buildingSMART News

General announcements and news articles.

buildingSMART UK newsletter No 28.

Newsletter No 28 for March 2012, has been published.

buildingSMART International Newsletter No7

International Newsletter No 7, February 2012

New database launched by buildingSMART - Clear comprehensive overview of IFC‐compliant software

A database of software applications that are compatible with the IFC standard goes live on the buildingSMART website on 5 October 2011 and will provide an official reference resource for AEC industry software users. The database contains information about IFCcompatible applications for the whole range of design and construction disciplines, including architectural, structural, building services, facility management and model viewing. It also underlines how broad IFC support has become.

New database launched by buildingSMART - Clear comprehensive overview of IFC-compliant software

New database launched by buildingSMART A database of software applications that are compatible with the IFC standard goes live on the buildingSMART website on 5 October 2011 and will provide an official reference resource for AEC industry software users. The database contains information about IFC-compatible applications for the whole range of design and construction disciplines, including architectural, structural, building services, facility management and model viewing. It also underlines how broad IFC support has become.

buildingSMART International Conference in Singapore, September 2011

The buildingSMART International Conference will take place in Singapore on 21st September 2011.

The Cabinet Office published the Government’s new Construction Strategy on 31 May 2011.

The report announced the Government's intention to require collaborative 3D BIM (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic) on its projects by 2016.

UK Government Construction Strategy published by the Cabinet Office, May 2011

Building Information Modelling is part of the Government's Construction Strategy that was publised by the Cabinet Office in May 2011.

International conference and meetings in Abu Dhabi on 28-29 March 2011

Nick Nisbet, technical co-ordinator, represented buildingSMART UK at an international conference – Integrated Construction for Sustainable Build – in Abu Dhabi on 28 and 29 March 2011, as one of four speakers in a session on current standards in construction.

Ecobuild conference in March 2011 - BuildingSMART presents to a new audience

Chris explained the mission, goals and structure of buildingSMART and indicated how the buildingSMART approach helps the parties to a construction project control costs.

BuildingSMART International Conference and Meetings - March 2011

The BuildingSMART International Conference is being held between March 27th and 30th, 2011 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).

BuildingSMART visit to Geneva - 15th February 2011

On 15 February 2011, Christopher Groome, business manager for buildingSMART UK, was among representatives of buildingSMART at a meeting in Geneva with Robert Steele, Secretary-General of ISO, the standards organisation.

Interactive conference on the roll-out of BIM - in November 2010

BuildingSMART UK supported the BSRIA conference at the Barbican, London, in November 2010, which brought together 100 delegates to look at the realities of BIM roll-out.

BSI spells out the case for BIM - 'Best BIM guide yet’

The British Standards Institution invited BuildingSMART UK – the organisation that promotes BIM-enabled smart working – to produce a straight to the point guide to building information modelling, Constructing the Business Case. The publication sets out the case for BIM adoption and explains the underlying technologies to stimulate uptake in the construction and FM industries. For busy CEOs, a shorter document is also available. Known as the Investors Report, it distils the business case into two pages – enough to enable senior leaders to understand the principles and direct their staff to the longer publication.

2009 BIM conference - 26th June

Building Information Modelling – what is it really? A conference organised by BSRIA and RIBA. At RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD on Friday 26th June from 09.30 to 15.00.

Registration now open for build LONDON Live 2009

build London Live 2009 will happen over 48 hours from the 15th-17th December, with announcement of awards and presentations on Friday 18th at 9:00am.

buildingSMART 2009 AGM

The buildingSMART AGM will take place at 15:30 following the BIM conference: Building Information Modelling - what is it really?

buildingSMART UK board announced for 2008-2009

Following the AGM held on 25th June 2008, the buildingSMART UK board for 2008-2009 was announced

buildingSMART Alliance and OGC Issue Call For Participation and Request For Participation RFQ for Testbed

The buildingSMART alliance, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) and Sponsors of the AECOO (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner and Operator) Testbed have today issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Call for Participation (CFP) for the AECOO-Phase 1 Testbed.

Online registration for the Second London International buildingSMART conference

Online registration for the Second London International buildingSMART Conference. June 2008

bsria/buildingSMART Sharing Information in Building Services - Meeting

A meeting of the BSRIA/buildingSMART Network will be held on Wednesday 4th June at BDPs London Office, starting at 2.00pm.

2011 International Conference Agenda

final Programme will include a presentation by Dr. Stephen Hamil from RIBA Enterprises UK. He describes the subject of his presentation as 'the new ground breaking NBS specification system is based on rich digital objects and the relationships and constraints between them. It allows the specification of the building systems and products, their performance and required standards of workmanship. The specification is a non-graphical building information model that may be created at the outline design stage of the building and then developed through construction to create an "as-built" model. The presentation will demonstrate the NBS system working with commercial CAD packages through the COBie and IFC open standards'

buildingSMART - Second London Conference announced for June 2008

The outline of the Second London Conference on buildingSMART have been announced.

buildingSMART UK Ltd AGM and Presentations

The buildingSMART AGM and presentations took place on Monday 21st June 2010

UN/CEFACT has approved version 3.0 of the Core Components Technical Specification (CCTS) and the Data Type Catalogue

UN/CEFACT has approved version 3.0 of the Core Components Technical Specification (CCTS) and version 3.0 of the Core Components Data Type Catalogue

UN/CEFACT TBG6 Interim Meeting, Paris, 20 -22 January 2010

UN/CEFACT TBG6 held a joint meeting with TBG1 in Paris at the end of January, hosted by GS1 France with participants from France, India, Italy, Korea, Netherlands, UK and USA.

UN/CEFACT TBG6 to hold its Summer Interim Meeting in London

The next summer interim meeting for TBG6 will be held in London from 9th June to 11th June 2010. The meeting will be hosted by the Building Cost Information Service and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors at the RICS headquarters.

Next UN/CEFACT TBG6 meeting

The next UN/CEFACT TBG6 meeting will be held at the 16th UN/CEFACT Forum in Bangkok, Thailand between 26th April and 30th April 2010.

UN/CEFACT has approved publication of UN/CEFACT XML Naming and Design Rules V3.0

UN/CEFACT has approved publication of UN/CEFACT XML Naming and Design Rules V3.0 of 17 December 2009

Smart Market Report on BIM published by McGraw-Hill

McGraw Hill have just published a Smart Market Report on BIM which shows that, even in the face of an economic recession, BIM users in the US expect to significantly ramp up their investment in BIM in 2009.