Twenty years later - I am still very much working on defining the next generation of software products for NBS.
Back in 1999 it was a small research centre (Construction Informatics Research Centre) that was connected to Newcastle University. In September 2002 this research centre moved into the NBS business to become the R+D department.
The old CIRC building on Claremont Road |
The newly formed NBS R+D team |
Since 1999 I have worked on pretty much all of the NBS software products - from NBS Specification Manager to NBS Plus to NBS Create to NBS National BIM Library to NBS Chorus. But the first development I worked on was called NBS Office - it never got fully released, but a part of that project was NBS Scheduler which did - and I've dug out some screenshots from an early beta release I worked on the code on.
The branding changed slightly prior to the first release - so these screenshots from the 2000 beta have never been seen before :)
NBS Office - for all of the needs of an architectural office |
A new innovative method of browsing specification content from standard drawings |
Using new web technologies to offer users drop down suggested values when specifying |
Some highlights of the twenty years have included:
- Launching the new improved NBS Plus from the top of the Gherkin
- Winning awards for how our products fit into the BIM workflow
- Getting our cloud developments featured on the main stage in front of 10,000 at AU Las Vegas
...and a web cam picture from 1999 of three of the developers who worked on the code (and had the occassional game of 5aside/ beer/ night out) |
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