Forward Features List 2016

The features below reflect subjects that will be covered within the issues named. Below that is a list of subjects that are being actively researched with a view to inclusion in Construction Computing when they become topical, or interesting.

January/February

Offsite Building Component Fabrication

Cloud based BIM

Finite Element Analysis in Structural Design

CAD Software Review

The Hammers 2015 Awards winners

Project Controls

March/April

BIM – Level 2 – Are you certified?

Maths and Geometry – algorithm based building design

Working in the Cloud – Cloud Based solutions

Bridges and Tunnels – Technological Challenges

4D/5D and beyond – Project Management and ERM – The Digital Project

Designing and building with Concrete

May/June

Infrastructure projects – Rail

Facilities Management – COBie and BIM Standards in practice

CFM analysis in Building Design

BIM Model Viewers

Collaboration and model data exchange standards

Engineering Change Management

July/August

Rendering and Visualisation

Building Performance Evaluation

Conceptual and Mass Modelling

BIM- The Next steps – Level 3 and 4

CAD Software Review

Project Management – Single and Multi-project Management

Health & Safety/Risk Management

September/October

Hydrological Modelling – Stormwater modelling, Drainage systems, Flood risks etc

Structural Design/Detailing and Fabrication

Email management – the options

A Certified Workforce/Training/Employee Evaluation/Contractor Performance Evaluation

Construction Simulation.

Plus 5th Annual Guide to BIM

November/December

Wide format CAD and Multifunction printers

Terrain Development/the GIS and CAD Interface

Utilities – Water/Electricity/Gas

CAD Software Review

Construction Accounting/Tendering/Contract Management

COBie – End of first term report

The following AEC and Civil Engineering subjects are continually under review

Architectural design solutions

Collaboration Software tools

Facilities Management

Civil Engineering

Environmental Analysis

BIM under Government Guidance

Process Plant design

Bridge Design

Flood Defences

Utilities and Power Grids

Hardware for CAD applications that will be reviewed from time to time will include:

Wide Format Printers

Workstations

3D Scanners

Display units

Graphics Cards,

Mobile Computing Devices

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