Tag: built environment
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FreeCAD 1.0 Structural Analysis Features Attract Civil Engineering Firms
The landmark FreeCAD 1.0 release has prompted renewed interest from small civil and structural engineering consultancies seeking an…
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Blender Gains Traction Among UK Architects as Revit Alternative for Visualisation
A growing number of UK architectural practices, including Stride Treglown and Haworth Tompkins, are adopting Blender alongside the…
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Autodesk rival OpenBIM platform Ifc.js gains traction among UK contractors
The open source IFC.js library, which enables browser-based viewing and manipulation of Industry Foundation Classes building data, is…
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OpenBIM standard IFC 4.3 adoption accelerates across UK contractor supply chains
Industry body buildingSMART UK has reported a measurable uptick in IFC 4.3 adoption among tier-one and tier-two contractors…
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Autodesk Rival OpenBIM Platform BlenderBIM Gains IFC4.3 Certification
The open source BlenderBIM Add-on, developed by the IfcOpenShell community, has achieved official IFC4.3 certification from buildingSMART International,…
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OpenProject Gains Traction Among UK Architecture Practices as Substitute for Proprietary PMO Tools
A growing number of mid-sized UK architecture practices, including Haworth Tompkins and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, are reported…
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FreeCAD 1.0 Adoption Accelerates in Civil Engineering SMEs Following Stable Release
Following the landmark 1.0 stable release of FreeCAD earlier this year, several UK-based civil engineering SMEs including Curtins…
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Blender Adopted for Early-Stage Massing Studies by Tier-One UK Contractors
A growing number of tier-one UK construction contractors, including Mace and Sir Robert McAlpine, are incorporating Blender into…
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OpenBIM Alliance Backs IFC Schema Expansion for Net Zero Reporting
The OpenBIM Alliance has announced an extension to the open IFC schema to support embodied carbon and whole-life…
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Nextcloud Gains Ground in UK Architecture Practices Amid Data Sovereignty Concerns
A growing number of UK architecture practices, including Haworth Tompkins and Stanton Williams, have adopted Nextcloud as a…