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The buildingSMART International Awards Program 2020 Finalists Announced
London, (September 25, 2020) buildingSMART International is delighted to share the full list of finalists for the Awards Program 2020. Finalists will be invited to present their project to an independent jury for consideration as part of the rigorous award process. The finalist presentations will take place during the buildingSMART Virtual Summit between 28th -29th October 2020. Attendees of the virtual summit will be able to watch the finalist presentations. Winners will be announced at the virtual summit on 29th October 2020.
The full list of finalists from over 100 Research of BIM Technology Applied University of Sao Paulo - “IFC4 MVD submissions are: in Intercity Projects in Shaanxi for Architectural and Structural Category of ASSET MANAGEMENT: Province” - CHINA. design process” - BRAZIL. Auckland International Airport Ltd - “Auckland Airport” - NEW ZEALAND. Category of HANDOVER: Category of TECHNOLOGY: Vestfold Hospital - “The Tonsberg ACCA software - “usIFC.server” - Category of CONSTRUCTION: Project” - NORWAY. ITALY. Byggstyrning - “Project Celsius” - BEXEL Consulting - “Project SWEDEN. Category of PROFESSIONAL Management of Novo Brdo Losinger Marazzi SA - “The Eglantine RESEARCH: Residential Complex Project utilizing
Project” - SWITZERLAND. COWI - “BIM-based cost estimation intelligent openBIM workflows” - VIA IMC GmbH - “PPP infrastructure in a road project, proof of concept SLOVENIA. project management using BIM” - and practice” - NORWAY. BIM & Scan - “BIM & Scan AutoCorr
GERMANY. The University of Manchester - and AutoGen” - Ireland. “Discovering Safety” - UNITED Ineco - “InBIM” - SPAIN. Category of DESIGN: KINGDOM. Lendlease - “A modular tookit for
Cardno Victoria Pty Ltd. - North East Warbud SA - “Structural designing developing openBIM data pipelines” - Link Early Works Utility Relocation supported by openBIM” - POLAND. AUSTRALIA. Project - Australia Norwegian Public Roads Administration Category of STUDENT RESEARCH: CCCC Highway Consultants CO.,Ltd. - “Machine Readable Norwegian École des Ponts ParisTech - “Smart - “openBIM design of Panama Canal Classification Manual for Bridge 4th Bridge” - CHINA. BCF” - FRANCE. Registrations” - NORWAY. China Railway First Survey and Technical University of Munich - Design Institute Group Co., Ltd - “The “Enrich IFC Approach” - GERMANY.
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buildingSMART International Welcomes UAE as a New Chapter in Development
London, U.K. – September 29, 2020 – buildingSMART Municipality as the driving force for the Chapter in the UAE International is pleased to announce a new Chapter that made it easy for buildingSMART to welcome them into the was approved by the board. buildingSMART UAE formally community. We are looking forward to working together and submitted their application for consideration for the aligning activities in support of their important initiatives”. buildingSMART board and enters the status of “Developing Chapter”. His Excellency Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality said: “The building and construction sector The Chapter will be led by Dubai Municipality and will be worldwide is moving towards digitalization by increasing the based in Dubai. Within the Municipality, the Dubai’s Building usage of modern technologies and methodologies such as BIM, Permit Procedures Development Committee launched in which has multiple benefits throughout the entire life cycle of January 2020 a project under the supervision of the GIS the asset. The municipality has established a working group Center aimed at designing and implementing the Dubai BIM to lead the digital transformation in building and construction Roadmap and BIM standards. This roadmap includes a better sector in Dubai and to implement Building Information focus on BIM and GIS integration and developing tools Modeling (BIM). Hosting the local chapter of buildingSMART for BIM e-Submission and Automated Code Compliance is expected to enhance UAE’s global leadership position in the Checking. field of digital transformation and innovation in the building and construction sector and to make it a global contributor in The Chapter will focus on direct cooperation with government this field, with its wide experience that made it ranked among agencies, private companies and specialised educational the best countries in the international competitiveness reports institutions and augment this work in conjunction with the in the areas of road quality and ease of issuing building work done at buildingSMART. One of the Chapter’s core permits. The UAE chapter will participate actively in the mission statements is to enable data sharing, optimized work various buildingSMART working groups especially the ones processes, develop BIM and GIS standards and seamless related to regulations, automated code compliance checking, collaboration by all stakeholders who design, construct, own, roads, airports, integration with GIS, and digital twin. The local operate and maintain built assets. chapter is going also to contribute in raising awareness about the importance of using open BIM standards by organizing Richard Petrie, Chief Executive, buildingSMART International workshops and conferences that targets participants from the commented that “the impressive submission from Dubai UAE and the region.
