There are a series of upcoming webinars and talks in February which will be of interest to the BIM community, from software users to managers and industry professionals.

Firstly Asite are holding a webinar on the 1st of February 2012 at 14:00 GMT. The topic of discussion will be BIM compatibility and collaboration chaired by Tom Lane, assistant editor of Building magazine. There will be 3 influential figures from the AEC industry presenting and discussing ideas. It's a free and open webinar so everyone is welcome to join. I for one am very much looking forward to listening and following the discussion.

So, I'm sure most of us know by now what IFC are, if not, this post may be for you! I just wanted to make a small post to anyone who was still in the dark. IFC or Industry Foundation Classes are a data modeling standard which are complete and fully stable, open and international standards for exchanging BIM data. buildingSMART developed the idea and the certification process. 

I found a very interesting article this morning which was posted last month on the Californian Construction website. It describes how KH&S contractors teamed up with a software manufacturer Scenario to create a customised VPD system which could be used for all of their BIM projects. There seem to be a lot of companies investing in BIM management software, to make the work flow of projects run smoother and become more user friendly. Below is a snippet from the article.

BIM 360 is a new technology recently released from Autodesk, A seemingly useful tool for BIM managers for overall project review and mark up. It is based on the Autodesk Vault technology, and is likely to be a key tool for future BIM projects. 

Working along side existing technologies such as Revit, BIM 360 allows users to merge and align models, review clashes, reviewing model and integrating with CMiC. If you are already creating projects in Autodesks - Revit, Navisworks or AutoCAD there is a simple add in which you can download that will then get added to the addins menu on your ribbon. Simply click on this button in the ribbon to begin reviewing the project in Autodesk 360.