Viewpoint: Improving energy efficiency in the built environment

Charles Goodchild considers this book an admirable attempt to do justice to a vast and fluid subject. While not covering every nuance, it will be of great benefit to both postgraduate students and practising engineers.

Letters this month include discussion on late payments and the benefits of BIM.

BIM is presenting daily opportunities and challenges to structural engineers, rather like the architects they work with. So it should be no surprise to find that one of the key people behind the BIM revolution is, himself, an architect. Jackie Whitelaw talks to Autodesk Vice President, Phil Bernstein, who helped introduce BIM to the world.