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A New Year Message from the Chief Executive of buildingSMART International

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new Chief Executive of buildingSMART International. The fact that you’re reading this means you already understand the value…

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The Ports and Waterways project have provided the final deliverables from the phase 1 project.

Following several years work and review of the final documentation by Infrastucture Room SC and in accordance with the bSI Process, the project team have provided the final deliverables of…

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Building-as-a-service – what does it mean and how

What is building-as-a-service? Building-as-a-service (BaaS) is a concept that is gaining a lot of traction in the built asset industry. BaaS involves a shift in the concept of how we…

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Clive Billiald – New CEO for buildingSMART International

London, (November 18, 2022) – buildingSMART International is pleased to announce the appointment of Clive Billiald as its Chief Executive Officer, effective January 3, 2023. Clive has a track record…

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Product Room Steering Committee review their direction and objectives in a series of Roadmap workshops.

The PRSC has met in-person in Brussels for a 2 day workshop. The content included presentations from Product Manufacturer guests including Schindler, Site-Log and Stora Enso. The output will help…

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BIM-BEM Workflows – final technical report approved by SC and published.

Building Room are pleased to annouce the publication of a technical report providing an overview of requirements for developing IDMs and corresponding data exchange specifications between building information modelling and…

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The Applying IFC 4.3 for Rail Detailed Project Plan has been reviewed and unanimously been endorsed by the Standards Committee.

The Standards Committee feedback and results can be viewed using the following link. Go to document

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National Institute of Building Sciences Announces Upcoming Release of COBie v3.0

The release takes place as buildingSMART International begins development of its Asset Operations Handover project  (WASHINGTON, DC, November 2, 2022) – The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) Building Information Management Council…

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Protected: The buildingSMART International Standards Summit and National Conference: Montreal, Canada 18-21 October 2022

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The buildingSMART International Standards Summit and National Conference: Montreal, Canada 18-21 October 2022

There is a wave of adoption coming. This was the bold statement from Ian Howell, Interim CEO of buildingSMART International, during the latest buildingSMART International Standards Summit and National Conference…

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Guidance for Regulators on using openBIM

Guidance for Regulators on using openBIM Activity Proposal is unanimously endorsed. The SC feedback and results for the Regulatory Information Requirements Activity Proposal can be viewed using the following link.…

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The buildingSMART openBIM Awards Program 2022 – Winners Announced

London, (October 21, 2022) buildingSMART International is delighted to announce the full list of winners from the Awards Program 2022. All finalists presented their projects during the buildingSMART International Standards Summit…

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Information Requirement Definitions

London, U.K. – October 7, 2022 - buildingSMART International is increasing consistency in the terminology around information requirement definitions. In the last two and a half years, bSI has been educating the…

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An Update to the MVD Policy

London, U.K. – October 7, 2022 - buildingSMART International is increasing consistency in the terminology around information requirement definitions. In the last two and a half years, bSI has been educating the…

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Increasing clarity for information requirements

London, U.K. – October 7, 2022 - buildingSMART International is increasing consistency in the terminology around information requirement definitions. In the last two and a half years, bSI has been educating the…

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A critical factor for success: BIM in electrical engineering

Andreas Matthé, CEO Electrical Products, Smart Infrastructure, Siemens AG, explains why electrical engineering has to master Building Information Modeling (BIM) to remain successful. To BIM or not to BIM? That…

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An activity report to develop a potential soltion to IFC for Products has been endorsed by the Product Room SC. Please click the link to read more.

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The BIM-BEM Workflows report has been issued to the standards committee prior to publication as a technical report. Please click the link to review the document.

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Applying IFC 4.3 for Rail

Voting is underway by the bSI Standards Committee on this Detailed Project Plan by the Railway Room. Please read the proposal at the link below. Please contact your Standards Committee…

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Guidance for Regulators on using openBIM

Voting is underway by the bSI Standards Committee on this activity proposal by the Regulatory Room. Please read the proposal at the link below. Please contact your Standards Committee representative…

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Methods to specify information requirements in digital construction projects

With the ever-growing digitalisation of the built environment, specifying information requirements (IR) is crucial to control the Building Information Modelling (BIM) data. However, encoding these requirements is subject to a…