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buildingSMART Appoints Bart Brink to Lead the Digital Twins Working Group
London, U.K. – September 14, 2020 a single digital truth. This is vital in With a wide range of interoperability – buildingSMART International has supporting data sharing, enabling solutions and standards, buildingSMART appointed Bart Brink, Global Director, collaboration between industries International continues to establish Digital Twin at Royal HaskoningDHV as and disciplines, improving decision- relationships with key organizations the leader of the buildingSMART Digital making, and accelerating digital and other industry bodies to align Twins Working Group (DTWG). Bart transformation. The DTWG and the semantics and integrate technologies. will lead the important initiative and broader buildingSMART community are Aidan Mercer, Marketing Director, work on supporting the buildingSMART well-positioned to contribute to these buildingSMART International said programs. developments.” “the digital transformation is being accelerated using digital twins. The “It is a great honour and pleasure for me Since its formation in 2019, the DTWG opportunity to enable an ecosystem of to lead the DTWG at buildingSMART at buildingSMART has developed a key digital twins unlocks opportunities for International” says Bart Brink. “Digital positioning paper titled “Enabling an social, economic, environmental, and twins give us the opportunity to arm Ecosystem of Digital Twins”. The aim of business benefit that will bring together ourselves with new levels of insight and the paper was to find ways of unlocking a fragmented industry. We are delighted efficiency. By combining the knowledge more value using digital technologies that Bart will be leading this important of physical assets with the latest digital by utilizing the work done by the working group as he adds not only technologies, digital twins create a buildingSMART community. valuable expertise but leadership in this reliable source of data that provides exciting time.”
Esri Joins as a Multinational Member - Announces Support of AEC Workflows
London, U.K. - May 11, 2020 spatial data for AEC professionals to context to their projects for decades. It’ – buildingSMART International plan, design, build and operate the s clear, digital transformation requires is delighted to welcome Esri as a built world. With ArcGIS and partner GIS and BIM data to be integrated. Multinational member. Esri is the solutions that extend its capabilities, Joining buildingSMART International global leader in geographic information Esri enables digital transformation comes at a time when information systems (GIS) and location intelligence. in AEC firms of all sizes working on exchange and interoperability are The company, headquartered in projects of all types. Esri’s leadership important to our users and required to Redlands, California brings extensive will contribute to delivering successful solve today’s complex problems.” expertise in mapping and spatial data buildingSMART projects which benefit analytics. The company has 10 regional the global community of AEC and GIS Richard Petrie, CEO, buildingSMART offices in the U.S. and a network of practitioners. International said, “we welcome Esri more than 80 international distributors, to the buildingSMART community. with about a million users in 200 By partnering with buildingSMART The industry is becoming more aware countries. International, and with other global of the need to integrate geospatial AEC solution providers, Esri brings the workflows with BIM workflows and Esri’s GIS offerings deliver unique power of GIS and BIM together. Marc Esri is a leading company in the GIS and powerful capabilities for applying Goldman, Director of AEC Industry market. We have big ambitions to work location-based analytics to building Solutions explained, “Esri pioneered collaboratively and we’re delighted they and infrastructure professionals. problem solving through GIS, and AEC have joined.” ArcGIS, the flagship product, delivers firms have benefited by adding spatial
