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The built environment is experiencing a transformative shift as it confronts the challenges of climate change and strives towards a more sustainable future. Historically plagued by fragmentation and low productivity,…

Blog one in a series of three. This is the first in a series of three blogs that explore: ① what is openBIM and why is it so important; ②…

What’s in a name? Well, when it comes to the buildingSMART Domains, quite a lot. Domains represent specific areas of the built asset industry, and they have one major thing…

IFC 4.3.x  In an earlier blog I reported that IFC 4.3 – the latest openBIM standard from buildingSMART International – had formally entered the next stage of the ISO process…

In one of my first blogs in this role, I set out as a priority the creation of a Strategic Roadmap for buildingSMART International so that we can develop interoperable standards,…

  By Clive Billiald IFC 4.3 formally entered the next stage of the ISO process – the DIS (Draft International Standard) voting phase – on 20th February 2023. This was…

Almost 40 percent of total global CO₂ emissions are caused by various contributors in the built asset industry, a majority of which (80%) comes from existing buildings with poorly designed,…

The Information Delivery Specification (IDS) is a standard in development from buildingSMART for defining information requirements in a way that is easily read by humans and interpreted by computers. This…

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…

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…