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BSRIA BIM Network event - Delivering the Level 2 BIM tools

2015-07-22T09:23:51Z

Nevena Borcsok:

'''BSRIA BIM Network event, Tuesday 21st April 2014 – Delivering the Level 2 BIM tools'''

BSRIA’s BIM Network focusses on bringing particular issues around BIM to its members in an informal environment. As part of this mission, it has previously held two events specifically looking at the Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board) competition to provide the missing Level 2 BIM components – the digital plan of work (dPoW) and the classification system, all wrapped up in a user-friendly on-line tool.

[[File:Funcional.png|RTENOTITLE]]

The competition was won by RIBA Enterprises, with a team including NBS, BIM Academy, BDP, Laing O’Rourke, Microsoft, Mott MacDonald and Newcastle University. The period of the initial delivery phase was six months with a due date of mid-April.

This topic was first looked at in the Network in February 2014 when the competition was about to be launched, and a second event in September reported on progress and the outcome from the second stage of tendering.

The latest event, held on 21st April 2015, was timed to follow hot on the heels of the launch by RIBA Enterprises. As it turned out, a beta version was the subject of a ‘soft’ launch, made at the BIM Show Live on the 8th April, with the ‘hard’ launch now planned for some time in June. The contract calls for RIBA Enterprises to ‘maintain’ the product (known as the BIM Toolkit – but more about the title later) for five years so development is expected to continue.

Almost thirty people attended the half day event, and represented a wide cross section of the built environment industry with designers, constructors, manufacturers and utilities suppliers all taking part.

The format for the event was very simple, with the aim being to give as much time for debate as possible. Following a brief introduction from the chairman, Rob Manning from the Government’s BIS BIM Task Group gave a presentation describing the background to the UK Government’s Level 2 BIM requirement, and to the Innovate UK competition.

[[File:Bim Information Management.png|RTENOTITLE]]

Rob’s presentation ran through eight key themes, all seen as vital to enabling effective Level 2 BIM:
*journey
*stages
*role
*modelling
*Work
*Classification
*tool
*access

The first three items demonstrated the need for BIM Toolkit, and the remaining topics explained the requirement contained within the Innovate UK competition. Sarah Delany of RIBA Enterprises then gave a presentation on the Toolkit, giving some background to the project from RIBA Enterprises’ perspective, and demonstrating its main features. The presentation looked at the various features of the Toolkit, against the backdrop of the project phases identified in PAS 1192-3:2013:
*Assessment and need
*Procurement
*Post-contract award and mobilisation
*Production
*Following hand-over then “in-use”

The BIM Toolkit is a project-based tool. As well as the usual project information, the tool lets the user input data and assign roles at each stage of the project (the RIBA 2013 Plan of Work is used). Certain key themes are displayed in the pane on the left hand side (see red box in the image below) which can be completed for each stage. 

[[File:The BIM toolkit.png|RTENOTITLE]] 

The Toolkit also incorporates a classification structure (Uniclass 2015), and a data validation facility, although these were not included in the presentation. 

There was a lot of information to take on board and the coffee break after the last of the presentations was welcomed by all. It also gave the audience a chance to collect their thoughts and frame some telling questions. 

As was expected, the questions were wide-ranging, from how the tool affected what information manufacturers were expected to produce, to how the tool was intended to be used. This latter enquiry highlighted a key aspect of the tool, which had previously been misunderstood – at least by me. One of the MEP constructors asked if the tool was meant to be hosted in the project environment, where all members of the team would be able to see it. Rob Manning’s response was that the tool was meant to be used by the client, who would then export it into another environment for use by the project team if required. The same person then asked if it was in fact a tool for the client and Rob Manning said that was indeed the case. I must admit that at that point I was struggling to see the collaborative element of the Toolkit. 

The name of the tool also raised some questions. Given that it was for the use of the client, someone asked if the name of Toolkit was perhaps not as helpful as it could be. Rob Manning said in response that perhaps the name may need to be reconsidered. Someone in the audience suggested that EIR Writing Tool or Briefing Tool may be more appropriate. 

