Welcome to the buildingSMART International Newsletter for February 2022. We start with a message from Chief Executive Richard Petrie who looks back on 2021 as well as looking at the year ahead. This edition also includes a number of new members joining buildingSMART International.
The next International Virtual Summit registration is now open as is the General Assembly of Implementers.
bSI is also hosting a virtual roundtable around standards and certifications, again with more details to be found within, and the Regulatory Room provides updates including its latest Open House webinar and a call for participation/sponsorship.
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2021: A Year in Review
A message from Richard Petrie, Chief Executive at buildingSMART International:
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, projects, and chapters to the bSI management office, I have really noticed an increased alignment and commitment to work together as a whole buildingSMART team towards our common goals. This is great leadership, and it is a pleasure to watch the acceleration that follows. A special thank you to my immediate colleagues who have provided much of that vision.
Our mission has become more widely understood; clients and users are increasingly concerned about their data strategies (for surety, productivity, and sustainability) and seeking better control of their digital destiny with more IFC Mandates around the world as a consequence.
Looking forward, my priorities for 2022 can be categorized into three main areas:
Delivery of Standards and Services - laying new foundations, solutions, and services.
Reach new markets and domains - the need to get closer to users, expand in emerging markets and extend the schema and services to new domains.
Quality assurance through certification - securing the future software and compliance program.
The buildingSMART International Virtual Summit Spring 2022
The upcoming virtual summit will again and the planned event for Rome has been moved until Spring 2023 – having put in all the groundwork we will carry out everything as planned just one year later. Same format, same venues, hopefully even the same week (27-31 March 2023).
Taking on board feedback from the past few Virtual Summits, the duration has been reduced to one full week with an Opening Plenary Day of keynote presentations, three and a half days of Room Sessions, and a final Closing Plenary on Friday afternoon. The cost for attendees will be just €10 to cover platform registration fees, and as such, we look forward to an even larger audience than we have previously seen.
Standards and certifications: Will they increase the maturity in projects, or can they be a game changer in BIM?
Mainstream clients, industry leaders, and AEC industry experts from Deutsche Bahn, Siemens Real Estate, Oracle, planen-bauen 4.0, DIN and the British Standards Institution meet at a roundtable moderated by buildingSMART International to discuss the impact of current BIM standards.
Expect a vivid panel of experts having a strategic look at BIM from different angles. You will gain insights into how BIM standards and certifications consolidate the industry and drive innovation at the same time.
More information including the full list of speakers can be found on the registration page via the link below.
The next gathering of the General Assembly of Implementers will once again be a virtual event. You only need to register once to gain access to the two days of meetings, which will take place on:
Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th February
The outline agenda is as follows: (Please note all times are in CET).
Wednesday 23rd February
9am - 11am Session 1: IFC 4.3
1pm – 2pm Break
11am – 1pm Session 2: API developments and open CDE
2pm – 4pm Session 3: IDS and validation
Thursday 24th February
9am – 11am Session 4: bSDD
11am – 1pm Session 5: Any other topics (open house)
This webinar will showcase the various activities and working groups of the BIMForum and its new alliance with bS-USA and invite the wider community to participate in our work of advancing our industry. In the last two decades technologies have demonstrated the power of collaboration, innovation, and technology throughout the design-build-operate life cycle of a facility.
At the same time, the fragmented nature of our industry creates challenges for fully leveraging already available and future technologies for a wide range of projects. The BIMForum is the place where practitioners can learn, discuss, plan and implement technology solutions that integrate the efforts of the various project participants and create significant value for our projects.
Speakers:
Jim Bedrick - Principal @ AEC Process Engineering
Jan Reinhardt - Principal and Founder @ ADEPT Project Delivery
Be a leader in developing IFC standards to meet the common
need for digital permitting of built assets
Regulatory approval processes are a major source of delay and risk for building projects worldwide. Moves to introduce information-based processes are hampered by the lack of standards around the specific information needed. Vendor-independent international conventions will encourage development and adoption. More and more institutions are promoting this approach.
buildingSMART International is calling on industry sponsorship to fund and engage with the project editorial team to capture the key building information that controls the application and decisions found in their own regulations.
In other regulatory news, the Regulatory Room has just hosted its second 'Open House' session titled "Towards Automated Building Compliance". The webinar gave an introduction to how open standards are accelerating progress towards automated building compliance - starting with the challenges faced by designers and regulators, then looking at the steps that can be taken to use openBIM to improve the process and ultimately make the process simpler and more accurate. The webinar was recorded and is available for viewing now.
Open Design Alliance (ODA), provider of complete interoperability solutions for CAD and BIM, have just announced the release of IFC conversion as part of its BimRv SDK (Software Development Kit). BimRv SDK is ODA’s industry-leading standalone solution for reading and visualizing Autodesk® Revit® files. BimRv also offers limited creation support for Revit files.
Tunnelbuilder puts the Spotlight on buildingSMART International
In their most recent tunnelling newsletter, renowned international media outlet 'Tunnelbuilder' featured the IfcTunnel project. They spoke with Michel Rives, bSI IfcTunnel Project Manager and Director Associate at Vianova France, about the work done by bSI towards helping the disciplines of geotechnics, structures, systems, etc.
Join Aidan Mercer, Marketing Director at bSI, as he speaks to more prominent figures from the industry in the next episodes of the Digital Twins Podcast. Below follows a summary of the new episodes available, which you can listen to on either Buzzsprout or Spotify by clicking the respective links below.
Hear from Ada, chairperson of the Hong Kong Chapter about her involvement and history with starting the chapter, her engagement in the topic of BIM and GIS, and how openBIM is important in the region.
Hear from Lars, Co-Founder and CEO of Cobuilder about the need for the industry to adopt industry standards, the benefit of product data templates, and how he is aiming to drive the right change for a more sustainable and productive future.
Standards Committee Consultation Website
A number of community proposals are out for vote and can be accessed via the 'Standards Committee Consultation' page, which takes information directly from the projects. Follow the link below to learn more.
There is a variety of votes currently out there in the community with access done via the open and live website that takes information directly from the projects. You can learn more by clicking the link below.
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