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buildingSMART International buildingSMART Welcomes Slovenia as a New Chapter International Joins in Development the ICMS International Construction Measurement Standards
London, U.K. – October 19, 2020 - buildingSMART International has joined the International Construction Measurement Standards (ICMS) coalition to develop and implement international standards for benchmarking, measuring and reporting construction project cost
London, U.K. – October 19, 2020 – buildingSMART International is pleased Since publication of the first edition in to announce a new Chapter recently approved by the board. buildingSMART July 2017, the International Construction Slovenia formally submitted their application for consideration to the Measurement Standards (ICMS) have buildingSMART board and enters the status of “Developing Chapter”. provided a single methodology for The Chapter will be led by The BIM Association Slovenia (siBIM) is a reporting, grouping and classifying voluntary, independent, and non-profit organisation that connects engineers construction project costs. The ICMS and engineering enthusiasts who focus on the development and use of BIM coalition is supported by The Royal processes and technology on a national scale. siBIM is a open to all interested Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) individuals and organizations. It is a neutral organization: siBIM members are amongst others. acting in compliance with their “ethical codex” so as not to prefer any of the commercial BIM solutions vendors. As part of the broadening of partnerships for buildingSMART International, siBIM developed an Action Plan for the Introduction of Digitalisation for the this agreement provides mutual Built Environment in the Republic of Slovenia, contracted by the Ministry of expertise across the two organisations. Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia, which is buildingSMART continue to develop a base for further built environment digitalisation. This Action Plan includes the solutions and standards for the built establishment of the buildingSMART Chapter Slovenia to better connect local efforts with the international community. asset industry through the three core programs and it’s growing community. Richard Petrie, Chief Executive, buildingSMART International commented that “the board were impressed by the dynamic and focused nature of the “This is a classic Win-Win opportunity, submission from siBIM. The Action Plan provided detailed out how the Ministry by ensuring buildingSMART Standards of Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia is work effectively with those of the ICMS engaged with the programs locally and the intention to make an international we are extending the functionality contribution too. We welcome the new Chapter in Slovenia and are excited by available through the buildingSMART’s their forward-thinking approach”. standards and extending the availability Matjaž Šajn, Chapter Chair, buildingSMART Slovenia said, “we at siBIM are of the ICMS. We are delighted to be honored to be part of buildingSMART and we feel responsibility to develop the teaming up with the ICMS coalition Chapter in the way that it will contribute to local and international community. and foresee significant benefits for We have a lot of companies and individuals in Slovenia, who are already very both communities and users at large”, active in the field of built asset digitalization. With the bSI Chapter Slovenia our said Richard Petrie, Chief Executive, goal is to be even more effective and productive in our efforts.” buildingSMART International
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buildingSMART International and Digital Twin Consortium Sign Memorandum of Understanding
London, U.K. – October 20, 2020 – buildingSMART International and the Digital Twin Consortium signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to align activities and joint working groups. This strategic initiative further strengthens the accelerated focus on the topic of digital twins.