BSRIA is considering holding a similar event in early June. This will give the industry another opportunity to ask questions once they have had a chance to look at the Toolkit in more detail, and consider how it relates to their working environment. This will also act as useful feedback to RIBA Enterprises at the end of the beta testing period and help to shape the new release, currently due sometime in June. In the meantime, BSRIA agreed to take any comments attendees may have between now and June and feed them back to RIBA Enterprises. 

In summary, it was good to see the BIM Toolkit and to hear the Government client’s aspirations. Also, it is worth bearing in mind how much has been achieved in such a short space of time. However, I think that there is a lot of work still to be done to get the beta version to what was intended in the original competition brief. It will be interesting to see how the June release has progressed. 

Have a look at the beta version of the BIM Toolkit ([http://www.thenbs.com/bimtoolkit www.thenbs.com/bimtoolkit]<cite>''') '''</cite>and send any comments to RIBA Enterprises. It’s important to have your say and to help make the final output of real value to the construction industry.

BSRIA BIM Network event - Delivering the Level 2 BIM tools

2015-07-22T09:18:37Z

Nevena Borcsok:

'''BSRIA BIM Network event, Tuesday 21st April 2014 – Delivering the Level 2 BIM tools'''

BSRIA’s BIM Network focusses on bringing particular issues around BIM to its members in an informal environment. As part of this mission, it has previously held two events specifically looking at the Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board) competition to provide the missing Level 2 BIM components – the digital plan of work (dPoW) and the classification system, all wrapped up in a user-friendly on-line tool.

[[File:Funcional.png|RTENOTITLE]]

The competition was won by RIBA Enterprises, with a team including NBS, BIM Academy, BDP, Laing O’Rourke, Microsoft, Mott MacDonald and Newcastle University. The period of the initial delivery phase was six months with a due date of mid-April.

This topic was first looked at in the Network in February 2014 when the competition was about to be launched, and a second event in September reported on progress and the outcome from the second stage of tendering.

The latest event, held on 21st April 2015, was timed to follow hot on the heels of the launch by RIBA Enterprises. As it turned out, a beta version was the subject of a ‘soft’ launch, made at the BIM Show Live on the 8th April, with the ‘hard’ launch now planned for some time in June. The contract calls for RIBA Enterprises to ‘maintain’ the product (known as the BIM Toolkit – but more about the title later) for five years so development is expected to continue.

Almost thirty people attended the half day event, and represented a wide cross section of the built environment industry with designers, constructors, manufacturers and utilities suppliers all taking part.

The format for the event was very simple, with the aim being to give as much time for debate as possible. Following a brief introduction from the chairman, Rob Manning from the Government’s BIS BIM Task Group gave a presentation describing the background to the UK Government’s Level 2 BIM requirement, and to the Innovate UK competition.

[[File:Bim Information Management.png|RTENOTITLE]]

Rob’s presentation ran through eight key themes, all seen as vital to enabling effective Level 2 BIM:
*journey
*stages
*role
*modelling
*Work
*Classification
*tool
*access

The first three items demonstrated the need for BIM Toolkit, and the remaining topics explained the requirement contained within the Innovate UK competition. Sarah Delany of RIBA Enterprises then gave a presentation on the Toolkit, giving some background to the project from RIBA Enterprises’ perspective, and demonstrating its main features. The presentation looked at the various features of the Toolkit, against the backdrop of the project phases identified in PAS 1192-3:2013:
*Assessment and need
*Procurement
*Post-contract award and mobilisation
*Production
*Following hand-over then “in-use”

The BIM Toolkit is a project-based tool. As well as the usual project information, the tool lets the user input data and assign roles at each stage of the project (the RIBA 2013 Plan of Work is used). Certain key themes are displayed in the pane on the left hand side (see red box in the image below) which can be completed for each stage. 