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Airport Survey: Baggage Handling System

buildingSMART International is calling on the airport community to take part in some industry surveys. The "Airport Entities" survey on Baggage Handling System (BHS) is designed to map airport-related objects…

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New knowledge base site launched to support global openBIM® uptake

User guides, process maps, tutorials, videos, and more are all available on the buildingSMART’s new Knowledge Base. The new buildingSMART knowledge base is a site to provide information and share…

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Protected: Finalists for Awards 2022

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The buildingSMART openBIM Awards Program 2022 – Finalists Announced

London, (August 26, 2022) buildingSMART International is delighted to share the full list of finalists for The buildingSMART openBIM Awards Program 2022. Finalists will be invited to present their project…

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The buildingSMART openBIM Awards Program 2022 – Finalists Announced

London, (September 6, 2022) buildingSMART International is delighted to share the full list of finalists for The buildingSMART openBIM Awards Program 2022. Finalists will be invited to present their projects…

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Facilities Management and openBIM – Call for Sponsorship

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Airport Entities – Call for Sponsorship.

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Construction Room Survey

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Regulatory Information Requirements – Call for Sponsorship

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Fire Safety Engineering – Call for Project Sponsorship

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bSI Activity Proposal for IDM for Steel Construction

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The buildingSMART Board and Strategic Advisory Council

The buildingSMART Board and SAC   London, U.K. – July 5, 2022 – The buildingSMART International Council, Board and Strategic Advisory Council meetings took place between 27-29 June with a variety of…

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Céline Bent – New Compliance Director for buildingSMART International

London, (June 27, 2022) – buildingSMART International is proud to announce the appointment of Céline Bent as its Compliance Director. An architect by profession, Céline has previously served various roles at…

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Céline Bent Appointed as Compliance Director

London, (June 27, 2022) – buildingSMART International is proud to announce the appointment of Céline Bent as its Compliance Director. An architect by profession, Céline has previously served various roles at…

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The status of IFC 4.3 and the benefit of further extensions as IFC 4.4

By Richard Kelly After a robust development process, bSI has published IFC 4.3 as a bSI Production Standard. This means it is ready for users to use, for vendors to implement and has been sent to ISO for voting. The IFC 4.3 program was established to extend the IFC benefits for horizontal assets. That is,…

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The status of IFC 4.3 and the benefit of further extensions as IFC 4.4

By Richard Kelly After a robust development process, bSI has published IFC 4.3 as a bSI Production Standard. This means it is ready for users to use, for vendors to…

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IFC 4.3 – A Major Milestone Introduction and Overview of the Current Status

By Richard Petrie, written in March 2022. Earlier this year buildingSMART International sent the full IFC 4.3 final Production Standard to ISO to initiate the process of elevating the standard to become a formal ISO, and, in parallel, a CEN standard. This is a very important and significant milestone. It represents the conclusion of at…

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IFC 4.3 – A Major Milestone Introduction and Overview of the Current Status

By Richard Petrie, written in March 2022. Earlier this year buildingSMART International sent the full IFC 4.3 final Production Standard to ISO to initiate the process of elevating the standard…

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Construction industry looks to BIM to improve decision-making, collaboration: Survey

Many architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms see building information modeling (BIM) as important to enabling better decision-making and team collaboration at all stages of a project, new research shows.…

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Construction industry looks to BIM to improve decision-making, collaboration: Survey

Many architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms see building information modeling (BIM) as important to enabling better decision-making and team collaboration at all stages of a project, new research shows. The buildingSMART International survey, titled “Understanding the Role of BIM and CDEs Today and Expectations for the Future,”also found that more than three-quarters (77%) of…

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Airport Survey: Baggage Handling System

The Airport Entities project team has produced a survey on Baggage Handling Systems. The survey aims to verify the proposed mapping of airport specific objects to IFC entities and check…

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Airport Survey: Baggage Handling System

The Airport Entities project team has produced a survey on Baggage Handling Systems. The survey aims to verify the proposed mapping of airport specific objects to IFC entities and check its completeness. To take part please follow the link Go to document

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buildingSMART International hires Evandro Alfieri

  buildingSMART International is pleased to announce that Evandro Alfieri will be joining the technical Services team from May 1st as a Solutions Accelerator. Evandro has been working in the IFC Rail project for over four years and is highly regarded for his professionalism, technical expertise and his ability to bridge the gap between the…

