Blog

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…

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.…

Overview 2021 has been another colossal year for buildingSMART. I’d like to start with a massive declaration of thanks to the greater buildingSMART team. From rooms, project and chapters to…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Computer Aided Design has come a long way since it was pitched by the architect Nicolas Negroponte in the 1970s. Many technological advances are based on…

IFC4precast has been officially recognized as a “Final Standard” by buildingSMART International, marking the release of IFC4precast for all software vendors and allowing it to be increasingly applied. The achievement…

Brickell City Centre, Miami, FL, USA © Monica Grigorescu Prototyp and its 85 engineers work alongside architects to create the facades for some incredible buildings around the world. Their portfolio…

In the April newsletter we introduced you to the newly elected InfraRoom Steering Committee. The Room Steering Committees are the executive body that set the long term plan for the…

buildingSMART is the worldwide industry body driving the digital transformation of the built asset industry. There is no greater opportunity to demonstrate the strength of this statement than doing it…

As the demand for digitization within the built asset industry is accelerating exponentially towards fully interoperable digital twins of all assets of all types at all stages of their lifecycle,…

As we conclude 2020 it is impossible not to reflect what an extraordinary year it has been. Our lives and work have all been dominated by the Coronavirus Pandemic. Infections…