[[File:The BIM toolkit.png|RTENOTITLE]] 

The Toolkit also incorporates a classification structure (Uniclass 2015), and a data validation facility, although these were not included in the presentation. There was a lot of information to take on board and the coffee break after the last of the presentations was welcomed by all. It also gave the audience a chance to collect their thoughts and frame some telling questions. As was expected, the questions were wide-ranging, from how the tool affected what information manufacturers were expected to produce, to how the tool was intended to be used. This latter enquiry highlighted a key aspect of the tool, which had previously been misunderstood – at least by me. One of the MEP constructors asked if the tool was meant to be hosted in the project environment, where all members of the team would be able to see it. Rob Manning’s response was that the tool was meant to be used by the client, who would then export it into another environment for use by the project team if required. The same person then asked if it was in fact a tool for the client and Rob Manning said that was indeed the case. I must admit that at that point I was struggling to see the collaborative element of the Toolkit. The name of the tool also raised some questions. Given that it was for the use of the client, someone asked if the name of Toolkit was perhaps not as helpful as it could be. Rob Manning said in response that perhaps the name may need to be reconsidered. Someone in the audience suggested that EIR Writing Tool or Briefing Tool may be more appropriate. BSRIA is considering holding a similar event in early June. This will give the industry another opportunity to ask questions once they have had a chance to look at the Toolkit in more detail, and consider how it relates to their working environment. This will also act as useful feedback to RIBA Enterprises at the end of the beta testing period and help to shape the new release, currently due sometime in June. In the meantime, BSRIA agreed to take any comments attendees may have between now and June and feed them back to RIBA Enterprises. In summary, it was good to see the BIM Toolkit and to hear the Government client’s aspirations. Also, it is worth bearing in mind how much has been achieved in such a short space of time. However, I think that there is a lot of work still to be done to get the beta version to what was intended in the original competition brief. It will be interesting to see how the June release has progressed. Have a look at the beta version of the BIM Toolkit ([http://www.thenbs.com/bimtoolkit www.thenbs.com/bimtoolkit]<cite>''') '''</cite>and send any comments to RIBA Enterprises. It’s important to have your say and to help make the final output of real value to the construction industry.

Smart cities and smart energy, summary and opportunities

2015-07-22T08:16:14Z

Nevena Borcsok:

== '''BSRIA / ECA Conference in Dublin 11th June 2015''' ==

== '''Summary and Opportunities – Smart Cities and Smart Energy''' ==

 

Bill Wright, Head of Energy Solutions, ECA, briefly summarised the previous papers and highlighted a few areas for further discussion / questioning. A few topics that came to the fore in the presentations were:

 Sustainability - what actually is the meaning of this? Is a business sustainable if it is highly energy efficient, uses recycled materials and has a very low carbon footprint, or is a sustainable business about being in business tomorrow? It is best to be a combination of both but what is the best mix? Ethics can also come into this. A difficult question which can be discussed at length!

Another area for discussion is who pays for the infrastructure put in place for these Smart Cities? It is not so long ago that you paid for internet access in hotels and public areas, now it is generally regarded as being free, but is it? The costs are being absorbed into everyday prices as we begin to take internet access for granted. Ultimately we all pay. The installation of Smart meters and their operation will be paid for by higher energy bills, but it is hoped that the cost will be offset by lower energy usage. Time will tell.

Smart meters were discussed and compared between the UK and Ireland. The Irish ‘thin’ meter seems more compatible with major software changes as all the ‘intelligence’ is in a central processor unit, away from the meter. The UK version has its own processor. There is a danger it will be obsolete before the final units are installed.

Smart meters will bring remote monitoring down in price and improve availability of data as well as the reality of being able to monitor peoples’ actions in buildings. Another ethical question – how far do we go in this? Actions such as putting the kettle on or heating can be monitored bringing in the possibility of monitoring care homes – but this could lose the human contact.

