half-day conference, Cyber Physical Infrastructure: Future Forum, held at Digital Catapult in London on 31 March 2025. The event concluded a series of 2024 workshops and resulting reports published by the National Cyber-Physical Infrastructure (NCPI) ecosystem programme (see nima news, 7 February 2025)….
