Statements from the newly elected InfraRoom Steering Committee
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 domain because they are from the industry and understand the challenges that can be solved with digital ways of working. They own the long-term Roadmap and they oversee the projects that deliver against that Roadmap.
Following the committees first meeting, Tiina Perttula was re-elected as Chairwoman of the IRSC and Jim Plume re-elected as Deputy Chairman. We wish the committee every success in this significant juncture of the rooms history as we approach the publication of the IFC4.3 standard and further develop the next wave of Infrastructure projects.
This month we share with you statements from the newly elected members. We asked what motivated them to seek election and what they would like to focus on during their term on the committee.
Marion Schenkwein
Väylävirasto / Finland
Jürgen Litsch
Strabag / Germany
- Standardization of classes and attributes
Digitalization and BIM enable tremendous improvements in productivity through automation. This requires both standardized processes and guidelines for collaboration, across all organizations, as well as the necessary common data basis, in particular regarding objects with their classes and attributes
- Further development of the IFC interface
When it comes to public contracts, we often have a strict separation between planning and execution. This leads to major problems in BIM processing, as the models we receive from the planner cannot be changed by the executing company.
I am really looking forward to working with international colleges on these issues.
Anna Neidenström
Trafikverket / Sweden
Marek Suchocki
Autodesk / UK
Roland Moser
SBB / Switzerland
At SBB, the Swiss Federal Railway Company, BIM is one of the future core processes. We will digitize the processes of planning, construction, and operation of all our rail infrastructure assets and aim to introduce BIM by 2021 for building construction and for the rest of our assets by 2025.
As we develop BIM within SBB, we already execute BIM pilot projects. These are real construction projects across all asset classes that offer specific use cases with respect to norms and standards, processes, people, data, systems and supply chain.
We contribute actively in international and national standard setting bodies and involve the construction industry in an early stage, hence, being elected to the IRSC, will greatly help SBB and the Swiss construction industry on their BIM journeys.