Combining openBIM with GIS to deliver Digital Twins

July 12, 2023 @12pm Eastern The benefits of your openBIM efforts and outputs are amplified by using GIS. Through examples of leading AEC firms using a range of BIM tools, specific examples of GIS and openBIM integrations will deliver insights on how AEC project deliver is greatly improved by applying an openBIM and GIS approach.…

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No Delays – Airport Data Connections from BIM to GIS

June 14, 2023 @12pm EDT We often look at an airport map as we navigate through the airport during our flight connections to see where our next gate is or where the closest restroom is. These maps need to depict an accurate layout of the airport of where things are, especially as airports go through…

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Digital Twin Today – Demystifying Twins into Modular Steps

April 12, 2023 @12pm EDT This presentation introduces the buildingSMART USA Airport Working groups, and outlines the core components involved in building a digital twin with special focus on airports. The buildingSMART Airport Room teams collaborated on developing a simple to understand and executable approach to developing a digital twin. Speakers: Chris Harman (WSP) &…

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Advancing Digital Delivery and Open Standards in the Private and Public Sectors

February 8, 2023 @12pm Eastern Join us as we begin buildingSMART USA’s 2023 Webinar Series with insights from exemplary women actively advancing digital delivery and open standards in our industry’s public and private sectors. Karen Kensek (USC School of Architecture) will facilitate panellists Alexa Mitchell, PE (HDR), Cindy Baldwin (VDCO Tech), and Lynn Hiel (Caltrans)…

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Best Practices with Digital Layout on Projects Big and Small

May 11, 2022 @ 12:00 pm Eastern Installing work accurately is an obvious, but challenging, step in any digital project execution. This presentation will review practical workflows in the design model, trade/fabrication modeling, and layout/execution process including: Model Accuracy: Don’t coordinate with 5mm of tolerance if you can’t layout & install with that same tolerance…

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Review of bSI Spring 2022 Virtual Summit Technical Room Discussions

April 13, 2022 @ 12:00 pm Eastern This month we’ll look at the discussions from the Technical Room sessions at the buildingSMART International Spring 2022 Virtual Summit and see how they may impact the implementation, deployment, support, and further development of IFC and related standards in the US market. Speaker: Jeffrey W. Ouellette (jō consulting,…

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IFC Today and Tomorrow: Toward a New Architecture of Interoperability

IFC Today and Tomorrow: Toward a New Architecture of Interoperability October 13 @ 12:00 pm Eastern Join the bS-USA Technical Committee to look at the past, present, and future of the original foundation of buildingSMART’s interoperability standards, Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). As the built asset industry matures in its digitization efforts and the technologies everyone…

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