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Question 1

What does BIM stand for?

Answer 1

Building Information Management

Question 2

What is BIM?

Answer 2

Collaborative process allows parties to design within one 3D model.

Question 3

What is clash detection in BIM?

Answer 3

Models are created by each design discipline and combined using software. They report collisions between elements in a model.

Question 4

What is a BEP?

Answer 4

BIM Execution Plan.

Question 5

Why might a building be listed?

Answer 5

Architectural, cultural and historical reasons.

Question 6

Three categories of listings in England and Wales?

Answer 6

Grade I - Exceptional interest
Grade II*
Grade II - Special interest.

Question 7

What are these categories in Scotland?

Answer 7

A,B,C.

Question 8

What is a curtilage listing?

Answer 8

Refers to parcel of land attached to a building and forming one enclosure. Added to a listed building.

Question 9

What are reserved matters in planning permissions?

Answer 9

Items excluded from outline planning application as they are determined in the future or are not yet developed. Three years after previous application.
Includes access, layout, scale.

Question 10

What are Section 278 agreements?

Answer 10

Highways Act 1980 allows developers to enter agreements with councils to make alterations to a public highway.

Question 11

What are Section 106 agreements?

Answer 11

Legally binding agreement between local authority and developer. Mitigate impact on local community.

Question 12

What are some recent developments in the industry?

Answer 12

Great British Energy
Sarbannes-Oxley Act
Build 1.5 million homes over the next year.