There was considerable emphasis on Smart Grids and how the nature of power generation was changing as renewable energy sources at the periphery of the grid network were providing an increasing proportion of the power required for a country. Networks were designed for central power plants distributing electricity to the periphery, not the other way round. Considerable effort has to be put in to keep the system stable as the proportion of renewable or local energy sources proliferate. New standards were being developed as part of the international wiring regulations on how to integrate all these systems together. These may appear in the next edition of the UK IET Wiring Regulations, BS7671.

There was mention of the European super grid where power can be transmitted east to west or north to south to enable power to be generated in the most advantageous places and move to meet peak demands in various countries at different times.

All of this will be controlled by, or use the internet for communication. How secure is this? Many examples are available of systems being hacked into and taken over. How can this be stopped when we become ever more reliant on secure communications? Systems must be designed in such a way so as to be impregnable!

The redevelopment of the Dublin Institute of Technology was given as a good example of sustainable development where many systems, design and construction could be integrated on a new site to give an excellent performing series of buildings. Good initial design and programming the construction is the key to the success of this.

All of this brings the building controls industry into greater importance and our profession must grasp this and ensure that systems are designed and installed to the highest standards. This gives many opportunities to get involved, especially on the installation side where it is deemed to be at present strictly for specialists. New areas of building design such as power over data and LVDC systems should be grasped and brought into use to improve energy use and overall sustainability. The recent announcement by Tesla of the home battery system to enable PV systems to store energy to be used overnight is an exciting development which we can all use.

We are working in exciting times and it is great to be in the Building Services Industry. Let’s keep ourselves at the forefront of technology for the good of all.

Bill Wright

Electrical Contractors’ Association

Smart cities and smart energy, summary and opportunities

2015-07-22T08:15:43Z

Nevena Borcsok: Created page with " == '''BSRIA / ECA Conference in Dublin 11th June 2015''' == == == '''Summary and Opportunities – Smart Cities and Smart Energy''' == Bill Wright, Head of Energy..."

== '''BSRIA / ECA Conference in Dublin 11th June 2015''' ==
 ==

== '''Summary and Opportunities – Smart Cities and Smart Energy''' ==

 

Bill Wright, Head of Energy Solutions, ECA, briefly summarised the previous papers and highlighted a few areas for further discussion / questioning. A few topics that came to the fore in the presentations were:

 Sustainability - what actually is the meaning of this? Is a business sustainable if it is highly energy efficient, uses recycled materials and has a very low carbon footprint, or is a sustainable business about being in business tomorrow? It is best to be a combination of both but what is the best mix? Ethics can also come into this. A difficult question which can be discussed at length!

Another area for discussion is who pays for the infrastructure put in place for these Smart Cities? It is not so long ago that you paid for internet access in hotels and public areas, now it is generally regarded as being free, but is it? The costs are being absorbed into everyday prices as we begin to take internet access for granted. Ultimately we all pay. The installation of Smart meters and their operation will be paid for by higher energy bills, but it is hoped that the cost will be offset by lower energy usage. Time will tell.

Smart meters were discussed and compared between the UK and Ireland. The Irish ‘thin’ meter seems more compatible with major software changes as all the ‘intelligence’ is in a central processor unit, away from the meter. The UK version has its own processor. There is a danger it will be obsolete before the final units are installed.

Smart meters will bring remote monitoring down in price and improve availability of data as well as the reality of being able to monitor peoples’ actions in buildings. Another ethical question – how far do we go in this? Actions such as putting the kettle on or heating can be monitored bringing in the possibility of monitoring care homes – but this could lose the human contact.

There was considerable emphasis on Smart Grids and how the nature of power generation was changing as renewable energy sources at the periphery of the grid network were providing an increasing proportion of the power required for a country. Networks were designed for central power plants distributing electricity to the periphery, not the other way round. Considerable effort has to be put in to keep the system stable as the proportion of renewable or local energy sources proliferate. New standards were being developed as part of the international wiring regulations on how to integrate all these systems together. These may appear in the next edition of the UK IET Wiring Regulations, BS7671.

