Bim For Construction Health And Safety Paperback

Stefan Mordue

What is BIM and how does it affect the health and safety professional? How are BIM technologies used on a practical level? What opportunities are there for the use of BIM in the health and safety arena? This concise and practical guide aims to answer all these questions and more. The health and safety role is evolving towards collaboration, structured data and sharing of information as BIM - the incarnation of these sensibilities - increasingly underpins construction practice. As the industry begins to see how these two topics can and should intersect this guide provides context and practical advice by explaining the basic principles of BIM, how it will shape the health and safety professional's role and what tools and processes will need to be embedded in the future. It also highlights the wealth of opportunities that BIM provides to improve health and safety standards and effective coordination - the means to exploit the potential of BIM.

9781859465288

English

NBS/RIBA Enterprises

9/16/2014

96

Stefan Mordue, BA DipArch MSc RMaPS MAPM RIBA, is a chartered architect, qualified Construction Project Manager, registered CDM Coordinator and NBS Technical Author. He has been involved in the development of the National BIM Library and has a background within small architectural practice. He is currently the CIC BIM 2050 working group Communications Manager and a member of the CIC BIM4Health and Safety group. He is a visiting lecturer at Heriot-Watt University and regular contributor to the APS Digest. Roland Finch, BSc FRICS ACIArb, is a chartered quantity surveyor with over 30 years construction industry experience in both the public and private sectors. He is the principal author for NBS Preliminaries and Project Management content, has written many articles on a variety of health & safety topics, and is a contributor to Croner's Management of Health & Safety. He is a member of the RICS UK QS and Construction Professional Group Board, and a Director of the RICS Research Trust.

Roland Finch

One of the important trends of the first decade of the 21st century is the presence of Indian companies on the world stage. As the geo- economic weight shifts to Asia in this new century, after more than two centuries of Euro-American domination, we need to better understand the implication of the presence of Asian business leaders in the global arena. India Inc. will play an important role in providing a nuanced under- standing of India's role in this globally shifting economic environment. -- Vishakha N. Desai, President and CEO, Asia Society, US Is India going to reach its potential, which its incredible demographics offer the nation? In much of our BRICs analysis out to 2050, the outlook for India seems potentially the most exciting of these emerging giants. But if India is going to get there, it is going to have to boost its produc- tivity significantly along the way. India Inc. examines the key players that are shaping the India of tomorrow; these are the people that will lead the country into a new future, both in terms of what they are doing now and through the examples they set as role models. -- Jim O'Neill, Head of Global Economic Research, Goldman Sachs & author of The BRICs Report An insightful and thought-provoking look at some of the world's top entrepreneurs and how they got there. A must-read for any aspiring Dragon or business person wanting to understand the minds behind the greatest business expansion of our world today. -- James Caan, Dragons' Den In a sea of global content, few stand out as as influential or as passionate as Vikas Pota, in providing a fresh, new perspective to the subject of India Inc. going global. By telling the stories of some of India's best business brains, this book provides a fantastic insight into how the big challenges of our time are being tackled by the next wave of globally successful entrepreneurs. -- S. A. Hasan, Director, TATA Ltd