{"id":16694,"date":"2017-09-16T18:05:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T17:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=16694"},"modified":"2017-09-21T17:10:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T16:10:26","slug":"ihbc-and-cotac-jointly-welcome-bim4heritages-launch-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16694","title":{"rendered":"IHBC and COTAC jointly welcome BIM4Heritage\u2019s launch conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>IHBC and COTAC as supporters of the BIM4Heritage initiative have welcomed its launch conference \u2013 titled \u2018How can BIM help to understand and preserve the historic environment?\u2019 \u2013 held at the Royal Academy on 14 September, with COTAC Chair Ingval Maxwell co-presenting, and case studies that explored the impact of the new Building Information Modelling (BIM) methodology on heritage practice.<\/h3>\n

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Delegates also received courtesy copies of Historic England\u2019s newly issued guidance – \u2018BIM for Heritage: Developing a Historic Building Information Model\u2019, introduced on the day by author Paul Bryan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

IHBC Director Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018We’re delighted that as supporters of the BIM4Heritage programme \u2013 and by working with COTAC – the IHBC can help play a positive role in promoting heritage perspectives on BIM to wider, mainstream construction users and developers.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Especially useful has been the opportunity to highlight to this forum specialist considerations in BIM\u2019s application to heritage conservation, from recognising both the value and the uniqueness of each element in the historic environment, to appreciating the inevitable impacts attached to future redundancies in hardware and software.\u2019<\/p>\n

BIM4Heritage writes:<\/p>\n

BIM4Heritage is a special interest group established within the BIM4Communities to champion Building Information Modelling (BIM) within the Historic Environment. The group is formed by various specialists, including those from within the AEC industry, Conservation, Heritage Organisations Academic Departments and end-users.<\/p>\n

The vision of the BIM4Heritage Group is to provide a forum for organisations and industry professionals to share knowledge and lessons learnt on BIM applied to historic structures.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the BIM4Heritage Group is to promote the learning, awareness and understanding of BIM within the conservation and heritage sector of the built environment, and to influence and integrate this with wider industry needs.<\/p>\n

Involving a range of disciplines and conservators who have the current stewardship of the existing building stock, it will also aim to enable industry to understand the importance of information relating to conservation requirements.<\/p>\n

Group Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n