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buildingSMART International hires Evandro Alfieri

  buildingSMART International is pleased to announce that Evandro Alfieri will be joining the technical Services team from May 1st as a Solutions Accelerator. Evandro has been working in the…

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Fire Safety Engineering – Call for Sponsorship

The Building Room invites you to review the call for for sponsorship and participation for the Fire Safety Engineering project. This project is linked to that for Occupant Movement Analysis which has been running for some time. The aim is to identify new project members who can fund the development activities by sponsoring as stakeholders.…

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Fire Safety Engineering – Call for Sponsorship

The Building Room invites you to review the call for for sponsorship and participation for the Fire Safety Engineering project. This project is linked to that for Occupant Movement Analysis…

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Steel Construction – IDM/MVD Call for Participation

The Building Room invites you to review the latest call for participation for the Steel Construction MVD activity. The aim is to identify additional members who would like to work…

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Steel Construction – IDM/MVD Call for Participation

The Building Room invites you to review the latest call for participation for the Steel Construction MVD activity. The aim is to identify additional members who would like to work on this project including those who can fund the development activities by sponsoring as stakeholders. Please click the link to read more. Go to document

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Richard Petrie Obituary

  Richard Petrie, Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IET, died on 17th April 2022 at the age of 63 following a short illness. His legacy had a profound and long-lasting…

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Richard Petrie Obituary

  Richard Petrie, Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IET, died on 17th April 2022 at the age of 63 following a short illness. His legacy had a profound and long-lasting effect following an illustrious career. A distinguished academic, industry executive and leader of enterprises, Richard gave so much of his life to leading and shaping…

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Industry Survey: The Role of openBIM in the Regulatory Process

The Regulatory Room has published a report of a outcomes of the survey which set out to discover and analyse the general perception of openBIM adoption in the compliance processes of both regulators and the regulated industry. The final goal of the assessment was to find the best messages and communications channels to improve the…

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Industry Survey: The Role of openBIM in the Regulatory Process

The Regulatory Room has published a report of a outcomes of the survey which set out to discover and analyse the general perception of openBIM adoption in the compliance processes…

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buildingSMART International announces the sad passing of Richard Petrie

Richard Petrie and his son Michael Dear buildingSMART Community, It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing Richard Petrie on April 17th, 2022, following a short illness. Richard was the Chief Executive of buildingSMART International and leaves behind his wife Jane and three adult children, Michael, Maddie, and Lottie. On behalf…

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buildingSMART International announces the sad passing of Richard Petrie

Richard Petrie and his son Michael Dear buildingSMART Community, It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing Richard Petrie on April 17th, 2022, following a short…

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Important update from buildingSMART International

Dear buildingSMART Community, It is with regret that we inform you that due to ill health, Richard Petrie is standing down from his role as Chief Executive of buildingSMART International (bSI) with immediate effect. Since 2013, Richard developed the strategy and business plan for bSI and has grown the core team, membership, programs, and the…

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buildingSMART International Awards 2022 is now open

  London, U.K. - March 28, 2022 - London, - buildingSMART International (bSI) is delighted to announce that the annual Awards Program is open. Registration opens on 28th March 2022. Since its launch, the buildingSMART Awards Program has continued to grow with record numbers in 2021. With 133 submissions and 16 category winners, there is continued optimism that the…

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buildingSMART International Awards 2022 is now open

    London, U.K. - March 28, 2022 - London, - buildingSMART International (bSI) is delighted to announce that the annual Awards Program is open. Registration opens on 28th March 2022. Since its launch, the buildingSMART Awards Program has continued to grow with record numbers in 2021. With 133 submissions and 16 category winners, there is continued optimism that…

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Welcome to GF Piping Systems as a Standard member

London, U.K. – March 24, 2022 - buildingSMART International is delighted to welcome GF Piping Systems as a Standard member. GF Piping Systems, a division of Georg Fischer AG, is proud of its long history of success with roots going back more than 200 years when Johann Conrad Fischer laid the foundation. What began in 1802 with…

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The Occupant Movement Analysis project team have achieved an important milestone on their project. They have documented the process maps of the first phase onto the use case management tool.