There was mention of the European super grid where power can be transmitted east to west or north to south to enable power to be generated in the most advantageous places and move to meet peak demands in various countries at different times.

All of this will be controlled by, or use the internet for communication. How secure is this? Many examples are available of systems being hacked into and taken over. How can this be stopped when we become ever more reliant on secure communications? Systems must be designed in such a way so as to be impregnable!

The redevelopment of the Dublin Institute of Technology was given as a good example of sustainable development where many systems, design and construction could be integrated on a new site to give an excellent performing series of buildings. Good initial design and programming the construction is the key to the success of this.

All of this brings the building controls industry into greater importance and our profession must grasp this and ensure that systems are designed and installed to the highest standards. This gives many opportunities to get involved, especially on the installation side where it is deemed to be at present strictly for specialists. New areas of building design such as power over data and LVDC systems should be grasped and brought into use to improve energy use and overall sustainability. The recent announcement by Tesla of the home battery system to enable PV systems to store energy to be used overnight is an exciting development which we can all use.

We are working in exciting times and it is great to be in the Building Services Industry. Let’s keep ourselves at the forefront of technology for the good of all.

Bill Wright

Electrical Contractors’ Association

BSRIA BIM Network event - Delivering the Level 2 BIM tools

2015-07-22T08:10:34Z

Nevena Borcsok: Created page with " '''BSRIA BIM Network event, Tuesday 21st April 2014 – Delivering the Level 2 BIM tools''' BSRIA’s BIM Network focusses on bringing particular issues around BIM ..."

'''BSRIA BIM Network event, Tuesday 21st April 2014 – Delivering the Level 2 BIM tools'''

BSRIA’s BIM Network focusses on bringing particular issues around BIM to its members in an informal environment. As part of this mission, it has previously held two events specifically looking at the Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board) competition to provide the missing Level 2 BIM components – the digital plan of work (dPoW) and the classification system, all wrapped up in a user-friendly on-line tool.

[[File:Funcional.png]]

The competition was won by RIBA Enterprises, with a team including NBS, BIM Academy, BDP, Laing O’Rourke, Microsoft, Mott MacDonald and Newcastle University. The period of the initial delivery phase was six months with a due date of mid-April.

This topic was first looked at in the Network in February 2014 when the competition was about to be launched, and a second event in September reported on progress and the outcome from the second stage of tendering.

The latest event, held on 21st April 2015, was timed to follow hot on the heels of the launch by RIBA Enterprises. As it turned out, a beta version was the subject of a ‘soft’ launch, made at the BIM Show Live on the 8th April, with the ‘hard’ launch now planned for some time in June. The contract calls for RIBA Enterprises to ‘maintain’ the product (known as the BIM Toolkit – but more about the title later) for five years so development is expected to continue.

Almost thirty people attended the half day event, and represented a wide cross section of the built environment industry with designers, constructors, manufacturers and utilities suppliers all taking part.

The format for the event was very simple, with the aim being to give as much time for debate as possible. Following a brief introduction from the chairman, Rob Manning from the Government’s BIS BIM Task Group gave a presentation describing the background to the UK Government’s Level 2 BIM requirement, and to the Innovate UK competition.

[[File:Bim Information Management.png]]

Rob’s presentation ran through eight key themes, all seen as vital to enabling effective Level 2 BIM:

*journey
*stages
*role
*modelling
*Work
*Classification
*tool
*access
The first three items demonstrated the need for BIM Toolkit, and the remaining topics explained the requirement contained within the Innovate UK competition.

Sarah Delany of RIBA Enterprises then gave a presentation on the Toolkit, giving some background to the project from RIBA Enterprises’ perspective, and demonstrating its main features. The presentation looked at the various features of the Toolkit, against the backdrop of the project phases identified in PAS 1192-3:2013:

*Assessment and need
*Procurement
*Post-contract award and mobilisation
*Production
*Following hand-over then “in-use”

The BIM Toolkit is a project-based tool. As well as the usual project information, the tool lets the user input data and assign roles at each stage of the project (the RIBA 2013 Plan of Work is used). Certain key themes are displayed in the pane on the left hand side (see red box in the image below) which can be completed for each stage.

