NBS are heavily involved with the research and progression of BIM at the highest level. The national BIM report 2012 documents the state of the construction industry, and how far AEC professionals have come in the process of adopting BIM into their practices. The main topics covered in this report are: BIM and the UK construction stratergy. BIM from the view of a small practice. A BIM survery which was compiled from members of RIBA, CIAT plus many more AEC organisations. It talks about what BIM will mean for design fees, and finally discusses the collabortion and methods of BIM. The summary of this being that many heads are better than one when collaborating efficiently and succinctly.