Welcome to the buildingSMART International Newsletter for April 2021. This edition wraps up the Virtual Summit Spring 2021, and provides an overview of the event. The 2021 Awards Program is open for submission, and a Yearbook showcasing the 2020 Awards winners has also been produced and published.
Other news includes the launch of the UCM Service, a new Logo map and Brand guidelines bringing a fresh look and feel to support continued growth, and the election results of the Infra Room Steering Committee.
There are new episodes as part of the Digital Twins Podcast as well as recent updates from the Chapter Community.
The buildingSMART Virtual Summit Write-Up
The end of March saw the conclusion of the 3rd edition of The buildingSMART Virtual Summit for Spring 2021. The summit delivered on the theme of 'Building Asset Sustainability by Accelerating Open Digital Workflows' over a two week period. Below you will find a link to the full event write up as well as a statistical overview.
It is also not too late to provide your feedback through the post-event survey. The results from the survey will soon be analyzed to see what worked well and where we could look to improve moving forward. The survey should only take 3 minutes of your time and we welcome all constructive feedback - good or bad!
For now, all sessions are available to everyone who purchased a summit pass as on-demand material within the event platform. The recordings will be made publicly in just a few weeks' time, via the 'Events' tab on the buildingSMART homepage.
A final thank you to the event sponsors
We would like to extend one final word of thanks to the sponsors of the Virtual Summit, without whom it would not be possible to put on such an event. Many of the companies below offer continued support from one event to the next, for which we are most grateful.Please take the time to click the logos below and visit their websites, and do get in touch if you would like to express an interest in sponsorship the next summit.
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Virtual Summit Autumn 2021 Dates Confirmed
Save the date! We can now announce that the next edition of the buildingSMART Virtual Summit for Autumn 2021 will be held between Monday 27th September - Friday 8th October 2021.
Some exciting new additions are currently being discussed, and the Autumn Virtual Summit is of course host to the buildingSMART Awards program, which will see the Awards Ceremony where all the winners are announced live.
The 2021 Awards Program is Open Now!
At the Virtual Summit it was announced that the 2021 Awards Program is officially open. The submission period is from Monday 15th March to Sunday 23rd May 2021. To find out more and to read the full details, please visit the buildingSMART Awards homepage here. There you can also view past projects, including all winners from 2020. The links below can be used to take you directly to the Submission Guide, or to submit when you are ready.
The first ever buildingSMART Awards Yearbook has been produced and published, currently showcasing all 10 winners from 2020. The yearbook will be expanded in the coming months, first to include the finalists and with the end goal of including as many submissions as possible. The yearbook will act as an invaluable resource, so please do take the time to view some of the excellent projects that are featured.
The buildingSMART Digital Twins Podcast continues...
The 'Digital Twins Podcast' continues with Aidan Mercer, Marketing Director bSI speaking to two more colleagues from buildingSMART International in February. Do keep listening as Aidan begins to speak to important and prominent figures from the industry over the coming months. You can listen to all episodes on either Buzzsprout or Spotify by clicking the respective logos below.
Episode #3 features Léon van Berlo - Technical Director of buildingSMART International. Léon and Aidan talked about the Technical Roadmap, the new bSDD, what IFC is not and the opportunity for digital twins, blockchain, AI and Machine Learning.
Episode #4 features Richard Kelly - Operations Director of buildingSMART International. Richard looks back at his career, his move to buildingSMART and the opportunities we find for ourselves in developing solutions and standards.
New Logo Map and Brand Guidelines
You may have heard or even noticed by now that buildingSMART International has a new look and feel. Our brand is more than just a logo - it is how we connect and engage with the world around us. Our brand sums up everything that we stand for: innovation, collaboration, trust, relevance, neutrality, responsive and openness. These guidelines provide a framework for consistent application of our visual elements.
There are new colour options and a new set of logos or icons that describe the growing demand of what we do. This fresh approach to how we look and feel is designed to support such growth.
We are very happy to share that buildingSMART Norway have already embraced and adopted the new look and feel in the re-design of their website: www.buildingsmart.no
The team at buildingSMART Norway have also started the process of adapting their presentations using the new slide deck templates. We would like to encourage all chapters to follow suit and if you require any support please contact Aidan Mercer.
UCM Service launch
The Use Case Management Service (UCM) is now launched which allows all stakeholders to collaboratively develop their projects in a co-creation space and subsequently publish them on the UCM website. This is a great leap forward to be able to really focus on the areas that will most benefit from digital transformation. With immediate effect all the buildingSMART International Program Rooms and their projects are able to access to input specific exchange requirements and of course search for existing use cases to help with new Activity Proposals.
The UCM Service will also allow the Room Steering Committees to review user requirements to inform the Room roadmap plans. buildingSMART Chapters and third party enterprises are also able to obtain a tenancy on the system.
Please visit the UCMS website for full information and details of how to get started
Tiina Perttula and Philip Jackson are re-elected. New appointees are Jurgen Litsch, Roland Moser, Anna Neidenström, Marion Schenkwein and Marek Suchocki and they are going to bring a completely fresh perspective to the team.
We thank all 12 candidates that put themselves forward for election and for those that were not elected this time, they are still very welcome to participate in the Room activities or indeed any of our other domains.
The full Infra Room Steering Committee now consists of:
Philip Jackson UK & Ireland Chapter
Jürgen Litsch Strabag AG
Tristan McDonnell Arup
Roland Moser Swiss Federal Railway
Anna Neidenström Trafikverket
Tiina Perttula Finland Chapter
Jim Plume Australasia Chapter
Marion Schenkwein Väylävirasto
Marek Suchocki Autodesk
Nobuyoshi Yabuki Japan Chapter
We extend a big thank-you to Ronald Bergs and Benno Koehorst who step down
Christophe Castaing also steps down as he now works for the bSI Management Office as Release Manager and Stakeholder liaison on the IFC 4.3 Delivery Program.
The Room Steering Committees are the executive body that set the long term plan for the domain because they are from the industry and understand the challenges that can be solved with digital ways of working. They own the long term Roadmap and they oversee the projects that deliver against that Roadmap.
Our very best wishes for this team and we’re looking forward to working with you on the delivery of new openBIM standards.
Welcome to another new member!
Please join us in welcoming a new Standard member to our community.
Pragoprojekt are a project engineering company with wide experience in the field of transport and engineering construction, both at home and abroad.
Trimble joins the SAC
As an existing member of buildingSMART International, Trimble recently moved to the SAC, signaling commitment to open data standards by enabling a strategic input into the buildingSMART community. In case you missed the press release, here it is:
Over the past 2 months we have heard updates from several Chapters about their ongoing activities, and the recordings can be viewed via the links below.
Would you like to learn more about the leaders in the Chapter network? There is a Chapter Leaders directory. If you would like to learn more about any of the Chapter Leaders, please visit the website here:
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