BIM Task Group Newsletter 21st Edition

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Newsletter, 21st edition | Week ending 9th June 2013
To help kick start the hubs we decided to run a
series of events across the UK which would act
as an launch for the Hubs as well as seminar
introducing practitioners to BIM. The event
series, ‘A BIM Focus’, was developed featuring
task group members talks and local case
studies. It became the most retweeted tweet @
CICTweet (how about that for a tongue twister)
had ever sent which paved the way for the
Hubs having their own social media platform
@BIMHubs.
In my infinite wisdom, and because I already
had a weeks holiday booked in October, it was
decided that these 17 events would run over
the course of six weeks in the autumn of 2012.
We referred to these events as BIM on tour
and likened ourselves to rock stars, although
no one threw a TV out of a hotel window.
The first event took place on September 25th
in Newcastle and despite nearly not making
the event due to torrential rains and flooded
rail lines, which unfortunately also deterred
a few of attendees, it was still a very positive
first event. After a soggy start in Newcastle
we went onwards to Edinburgh and Glasgow
for our two Scottish events, then the following
week Wrexham and Manchester. After my trip
away we carried on with Cambridge, Coventry,
Nottingham, Exeter, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds,
Hull, London (x2), Northampton and finally
Belfast. With over 1500 people registered
to attend the BIM Focus events we aimed to
equip them with basic BIM knowledge, some
real life BIM stories and provided plenty of
opportunity for questions, no matter how silly
delegates may have deemed them, to be asked.
Highlights from the Hub events include a
missing Task Group Member in Cambridge
and having to play a video of David Philp instead,
(virtual Philpster) listening to some great
case studies from across the UK including a
rather refreshing one which actually discussed
the costs. Tweeting tirelessly from every event,
dispelling some rather interesting myths and
the speakers deciding they each wanted to shoe
horn a certain phrase into their presentations
during the Belfast event (I won’t reveal what
but if you were there then no your ears weren’t
deceiving you).
“
I was very grateful to have the chance
to be involved with the BIM hubs launch events.
I learned a lot and found the whole experience
to be very enlightening. It was fascinating meeting
so many people with such diverse interests in BIM.
”
Gary Ross,
West Midlands BIM Hub Champion/
Director of BIM Solutions, Amtech Group”
Gary Ross, David Philp and
Northern Ireland BIM Hub
Champion Melanie Dawson
taking questions
at the Belfast Event
08/11/2012
Belfast
26/09/2012
Glasgow
02/10/2012
Manchester
01/10/2012
Wrexham
22/10/2012
Coventry
31/10/2012
Cardiff
01/11/2012
Leeds
26/09/2012
Edinburgh
29/10/2012
Exeter
Events assistant Kamila Tomaszewska
and Liz Reading
25/09/2012
Newcastle
06/11/2012
Northampton
30/10/2012
Bristol
02/11/2012
Hull
23/10/2012
Nottingham
18/10/2012
Cambridge
05/11/2012
London
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