[[File:The BIM toolkit.png]]

The Toolkit also incorporates a classification structure (Uniclass 2015), and a data validation facility, although these weren’t included in the presentation.

There was a lot of information to take on board and the coffee break after the last of the presentations was welcomed by all. It also gave the audience a chance to collect their thoughts and frame some telling questions.

As was expected, the questions were wide-ranging, from how the tool affected what information manufacturers were expected to produce, to how the tool was intended to be used. This latter enquiry highlighted a key aspect of the tool, which had previously been misunderstood – at least by me. One of the MEP constructors asked if the tool was meant to be hosted in the project environment, where all members of the team would be able to see it. Rob Manning’s response was that the tool was meant to be used by the client, who would then export it into another environment for use by the project team if required. The same person then asked if it was in fact a tool for the client and Rob Manning said that was indeed the case. I must admit that at that point I was struggling to see the collaborative element of the Toolkit.

The name of the tool also raised some questions. Given that it was for the use of the client, someone asked if the name of Toolkit was perhaps not as helpful as it could be. Rob Manning said in response that perhaps the name may need to be reconsidered. Someone in the audience suggested that EIR Writing Tool or Briefing Tool may be more appropriate.

BSRIA is considering holding a similar event in early June. This will give the industry another opportunity to ask questions once they have had a chance to look at the Toolkit in more detail, and consider how it relates to their working environment. This will also act as useful feedback to RIBA Enterprises at the end of the beta testing period and help to shape the new release, currently due sometime in June. In the meantime, BSRIA agreed to take any comments attendees may have between now and June and feed them back to RIBA Enterprises.

In summary, it was good to see the BIM Toolkit and to hear the Government client’s aspirations. Also, it is worth bearing in mind how much has been achieved in such a short space of time. However, I think that there is a lot of work still to be done to get the beta version to what was intended in the original competition brief. It will be interesting to see how the June release has progressed.

Have a look at the beta version of the BIM Toolkit ([http://www.thenbs.com/bimtoolkit www.thenbs.com/bimtoolkit]<cite>''') '''</cite>and send any comments to RIBA Enterprises. It’s important to have your say and to help make the final output of real value to the construction industry.

File:The BIM toolkit.png

2015-07-22T08:09:43Z

Nevena Borcsok:

File:Bim Information Management.png

2015-07-22T08:07:08Z

Nevena Borcsok:

File:Funcional.png

2015-07-22T08:01:52Z

Nevena Borcsok: uploaded a new version of "File:Funcional.png": Functional Specification A digital tool for building information modelling

Functional Specification
A digital tool for building information modelling

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2015-07-22T07:57:23Z

Nevena Borcsok: Functional Specification A digital tool for building information modelling

Functional Specification
A digital tool for building information modelling

BSRIA Networks

2015-07-20T11:52:26Z

Nevena Borcsok: Created page with " BSRIA networks and special interest groups offer our members the opportunity to make new contacts, debate topical issues, and make their voices heard. Online network resources ..."

BSRIA networks and special interest groups offer our members the opportunity to make new contacts, debate topical issues, and make their voices heard.

Online network resources include: presentations, workshops, research, publications and webinars. All networks are free to BSRIA members, unless otherwise stated.

For more information, please contact the Networks Manager Tracey Tilbry [mailto:tracey.tilbry@bsria.co.uk tracey.tilbry@bsria.co.uk] or 01344 465512.

To book onto network events, visit the [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/ BSRIA events page].

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== '''Building Environment Assessment Network ''' ==

This Network has now closed. All Environmental Assessment issues are now covered within the [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/networks/energy-and-sustainability/ Energy & Sustainability Network] and the [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/networks/chief-engineers-network/ Chief Engineers Network].

