BIM and Operational Assets
kykloud's CEO Ed Bartlett talks BIM at the recent ECOBUILD conference as part of the NBS Bitesize programme
Could Life Cycle Management Save PFI?
With more and more local authorities talking about ‘buying themselves out’ of hugely inefficient and costly PFI contracts, PFI has once again hit the headlines for the wrong reasons.
Should the Private Sector Fund UK Roads?
It’s not just the budget that has got opinion divided but the government’s announcement earlier this week about private business funding UK roads has certainly got people talking. Not only those of us in the industry but members of the general public have felt compelled to share their thoughts both for and against which I have listened to and read with real interest.
Sustain signs up to kykloud
Sustain is one of the UK's leading carbon reduction companies.
Sneak Surveyor App Preview!
Sneak Preview! In-field condition assessment tools coming to an AppStore near you - SOON!
Willmott Dixon Signs up to kykloud
Willmott Dixon, the £1bn turnover contractor, developer and support services company is the latest major national business to sign up to kykloud’s whole life costing software.
"kykloud targets asset management with SaaS and apps"
Last week Paul Wilkinson at Extranet Evolution had a market first preview of the kykloud software product and he has given a independent and authoritative view.
How Lifecycle Cost Analysis Can Give Property Consultants the Edge
I recently read with interest a US article looking at “How Lifecyle Cost Analysis Can Make a Better Case for Green Building” by Molly Miller on the GreenBiz site (http://bit.ly/A1MZOt).
Shedding Light on FITs
The nation’s roofs are coming under attack. Not (thankfully so far) from the wrath of another particularly vicious winter but from a more conspicuous source – the solar panel.
A Great British Property Scandal
Channel 4 has mounted a campaign to highlight the so-called ‘Great British Property Scandal’ of empty homes in the UK. Thousands of people are getting involved in the campaign to bring the estimated 930,000 uninhabited properties back into use and the government even recently announced in its 2011 housing strategy that it will be pledging £100m towards bringing some of Britain’s homes back into use to cut housing waiting lists and stabilise housing supply. Sounds like a great idea but are we simplifying what could be a major legal and bureaucratic undertaking as a quick and easy solution to a growing problem? And what about the real whole life costs of such a decision?