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BIMinNZ Conference 2022 – Meet the Speakers

Posted on Friday 03 December, 2021

Over the next few editions of News from the Source, we will be profiling our BIMinNZ Conference speakers. In our Sustainability Programme Stream, Chris Scott and Jun Tsujimoto from Jasmax will be presenting a case study on the adaptive reuse and sustainability in the University of Auckland B201 project, and Emily Newmarch, a PhD candidate at Victoria University of Wellington will be presenting on BIM-enabled carbon calculation.

NZIOB events update

Posted on Friday 03 December, 2021

Now that the New Zealand Government has confirmed the way forward for running events during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are slowly but surely locking in a full event programme for 2022. See below for the list of what we have coming up for you in the first quarter of next year.

Building Legends update

Posted on Friday 03 December, 2021

The Carters-sponsored Building Legends workshops are developed specifically for construction practitioners. The topic for the next workshop series is Contracts 101, with two more in the pipeline on Design Management and Leadership Training.

NZIOB National Board February strategy session

Posted on Friday 03 December, 2021

The outcome of the 26 March ’21 NZIOB Strategy Day was that the Institute has four focuses for the upcoming two-year period. Three focuses to get on with immediately (active) and one longer term goal to envisage what the NZIOB will look like in 5-10 years’ time. Action on how to tackle the longer term goal is being undertaken at a half-day strategy refresh session for the board in February 2022.

Welcome to our newest Members

Posted on Friday 03 December, 2021

The NZIOB welcomes its newest members, who had their memberships ratified by the NZIOB National Board on 18 November. A warm welcome to you all and we look forward to connecting with you at an upcoming NZIOB event.

BIMinNZ transition from the BAC to NZIOB

Posted on Friday 19 November, 2021

The NZIOB National Board has approved the transition of the BIMinNZ workstreams from the BIM Acceleration Committee (BAC) across to the NZIOB. A BIMinNZ Steering Group has been established and will work with the NZIOB National Office to deliver projects and events that promote BIM adoption across the construction supply-chain.

Auckland registrations open for Building Legends Workshop: Contracts 101

Posted on Friday 19 November, 2021

The Carters-sponsored Building Legends workshops are developed specifically for construction practitioners. The topic for the next workshop series is Contracts 101 and we are pleased to announce dates for an Auckland workshop in March 2022.

Southern Region Golf Day teams battle it out

Posted on Friday 19 November, 2021

The sold-out Southern Region Golf Day went ahead on Friday, 29 October as planned, adhering to Alert Level 2 protocols. The event was another great success, with 27 teams competing for the coveted top prizes. Most attendees confirmed they will be back next year to battle it out all over again.

NZIOB Recorded Webinar: Application of Digital Engineering in the Water Sector

Posted on Friday 19 November, 2021

Farzam Falzardi of Beca made NZIOB history in August by being the first winner of the New Zealand Building Industry Awards Innovation Category who also took home the Supreme Award. Watch a recording of his webinar and learn how his innovation resulted in the dramatic reduction in construction duration of a major project.

Registrations for BIMinNZ 2022 are now open

Posted on Friday 29 October, 2021

BIMinNZ is a one-day conference on Building Information Modelling (BIM) being held in Wellington on Thursday, 10 March 2022. The theme for the 2022 Conference is Building our Digital Community and will delve into use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and other construction technologies by the construction supply chain.

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