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End of Year Message and Review from buildingSMART International
Overview 2021 has been another colossal year for buildingSMART. I'd like to start with a ...
Artificial Intelligence in BIM and renovation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Computer Aided Design has come a long way since it was ...
IFC4precast is a bSI Final Standard
IFC4precast has been officially recognized as a "Final Standard" by buildingSMART International, marking the release ...
Combining 2D engineering and 3D modeling in one product
Brickell City Centre, Miami, FL, USA © Monica Grigorescu Prototyp and its 85 engineers work ...
Statements from the newly elected InfraRoom Steering Committee
In the April newsletter we introduced you to the newly elected InfraRoom Steering Committee. The ...
The buildingSMART Awards Program 2021
buildingSMART is the worldwide industry body driving the digital transformation of the built asset industry. ...
The value of open data standards
As the demand for digitization within the built asset industry is accelerating exponentially towards fully ...
End of Year Message
As we conclude 2020 it is impossible not to reflect what an extraordinary year it ...
Take BIM Processes to the next level with Digital Twins
Organisations in all industries are under pressure to deliver more robust and innovative operating models. ...
The importance of Industry Foundation Classes in Building Information Modelling
Learn how adopting the IFC standard and Building Information Modelling (BIM) will produce significant time ...
End of Year Message 2019
2019 has been a personal milestone year for me; with recruitment of our Technical Director, ...
The curious case of the MVD
The buildingSMART lingo consists of many abbreviations. Some more commonly used than others (does anyone ...
BIM-Competency Assessment
In this latest blog, Mark Baldwin, Professional Certification leader and Board member of buildingSMART Switzerland ...
Activity-Based Working Across Members
buildingSMART International's (bSI) latest multinational member shared how they work with Arup, a strategic member ...
Are we Digital Twinning yet?
I don't know that the term "digital twin" does itself justice. It sounds a bit ...
Technology will only get us so far
With aviation passenger demand set to double over the next 20 years and many airports ...
Open BIM blog post – breaking down the Silos in AEC
At the Nemetschek Group, "open" is in our DNA. Our portfolio of 16 brands has ...
openBIM for the entire building lifecycle
In the building industry, everyone is talking about Building Information Modeling (BIM). Although digitalization in ...
What does IFC stand for?
I have just returned from an amazing buildingSMART Summit in Tokyo Japan attended by 469 ...
End of year message for 2018
2018 has been another 'high growth' year for buildingSMART reflecting our 'start-up' status. The two ...
Our commitment to open digital workflows and data continuity
Autodesk is a co-founder of buildingSMART, formerly called International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI). We started ...
Growing evidence of the benefits of an integrated BIM+geospatial full lifecycle approach to construction
Building information modeling (BIM) has been applied to design-build construction projects for many years. A growing ...
What does IFC Stand For?
I have just returned from an amazing buildingSMART Summit in Tokyo Japan attended by 469 ...
Major project delivery and digital transformation
GII is a high-profile initiative organised by McKinsey Consulting to convene leaders from around the ...