Since its formation in 2019, the buildingSMART Digital Twins Working Group (DTWG) has developed a key positioning paper titled, “Enabling an Ecosystem of Digital Twins. The aim of the paper was to find ways of unlocking more value using digital technologies by utilizing the work done by the buildingSMART community. The group will focus on three main sub-groups defined within the positing paper: are very much part of our vision and strategy, and I’ ● Standards of data models m delighted we are able to sign this agreement with ● Standards for data management and integration Digital Twin Consortium. Together with our Digital ● Data security & privacy Twins Working Group, I am confident all resources will help to deliver a bigger and stronger ecosystem The DTWG comprises industry experts and for enabling digital twins for all phases of the built contributors from the industry, led by Bart Brink, asset industry.” Royal HaskoningDHV. Aligning to Digital Twin Consortium will enable better collaboration across As an open, neutral, and not-for-profit, the activities outlined by both groups. Digital Twin buildingSMART International aims to enhance Consortium is a global ecosystem of users who are industry participation and improvements to the flow of accelerating the digital twin market and demonstrating digital data. “We are keen to see the broadest possible the value of digital twin technology. Members set de uptake of our open standards and see working with facto technical guidelines and taxonomies, publish Digital Twin Consortium as a great opportunity to reference frameworks, develop requirements for accelerate this,”, said Mr. Petrie. new standards and share use cases to maximize the benefits of digital twins. “Digital Twin Consortium is working to enhance the portability and interoperability of digital twins This MoU will enable better collaboration of technical which will advance the use of digital twin technology resources. This includes ensuring data structures in various industries,” said Dan Isaacs, VP and and common schema are developed in coordination, Technical Director, Digital Twin Consortium. such as different approaches used to describe “buildingSMART’s knowledge and experience with digital twins and buildingSMART’s core underlying open standards/solutions for infrastructure and IFC data structure. Richard Petrie, Chief Executive, buildings will be valuable as we collaborate on digital buildingSMART International said, “Digital Twins twin technology.”
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buildingSMART International :Autodesk Joins Strategic Advisory Council
London, U.K. – October 26, 2020 – and facilitate effective delivery of projects. buildingSMART International announced today the addition of Autodesk to the organization’s Strategic “We are delighted Autodesk has joined the Strategic Advisory Council (SAC). As an original founder Advisory Council at this time when we are pushing for of buildingSMART, Autodesk has a long standing implementation of our new standards. With millions relationship with buildingSMART and the addition of of Autodesk software users worldwide, Autodesk’ Autodesk to the SAC signals Autodesk’s commitment s participation in the Strategic Advisory Council is to open data standards at this pivotal time in the significant to delivering against our core mission. Their digitisation within the Architecture, Engineering, and long history of supporting openBIM and better digital Construction (AEC) industry. ways of working will benefit the entire community,” said Richard Petrie, Chief Executive, buildingSMART Autodesk is a market-leading, multi-national International. organization delivering software and services for the AEC, manufacturing, and media and entertainment “Addressing the challenges before us all, including industries. population growth, the effects of climate change, and improving industry resilience requires all technology buildingSMART’s Strategic Advisory Council is a providers in the AEC industry to work together for group of members who meet regularly to develop the common good,” said Vikram Dutt, Associate and execute on the core mission and values of the Vice President of Building Design at Autodesk. buildingSMART community. This includes developing “buildingSMART continues to be a leading voice for solutions and standards and digital ways of working industry standardization and cooperation, and as for the built asset industry. Adding Autodesk’s members of the Strategic Advisory Council, Autodesk is expertise and broad range of industry solutions will committed to strengthening the mission and improving provide increased support for software certification the built world around us.”
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The buildingSMART Awards Winners Have Been Announced
London, (October 30, 2020) buildingSMART Summit on the 28th and 29th October 2020. From an original International is delighted to announce the full list of winners Jury of 111, a small finalist jury of between 3 and 5 members and special mentions for the Awards Program 2020. A total deliberated following the presentations and selected a single of 16 awards were announced at a live ceremony. Finalists winner from the category. There were also special mentions presented their projects during the buildingSMART Virtual and 3 awards for innovation and leadership.
