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JOINT PRESS RELEASE Denver, North Carolina, 14 December, 2021: buildingSMART USA and BIMForum are announcing that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly promote and advance the use of open standards for the building design and construction industry. BIMForum will operate the buildingSMART USA Chapter Building Industry Committee alongside existing Industry…

Jeffrey W. Ouellette, progress advocate for the global built asset industry Technical Committee Co-Chair, bS-USA Technical Room International Project Coordinator, bSI Senior Advisor, Software Vendor Engagement, TPF-5(372) BIM for Bridges and Structures, HDR, Inc. For almost two decades, the building industry has been engaged in a digital transformation known as Building Information Modeling, where changes…

In October 2020 the revitalizing buildingSMART USA Chapter introduced buildingSMART at the Stanford University’s Center for integrated facility engineering (CIFE) during their Virtual Summer Program. A video of the presentation by Patrick MacLeamy, Ian Howell, Jeffrey W. Ouellette, Tony Rinella, and Calvin Kam is available here and you can learn more about the CIFE event…

London, U.K. – November 23, 2020 – buildingSMART International is pleased to announce that the US Chapter has re-launched to drive broader adoption of open standards in the US market. With a focus on building and infrastructure projects, and in response to owner mandates and resolutions being passed to support Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) and openBIM, buildingSMART…

London, (October 30, 2020) buildingSMART International is delighted to announce the full list of winners and special mentions for the Awards Program 2020. A total of 16 awards were announced at a live ceremony. Finalists presented their projects during the buildingSMART Virtual Summit on the 28th and 29th October 2020. From an original Jury of 111,…

London, U.K. – October 26, 2020 – buildingSMART International announced today the addition of Autodesk to the organization’s Strategic Advisory Council (SAC). As an original founder of buildingSMART, Autodesk has a long standing relationship with buildingSMART and the addition of Autodesk to the SAC signals Autodesk’s commitment to open data standards at this pivotal time in the…

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…

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…

  London, (June 30, 2020) – Due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), buildingSMART International (bSI) has cancelled the International Standards Summit, Lillestrøm, Norway that was scheduled for 5-8 October 2020. buildingSMART will now host a virtual summit with dates yet to be confirmed. This event had previously been postponed but has now been cancelled following advice from…

London, U.K. – May 27, 2020 – buildingSMART International has made available a positioning paper on the subject of digital twins. This paper titled “Enabling an Ecosystem of Digital Twins” was worked on by the Digital Twins Working Group. The aim of the paper was to find ways of unlocking more value through the use of digital…