Board of Directors Changes

London, U.K. – December 5th, 2025 — buildingSMART International (bSI) is today announcing some Board of Director changes.

Board Changes

Due to ill health, Alfred Waschl has stepped down from his role as Chair but will continue to serve as a Board Director.

In addition, two new members have been appointed as Non-affiliated Board Directors:

• Jugal Makwana
• Bjørn Stangeland

In accordance with the bye-laws, a general meeting of the International Council will be convened to appoint a new Chair. Eduard Dischke will continue in his role as Vice Chair and will act as the de facto Chair in the interim.

We extend our sincere thanks to Alfred for his leadership and dedication during his tenure as Chair, and we wish him a full and speedy recovery.

About buildingSMART International
buildingSMART International is a vendor-neutral and not for profit body that leads the development of open standards that support digital information flows across the built asset industry. Its mission is to proactively engage industry participants who want to develop open standards for planning, design, procurement, assembly and operation of buildings and infrastructure worldwide. It provides the international network plus the necessary technical and process support to develop consensus based open standards. Its members, who range from across the entire built environment spectrum, collaborate under the buildingSMART organization and management. buildingSMART also partners with other international standards bodies such as ISO, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Its core Industry Foundation Class (IFC) standard achieved ISO approval in 2012.

Media contacts:

Aidan Mercer, Marketing Director
buildingSMART International
+44 7181-304-3435
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