Ever been to a BIMOpenMic night? Here's your chance for 'non speakers' to have their say about BIM... and to unearth the gritty realities & successes! The #Liverpool even will take place on 19th March from 5pm. Further info: bimopenmic.org

First @BIMRegions @UKBIMAlliance event of the day with @paulshillcock KantrellK hosted by CE Manchester & BIM Reg North West @jill_guthrie1 #ISO19650 before ThinkBIM this afternoon

Just starting with @paulshillcock on #ISO19650 journey. Packed room. Working closely with CE Manchester @UKBIMAlliance Nuclear Institute #DigitalComunitySiG

Our first event of the year and a packed out room in collaboration with CE Manchester Kicking us off is our first speaker @paulshillcock Operam explaining #ISO19650

Listening again to Paul Shillcock Operam talking about PAS>ISO transition; it really does feel like the new #ISO19650 suite has been brought together to be far more cohesive than the PAS1192 series ended up being 👍🏻

Amended international terms within the #ISO19650

“If your projects are only in the UK working with others only in the UK you don’t need to rewrite all your documentation, just show the mapping between the new terms”. Wise words from Paul Shillcock Operam

“COBie only applies to BIM level 2 projects (centrally procured projects), you can still have your own schema for other projects.” Paul Shillcock Operam

Pete KantrellK describing the situation with his employer in 2014 where data on a door was duplicated 24 times 😳 They drove this down to 14 internally alone; powerful slides on the cost for duplicating #data BIM Reg North West Cobuilder UK

Up next is KantrellK Cobuilder UK Talking about the data journey of a single door in a project factoring in each touch point, error and the cost of this.

“Objects are optional, data is NOT” KantrellK Cobuilder UK

Recommended reading from @UKBIMAlliance A Fresh Way Forward for Product Data notes Pete KantrellK also citing #Hackett report #goldenthread download the #data report here bit.ly/2THGj46

“Data is hard” but we need to make it simple says KantrellK We need to use the standards that exist! Data templates, ISO standards & data dictionaries Use #IFC folks!!

Huge thank you to our brilliant speakers @paulshillcock Operam and KantrellK Cobuilder UK two of the few people who make standards and data engaging and interesting! Thanks to Trowers & Hamlins Katie Saunders for the venue and delicious breakfast and CE Manchester for collaborating with us!

And not forgetting Duncan Reed for his brilliant tweeting and making the effort join us before his ThinkBIM event this afternoon!

Was a good event this morning at CE Manchester BIM Reg North West in Manchester where @paulshillcock explained #ISO19650

Join BIM4Water at the Water Equipment Show - Pump Centre, Telford on 16th May. Following link for further info: bit.ly/2sWAEbq

"Back to basics" Legal BIM event taking place in #Manchester 06/06 from 5.30pm in collaboration with IM4Legal Registration below. tiny.cc/jtce7y

Fantastic news for the start of the weekend Anne Kemp OBE who has been awarded an #OBE for services to Digital Construction Innovation Congratulations Anne! We are so proud bit.ly/2XBd7ui cc @atkinsglobal Centre for Digital Built Britain BuildingSMART UK&I

Who's interested in a summer social?! Let us know!