buildingSMART International and Women in BIM sign an MoU
London, March 18, 2025 – buildingSMART International (bSI) and Women in BIM (WIB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advancing digital innovation and inclusion in the built environment.
This strategic partnership will drive the adoption and application of buildingSMART’s open digital standards while fostering greater diversity and engagement in the industry. By working together, bSI and WIB will support the execution of key initiatives to improve digital adoption, interoperability, and inclusivity within the built environment.
Through this collaboration, both organizations will commit resources, expertise, and leadership to support the success of this partnership. The agreement outlines a shared vision for enhancing open digital workflows, harmonized schema validation, and standardized taxonomies that align with bSI’s mission to enable an open, interoperable, and sustainable built environment.
“This new partner with Women in BIM will enable us to further drive meaningful change across the built environment,” said Aidan Mercer, Marketing Director at buildingSMART International. “This MoU reflects our commitment to fostering innovation, diversity, and collaboration in the digital transformation of the industry, and it is an honour to be collaborating with this global network of digital pioneers and change-makers.”
Rebecca De Cicco, Founder and Global Chair of Women in BIM added: “At Women in BIM our work supports the professional and personal development of women in BIM and digital-related roles to upskill, expand their knowledge and advance their careers. We know that the industry is constantly evolving which is why this partnership with buildingSMART International will bring new opportunities to our Members and greater cross industry collaboration. buildingSMART International’s approach to diversity and inclusion directly aligns with our own and there are exciting times ahead as we start to work more closely together.”
About buildingSMART International
buildingSMART International is a vendor-neutral, not-for-profit industry body leading the development of open standards that facilitate seamless digital information exchange throughout the built asset industry. Its mission is proactively engaging industry stakeholders in developing open standards for the planning, design, procurement, construction, and operation of buildings and infrastructure worldwide. By offering an international network alongside technical and process support, buildingSMART fosters collaboration to create consensus-based open standards. Its diverse membership spans the entire built environment, working together under the organization's leadership. buildingSMART also collaborates with other international standards bodies such as ISO, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Its core Industry Foundation Class (IFC) standard achieved ISO approval in 2012.
About Women in BIM
Women in BIM (WIB) is a not-for-profit global community focused on ensuring we support the AEC industry and our Members in the application of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Digital Engineering. We believe that growing a diverse industry to support the future digital skills requirements will help to sustain growth and enable a more intelligent and diverse industry.
We aim to encourage women in BIM and digital related roles to have a strong voice. Bringing together women in our industry supports the need to bridge digital skills shortages around the world in digital construction capabilities and deliverables. There is a pressing need to not only retain women in the AEC industry, but also to create new roles and opportunities. We encourage all our Members to strive to be the best, advancing their positions and transition into senior roles.
Media contacts:
Aidan Mercer, Marketing Director
buildingSMART International
+44 7181-304-3435
aidan.mercer@buildingsmart.org