== '''Building Information Modelling (BIM) Network ''' ==

BSRIA's [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/networks/building-information-modelling/ Building Information Modelling Network]is currently focused on the preparation of a building services design framework for projects that use Building Information Modelling. This will be a companion guide to the existing BSRIA Design Framework for Building Services (BG6/2009). In addition, this Network is keeping its members up to date with other BIM-related initiatives in the wider construction industry. Places on the publication working group are limited.

== '''Business Network''' ==

BSRIA's [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/networks/business-network/ Business Network] is part of the BSRIA Business services. The network aims to provide members with expert knowledge, business updates and news alerts to help keep you up-to-date.

'''Chief Engineers Network'''

BSRIA's [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/networks/chief-engineers-network/ Chief Engineers Network] offers members the opportunity to discuss technical challenges and sources of information from the experiences of others. Topics are chosen from ideas put forward by BSRIA members.

== '''Energy and Sustainability Network''' ==

The [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/networks/energy-and-sustainability/ Energy and Sustainability Network]is available for all BSRIA members as part of membership. The network offers members a unique opportunity to hear the latest thinking from the industry and give feedback to BSRIA. Some recent subjects include:
*Lighting
*Controls
*New Technologies
*Power shortages

Speakers are invited from industry to present case studies and new research. These presentations have often sparked lively debate and give members an opportunity to pick the brains of some of influential professionals.

== '''Operation and Maintenance Benchmarking Network ''' ==

The philosophy of benchmarking is one of continuously and objectively seeking improvement. BSRIA’s [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/networks/operation-and-maintenance/ Operations & Maintenance Benchmarking Network] provides a tangible source of information to help building operators evaluate their performance against their peers. Data we collect focuses on five areas:
*Maintenance costs
*Energy
*Soft services including cleaning and security
*Waste
*Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Key Performance Indicators

Network members keep up to date with the latest industry practice through seminars, which are held three times a year to promote best practice and cover:
*Improving operation and maintenance
*Energy management
*Legislation and information updates

''Annual subscriptions are £900+VAT for non-members and reduced to £450+VAT for BSRIA members.''
''' Residential Network'''

BSRIA's new [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/networks/residential-network/ Residential Network] will bring together stakeholders from across the industry, responsible for the conception, design, delivery and maintenance of dwellings across the country to faciliate dialogue in order to help make the process more effective.

== '''Soft Landings User Group''' ==

Join the [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/networks/soft-landings-user-group/ Soft Landings User Group], and can gain from the expertise of professionals currently operating soft landings projects, share experiences and learn good practice from other practitioners. Member benefits include:
*Free attendance at quarterly briefings and seminars
*Involvement in the development of soft landings guidance
*Half day project assistance from BSRIA

''Annual subscriptions are £850+VAT for non-members and £550+VAT for BSRIA members.''

== '''Young Engineers Network ''' ==

BSRIA is keen to invest in the future of young engineers. Our [https://www.bsria.co.uk/information-membership/events/networks/young-engineers/ Young Engineers Network] is freely available to those with 10 years or less experience in building services and where your employer is a BSRIA member. The network gives young engineers the chance to meet peers in the industry, participate in workshops, and gain insightful knowledge from BSRIA's experts to help support their career.

== '''Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network''' ==

The Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network (MBEKTN) is a UK government initiative. BSRIA, along with 3 other partners are involved in the MBEKTN programme, each focusing on different areas of the industry.

Membership to the MBEKTN is free to anyone who wishes to join, and we encourage those interested in knowledge transfer and with an eye for innovation to take part. The aim of the network is to stimulate collaboration between research groups and the built environment industry to encourage technological development and practical applications for innovation.

The network covers key themes including climate change adaption, user behaviour and energy and carbon efficiency.

For more information on the network you can [https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/modernbuiltktn visit the external MBE KTN website.].

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2015-07-06T12:25:31Z

Nevena Borcsok:

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