The Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment (IDBE) Masters Programme at the University of Cambridge asked the Edge to debate whether BIM (Building Information Technology) is the revolutionary and game changing technology that has been claimed.

Venue: Cambridge Union Society, 9A Bridge Street, Cambridge CB2 1UB

Host:
Sebastian Macmillan, Course Director IDBE, University Of Cambridge

Chair:
David M. Adamson - Consultant in Sustainable Construction and former Director of Construction, OGC, HM Government

Speakers:
In favour:
Paddy Conaghan - Hoare Lea
Anna Winstanley - Independent consultant & former Strategic Design Director, Laing O’Rourke
Casey Rutland - Arup
Against:
Doug King - Doug King Consulting
Georgina Smit - Arup
Simon Foxell - The Architects Practice

Downloads:
‘This house believes that BIM is the answer’ Poster