ThinkBIM is back for its second series of events, focusing on some of the recurring themes from our last series. In our first event we will hear from John Lorimer from Manchester City Council providing the client perspective on BIM alongside Paul Woddy who will be introducing some more detail around BIM standards.

The series will continue with monthly events with a twist, our March event will be a thinkBIM breakfast in collaboration with Construction Yorkshire where we will consider how BIM will support regeneration and its impact through the supply chain. 





We will bring the series to a close with a getBIM half-day conference where we will hear the latest from some leading contractors, explore themes from the series at interactive expert roundtables, see creative dynamic short presentations in the Pecha Kucha session and be joined by an International leading expert via web…

The second edition of the Be2Awards has been postponed from February 2012 to the late Spring/early Summer - provisionally mid-June. The decision was taken reluctantly when it became clear that the heavy workloads of organisers Paul Wilkinson and Martin Brown had hampered preparation. Postponement will allow more time to:

• agree sponsorship and avoid conflicting dates with headline sponsors
• approach past sponsors and media partners and agree their participation
• promote the competition to potential entrants, while maximising exposure for category sponsors
• organise professional video-streaming, and
• attract some top-notch speakers to deliver their TEDx-style BE2Talks

Meanwhile...

• if you would like to help with this event, offer sponsorship or other support, please email Paul, or send him a tweet (he's…

Following several successful online thinkBIM sessions, Leeds Metropolitan University's Centre for Knowledge Exchange is taking the BIM (building information modelling) conversation global. On 14 December 2011, the Old Broadcasting House in Leeds hosts a web-enabled GetBIM event.

Delegates will:

• Learn about the Business benefits of BIM adoption.
• Participate in two hands-on expert roundtables of their choice on: BIM to Field, 4D 5D BIM, Project Insurance, and/or Integrated Design.
• Discover lessons learned on 4D and 5D planning and scheduling from the CEO of VICO in the USA .
• Experience a lively Pecha Kucha presentation showcase covering different aspects of BIM (BIM and refurb, Laser…

Yesterday's Be2camp seminar on the Green Deal (sponsored by East London Business Place and Able Power) seemed to whizz by and generated a lot of online buzz. In addition to the 30 or so people who attended the event in person, we also had an online audience of 10 people following the event via the Ustream video feed and CoverItLive blog on the event web-page.

There was also some excellent Twitter traffic. A sample 50 tweets using our #Be2GreenDeal hashtag reached 14,541 people (according to TweetReach), with 20 tweeters…