Category Archives: News

Webinar from 29th of September On-Demand

On Wednesday 29th of September Bimfire Tools visited a webinar hosted by Symetri Europe. This webinar looked into fire engineering in BIM and Revit and the ideas behind Bimfire Tools. The webinar was held in Swedish and is now available on-demand. Panelists was Niklas Strannefors, Head of Digital Design, and Marcus Nilsson, fire- and BIM […]

BFT 20/21 available now

Today Monday 30th of August we release the latest version of Bimfire Tools, BFT 20/21. This version drops the BETA button for the UK ruleset while also adds a brand new country – Germany. Other things the new version brings: Template Added parameters to the families to match BuildingSMART Simplified templates for always using copy/monitor […]

3 things to look forward to this autumn

Say hello to Niklas, Head of Digital Design Niklas Strannefors has 10 years of professional experience of BIM. He has worked for 6 years at a Platinum Autodesk reseller and educated over 400 professionals in Autodesk AEC Suite softwares. Moreover, he has helped implement BIM strategy, content, support and education for a dozen of companies […]

UK takes another step towards golden thread; Scandinavia works to catch up

At the end of May, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government approved a formal definition of the “golden thread”. This definition covers the information, documents and information management processes used to support building safety. The United Kingdom has been discussing the need for a “single point of truth” since the tragedy of Grenfell Tower […]

Nordic BIM Summit 2021 on demand

In the middle of April Symetri arranged Nordic BIM Summit, a digital BIM event within building and infrastructure. The theme of the event was “New beginnings in a post pandemic era” and focused on unleashing the potential of digitalisation. Bimfire Tools, being partners with Symetri, was there to present. Bimfire hosted two sessions, one on […]

Tromsø airport and BIM requirements

Landside-Exterior by Nordic Office of Architecture AS

We had the opportunity to talk to Andreas Myräng, BIM Coordinator of the Tromsø airport project, on behalf of Avinor. With his background as a structural engineer and writer of the project’s BIM strategy, he is the person to talk to learn more about the project and the ambitious BIM requirements. The operator of most […]