The full list of winners is below. Category of TECHNOLOGY openBIM compliant university Winner for ASSET MANAGEMENT Lendlease – Project title “A modular program” – AUSTRALIA Auckland International Airport Ltd – tookit for developing openBIM data Future Insight– Project title “Proof of Project title “Auckland International pipelines” – AUSTRALIA. Concept BIM based permit check Airport” - NEW ZEALAND. Estonia” – NETHERLANDS Winner for INNOVATION Studio RAP – Project title “Theater Winner for BEXEL Consulting – Project title CONSTRUCTION Zuidplein: Main Concert Hall” – Byggstyrning – Project title “Project “Project Management of Novo Brdo NETHERLANDS Celsius” – SWEDEN. Residential Complex Project utilizing University La Sapienza – Project title intelligent openBIM workflows” - Category of DESIGN “Ruggero Nissim” – ITALY SLOVENIA. CCCC Highway Consultants CO.,Ltd. Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau – Project title “openBIM design of Winner of CLIENT LEADERSHIP AG – Project title “PPP A10/A24” – Panama Canal 4th Bridge” – CHINA. Norwegian Public Roads Administration GERMANY
– Project title “Machine Readable Werner Sobek AG – Project title Category of HANDOVER Norwegian Classification Manual for “DigitalTWIN” - GERMANY Vestfold Hospital – Project title “The Bridge Registrations” – NORWAY. Tonsberg Project” – NORWAY. For a list of winners: Winner of TECHNOLOGY Category of PROFESSIONAL https://www.buildingsmart.org/bsi- LEADERSHIP awards-2020/winners/ RESEARCH ACCA software – “usIFC.server” – The University of Manchester – Project ITALY. For a list of finalists: title “Discovering Safety”. UNITED https://www.buildingsmart.org/bsi- KINGDOM. Special Mentions awards-2020/awards-2020-finalists/ Bond University – Project title Category of STUDENT RESEARCH For a list of special mentions: “Investigating, Structuring and https://www.buildingsmart.org/bsi- École des Ponts ParisTech – Project title Launching Aust's most innovative awards-2020/special-mentions/ “Smart BCF” – FRANCE.
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The buildingSMART USA Chapter Re-launches
London, U.K. – November 23, 2020 – buildingSMART (NIBS). At this time the opportunity to re-establish the International is pleased to announce that the US Chapter has US Chapter as an independent, non-profit, professional re-launched to drive broader adoption of open standards in association, buildingSMART USA, has presented itself. For the US market. With a focus on building and infrastructure too long our industry has been hindered by fragmentation projects, and in response to owner mandates and resolutions between disciplines and trades and by proprietary systems being passed to support Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) that have siloed information which then cost our industry and openBIM, buildingSMART International is supporting billions of dollars every year in change orders, cost overruns, efforts to develop a new engagement model for the US project delays and rework. We welcome US companies, market. associations, public agencies, organizations and industry professionals to join us in our mission to bring the voice of As the leading industry body in the digital transformation US industry and US user requirements to the buildingSMART of the built asset industry, buildingSMART is committed to process to create and enhance open standards that provide delivering open standards and interoperable solutions that interoperable solutions that will fuel the digital transformation meet growing industry demand. With the recent publication of of the built asset industry”. Candidate Standards for IFC Bridge, IFC Road and IFC Rail, there is an increasing demand to adopt these international “We are delighted to be announcing this re-launch and open standards locally in the US. This has driven the re- encourage organisations from the US industry to engage launch of the buildingSMART USA Chapter which is now in our international efforts. We see the US as a strategic actively seeking new members and recruiting participation in market, and we acknowledge that more needed to be done ongoing IFC, openBIM and openCDE standards development to involve it in our work. I believe that re-launching the projects. US Chapter as an independent, not-for-profit entity will provide the right platform for ensuring that our standards Ian Howell, the US Representative for buildingSMART meet the requirements of US industry and for promoting the International who is leading this initiative explained that broader adoption and use of open standards on building and “buildingSMART has previously operated under the auspices infrastructure projects in the US,” said Richard Petrie, Chief of the BIMForum and as the buildingSMART Alliance Executive, buildingSMART International. Committee under National Institute of Building Sciences
Visit the new US Chapter website https://www.buildingsmartusa.org/ To contact the US Chapter by email [email protected]
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