This digital library will structure data so that design can more rigorously demonstrate compliance, earlier in the process.

We need to consider what the UK can offer those international markets beyond BIM.We’re very highly regarded in finance and insurance, for example, and those things are required by world leaders who want to deliver infrastructure and construction programmes.

We’ve got all the various digital tools which are being developed and coming to market now.We have things like the Value Toolkit coming out of The Construction Innovation Hub.The question is, how do we help governments make choices that support their ambitions?

Value drivers aren’t exactly the same from one country to the next, and so we’ll need to help them make choices based on what’s best for their own local needs, projects and communities..Although our technical services and products are becoming increasingly exportable and marketable, we need a more cohesive and collaborative approach regarding how we bring that UK construction value proposition to market.

It may be that BIM unlocks value, or value unlocks finance, or finance unlocks BIM, but there is a real chance to develop a ‘UK brand’ construction approach that we can sell internationally.

We don’t want to compete on how cheaply we can provide labor and concrete.As businesses get ready to reopen their office buildings while keeping to social distancing measures, what might the impact be on energy efficiency in those buildings – and the climate emergency?.

Before COVID-19, the climate emergency was very prominent in the media, and the UK was the first major country to commit to achieving zero carbon targets by 2050.With the current pandemic, however, the focus on buildings is moving away from energy efficient buildings, and towards healthy buildings.

But can we have both?.The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has just released a. set of documents.