The buildingSMART openBIM Awards 2024 – Finalists Announced

London, U.K. – August 13th, 2024 — buildingSMART International is delighted to share the complete list of finalists for the buildingSMART openBIM Awards 2024. Finalists will be invited to present their projects to an international jury for consideration as part of the final round of the program. The finalist presentations will take place on Thursday 3^rd October in Morocco, during the buildingSMART International Summit - Marrakesh 2024. The winners will be announced during an Awards Dinner that evening.

Registration for the event is open at:

https://events.ringcentral.com/events/bssmarrakesh24/registration

 

The complete list of finalists is as follows:

Category of CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDINGS:

• Hip Hing Engineering Company Limited – “Unveiling successful essences in building world-class sports facility interoperably” – Hong Kong, China.
• Kier Construction – “Optimising Super Prison Delivery: Kier’s Collaboration with the MoJ Using Open Standards” – United Kingdom.

Category of CONSTRUCTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE:

• Guangdong Airport Authority – “openBIM Practice and Intelligent Construction in Phase III Expansion Construction of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport” – China.
• PORR România – “PORR’s practical openBIM approach for TransCarpathian Motorway in România” – Romania.
• China Communication Construction Company Ltd. – “Successful information management innovations based on openBIM for Bogotá Metro Line 1” – Colombia.

Category of DESIGN FOR BUILDINGS:

• TPF Consultores – “Empowering Interoperability and Collaboration in a Project of 4 Hospitals ” – Angola.
• Hip Hing Engineering Company Limited – “Inspiring the next generation of Hong Kong athletes through openBIM ” – Hong Kong, China.
• Kontrast AB – “Origo - The value of a centralized digital project process” – Sweden.

Category of DESIGN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE:

• China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co. Ltd – “Application of openBIM in the Design and Delivery of Guiyang-Nanning High-speed Railway” – China.
• Copenhagen Metro – “openBIM integration and data validation in conceptual design phase for the new M5 Metro Line” – Denmark.

Category of FACILITIES MANAGEMENT:

• Københavns Ejendomme – “KEJD Dataportal: Towards Next-Gen IFC” – Denmark.

Category of HANDOVER:

• Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, The Government of the Hong Kong SAR – “Transforming MEP Project Handover Practices: Embracing BCF, bSDD, IDS, IFC, and openBIM into BIM Asset Management Life Cycle” – Hong Kong, China.

Category of PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH:

• Mostostal Warszawa S.A. – “Assist-IoT: Smart Safety on Construction Site - IoT platform utilising openBIM and AI for automatic OSH monitoring and incident location with use of an IFC model” – Poland.
• Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) – “Use, re-use but do not abuse resources: an openBIM approach to standardising terminology, data and processes for circular construction information management and exchange” – Netherlands.
• Polytechnic University of Milan – “IFC COST: Redefining Cost Efficiency and Transparency in the AEC Industry” – Italy.

Category of STUDENT RESEARCH:

• Ecole de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal – “Development and implementation of a Use Case based IDS catalogue for manufacturers augmented by the bSDD” – Canada.
• Technical University of Denmark – “A Methodology for Integrating Life Cycle Assessment Data within the IFC Schema through openBIM Workflows” – Denmark.
• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – “CarbonSmart: Automated Knowledge Graph-based Carbon Assessment and Tracking throughout the Construction Life Cycle using openBIM, openGIS, and Blockchain” – Hong Kong, China.

Category of TECHNOLOGY:

• BIM & Scan – “BIM & Scan® OpenOp: An openBIM Life-Cycle Management Platform - Validation and Reconstruction Tools” – Ireland.
• ONESTRUCTION Inc., – “OpenAEC - openBIM solution packages - ”Realisation of openBIM workflows starting with bSDD&IDS”” – Japan.
• ACCA software S.p.A. – “usBIM.IDS: IDS for EVERYONE” – Italy.
• ZWING Innovation Limited – “ZWING openBIM - an independent openBIM auditing platform for the whole project lifecycle featuring IDS, bSDD, BCF, openCDE, openGIS and AI-Chat on IDS powered by RAG” – Hong Kong, China.