News & Events8 August, 2017
Nathalie Charbel Won the ‘Or’ in the aVenir BIM Awards!
Congratulations Nathalie Charbel! Nathalie, from NOBATEK/INEF4 “Measurement Systems and Computer Development” team, won the “Or” award in the category of doctoral thesis of the Trophées aVenir BIM. The subject of her thesis? How to BIMify projects and practices from heterogeneous unstructured documents. BIM cannot replace all the information associated with...
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Spanish pilots: second BIM4Ren workshop organized by Tecnalia
On October 21st, the Tecnalia facilities in Donostia hosted a second BIM4Ren workshop linked to the BIM4Ren pilot buildings in the Basque country as part of our Living Labs activities. The aim of this meeting, in which also participated BIM4Ren partner Kursaal, together with the University of the Basque country...
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Join us for our 2nd webinar!
SAVE THE DATE! We are hosting our 2nd webinar next Friday, November 27th! It's the opportunity to see a presentation and live demo of a first set of easy-to-use tools developped for the BIM4Ren project, focusing on data acquisition, enhancement & simulation in renovation. Ready? Join our partners CSTB...
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BIM4Ren @ SBS Annual event on SMEs and the data economy
Last September 29th, BIM4Ren attended the annual event held by Small Business Standards (SBS), the European organization that represents SME’s in the standardization community. This year’s discussion centred around the topic “How can standards support SMEs to benefit from the data economy?”. Building a data economy has become a vital...
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Easy Energy Analysis with Tecnalia’s Parametric IFC Generator
A web-based IFC generation tool tailored for energy analysis purposes: learn more about the Parametric IFC Generator by Tecnalia. In a sector that is constantly progressing in terms of digital processes and high environmental and energy ambitions, the European BIM4Ren project is an initiative that aims to facilitate and accelerate...
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Interview: Eugenio Quintieri // EBC
I am the Secretary General of the European Builders Confederation, the professional organisation exclusively representing national associations of construction SMEs and crafts in Europe. I see my work as an intergenerational duty to improve the world we live in. I have a true passion for politics affecting the built environment,...
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On the road to #digitalconstruction: BIM4Ren kicks-off it webinar series.
In a context where digital and remote exchanges are becoming increasingly important, the European BIM4Ren project has launched its series of webinars on the issue of BIM in energy renovation works. Held on Tuesday May 26th, the first BIM4Ren webinar, entitled “Meet BIM4Ren: easy-to-use BIM tools for renovation”, aimed to...
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Join us for our 1st webinar!
BIM methods and tools have an increasing impact in the construction sector to help improve the productivity and cooperation across its full value chain. While BIM has mainly been applied on new buildings, the BIM4Ren project investigates its use and potential in renovation projects, through easy-to-use tools, to achieve the...
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Interview: Prof. Jakob Beetz // RWTH Aachen University
I am passionate about the great challenges of our generation regarding the overuse of resources and its impact on the planet. The built environment causes roughly a third of humankinds’ footprint and influences how we live together as a society. Careful use of scarce resources requires optimized design and planning....
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