These are the deliverables of the first phase, which will be used as a basis for the second phase. To view the documents in the UCM system please use the following links: 1. Circulation Analysis – International https://ucm.buildingsmart.org/use-case-details/2551/en 2. Evacuation Analysis – International https://ucm.buildingsmart.org/use-case-details/2424/en 3. Evacuation Analysis – RIBA https://ucm.buildingsmart.org/use-case-details/2436/en Go to document

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The Occupant Movement Analysis project team have achieved an important milestone on their project. They have documented the process maps of the first phase onto the use case management tool.

These are the deliverables of the first phase, which will be used as a basis for the second phase. To view the documents in the UCM system please use the following links: 1. Circulation Analysis – International https://ucm.buildingsmart.org/use-case-details/2551/en  Evacuation Analysis – International https://ucm.buildingsmart.org/use-case-details/2424/en  Evacuation Analysis – RIBA https://ucm.buildingsmart.org/use-case-details/2436/en

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Announcement from buildingSMART International and the Board

London, U.K. - March 11, 2022 - buildingSMART International is shocked and saddened by the crisis unfolding in Ukraine. buildingSMART condemns the invasion by Russia and our thoughts are very much with the people of Ukraine at this awful time. As an international body that seeks cooperation and collaboration at its core, we hope for a peaceful…

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buildingSMART International welcomes the change of status for the Spanish and Italian Chapters

London, U.K. - March 9, 2022 - buildingSMART International welcomes the change of status for the Spanish and Italian Chapters respectively who are now officially confirmed as Full Chapters. Both Chapters had previous been “Developing Chapters” and had formally submitted their application to become “Full Chapters” to the buildingSMART Board. Richard Petrie, Chief Executive, buildingSMART International said,…

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buildingSMART International welcomes the change of status for the Spanish and Italian Chapters

London, U.K. - March 9, 2022 - buildingSMART International welcomes the change of status for the Spanish and Italian Chapters, who are now officially confirmed as Full Chapters. Both Chapters had previously been “Developing Chapters” and had formally submitted their application to become “Full Chapters” to the buildingSMART Board. Richard Petrie, Chief Executive, buildingSMART International said,…

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FM Handover – Equipment Maintenance: project update

The Facility Management Handover – Equipment Maintenance (FMH-EM) project has been progressing with an initial phase where the Technical Team is developing a draft specification of technical requirements for a data exchange based on IFC4.3. These requirements consist of general framework requirements for this and any other FM Handover data exchanges and are currently being…

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buildingSMART International welcomes Mass Transit Railway (MTR) as a Standard member.

    London, U.K. - February 23, 2022 - buildingSMART International is delighted to welcome Mass Transit Railway (MTR) as a Standard member. MTR is a major public transport network serving Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited, it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network…

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From standard to multinational membership for ACCA Software

    London, U.K. - February 7, 2022 - buildingSMART International is announcing the upgrade from standard to multinational membership for ACCA Software. This announcement coincides with their accelerated developments for the buildingSMART Data Dictionary (bSDD), IDS (Information Delivery Specification) and other supportining services to the Technical Roadmap from buildingSMART. This announcement means ACCA will also be…

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From standard to multinational membership for ACCA Software

London, U.K. - February 7, 2022 - buildingSMART International is announcing the upgrade from standard to multinational membership for ACCA Software. This announcement coincides with their accelerated developments for the buildingSMART Data Dictionary (bSDD), IDS (Information Delivery Specification) and other supportining services to the Technical Roadmap from buildingSMART. This announcement means ACCA will also be members of…

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Podcast by Tiina Perttula, Chair of the Infrastructure Room steering committee

Tiina’s career in civil engineering includes the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and is now an InfraBIM specialist with Ramboll. She is also the chair of buildingSMART International’s Infrastructure program. Hear Tiina recount her experiences of delivering digital transformation in the construction industry and explore the benefits of data sharing on complex projects, limitations still to…

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The buildingSMART International Virtual Summit Spring 2022

London, U.K. - January 25, 2022 - buildingSMART International has taken the decision to postpone the International Standards Summit that was scheduled for March 2022 in Rome, Italy. This event has now been postponed to 2023 in the same location. buildingSMART International will now host a virtual summit taking place between 28 March – 1st April 2022.…

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