Acknowledgements

The idea for this book first came about when Stefan met with Keith Wilson, Director of Technical Information at the NBS, in a coffee shop in Newcastle upon Tyne one Friday afternoon. Not only did Keith provide encouragement to pursue the project; more importantly, he lent the support and belief needed to actually achieve it. Stefan approached Roland about co-authoring with the idea that ‘two heads are better than one’, and that looking at the topic from different angles would result in a better appreciation of the subject.

For help with providing case-study material and images, we are grateful to Acua Limited, ARUP, Balfour Beatty Construction, the CIC BIM 2050 Group, Costain, Crossrail, Eurobuild, MGF Ltd, My Zone, the NBS, the New York City Department of Buildings, Nunelah Design Consultants, Scott Brownrigg, Solibri UK Ltd, Turner Construction Company and United Utilities.

We are especially grateful to Andrew Laidler, Bobby Finch, Casey Rutland, David Graham Cant, David Philp, Giles Meredith, James Anwyl, James Ritchie, Lisa Fraser, Matt Blackwell, Nick Nisbet, Neil Thompson, Paul Bussey, Dan Clements, Roshani Palliyaguru and Steve Ash.

We would also like to thank James Hutchinson, Michèle Woodger and Sarah Busby of RIBA Publishing, who made sure the book came in on time.

And finally, a special ‘thank you’ to Mrs Mordue and Mrs Finch.

Stefan and Roland