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The importance of Industry Foundation Classes in Building Information Modelling
Learn how adopting the IFC standard and Building Information Modelling (BIM) will produce significant time and cost saving benefits. This blog looks at what IFC is in relation to BIM…
Read MoreEnd of Year Message 2019
2019 has been a personal milestone year for me; with recruitment of our Technical Director, Léon van Berlo, I feel we now have the minimum viable core leadership team. We’ve…
Read MoreThe curious case of the MVD
The buildingSMART lingo consists of many abbreviations. Some more commonly used than others (does anyone still use IFD?). But one of the most confusing acronyms is “MVD”. The abbreviation MVD…
Read MoreBIM-Competency Assessment
In this latest blog, Mark Baldwin, Professional Certification leader and Board member of buildingSMART Switzerland provides step-by-step instructions on how organisations can measure their BIM maturity. How do you measure…
Read MoreActivity-Based Working Across Members
buildingSMART International’s (bSI) latest multinational member shared how they work with Arup, a strategic member of bSI, to improve collaboration across their many projects and teams. By improving collaboration, Arup…
Read MoreAre we Digital Twinning yet?
In this latest blog, Aidan Mercer, Marketing Director from buildingSMART International discusses “digital twins” as a context for project delivery and asset management. In this blog you can read about…
Read MoreTechnology will only get us so far
In this latest blog, see how Richard Hartshorn, Aviation Technical Director, SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins highlights the importance of stakeholder collaboration and cooperation as a means to improve airport design and passenger…
Read MoreOpen BIM blog post – breaking down the Silos in AEC
At the Nemetschek Group, “open” is in our DNA. Our portfolio of 16 brands has been offering open BIM solutions since the 1980’s. How is it that we could offer…
Read MoreopenBIM for the entire building lifecycle
In the building industry, everyone is talking about Building Information Modeling (BIM). Although digitalization in this sector is still in its infancy, the success of BIM projects realized to date…
Read MoreWhat does IFC stand for?
I have just returned from an amazing buildingSMART Summit in Tokyo Japan attended by 469 people from 45 countries, working together to create open digital standards for the built environment. buildingSMART…
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