Welcome to the buildingSMART Digital Newsletter June 2019
Welcome to the buildingSMART International Newsletter for June 2019. This edition covers a wide range of topics, including a Railway Room update, video availability from the International Standards Summit in Dusseldorf, a variety of webinars and lots of community news. This edition also covers the availability of the latest case study from a buildingSMART International member. There is also two new blogs available and more.
"IFC Rail"
The International Standard Progress Report
In 2018, buildingSMART International supported the proposal and initiation of the single largest project in its history. The “IFC Rail” project was initiated at the buildingSMART International Standards Summit in Paris, April 2018 with a signed agreement across all contributing parties. In March 2019, the team successfully presented the progress at the bSI Standards Summit in Düsseldorf. At the summit, the team presented the first showing for the conceptual model of the track. bSI Chairman Patrick MacLeamy commented, "This is the most spectacular project we currently have in buildingSMART." You can read the full report here.
IFC Road Expert Panel Webinar Review
The IFC Road Expert Panel Conceptual Model webinar took place on May 31st 2019. buildingSMART International is pleased to share very strong attendee numbers and high level of engagement. The project itself is moving into the draft conceptual model phase with a variety of work packages being developed. The industry is engaging in developing this standard which will provide huge value to assets pertaining to road infrastructure.
buildingSMART International member, Bexel Consulting showcases how their innovative solutions helped deliver this complex Sensatori and Nickelodeon Hotels and Resort. The full case study can be downloaded here.
Video
Watch Mark Enzer discussed "Digital Twins for Infrastructure" at the International Standards Summit.
Join Mark Baldwin, Professional Certification Leader for buildingSMART for this webinar on "Measuring BIM Maturity Within an Organization". This webinar is on 20th June 2019. For more information, click here.
Webinar:
Join Mark Baldwin, Professional Certification Leader for buildingSMART for this webinar on "Introduction to buildingSMART Standards". This webinar is on the 11th July 2019. For more information, click here.
Blog:
Would your organization like to take a BIM competency assessment? Read the latest bSI blog and find out what steps you need to take to track progress and understand maturity within an enterprise. Read more.
Video:
buildingSMART Germany is producing videos from the International Standards Summit in Dusseldorf, Germany. You can subscribe to their channel to get notifications when videos are available. Visit their YouTube channel here.
Chapter news:
buildingSMART Australasia has announced an event in Perth, Western Australia on 11th June 2019. Dean Wood, Department of Finance will be sharing their digital strategy at this seminar. Register here.
Webinar: IFC: Getting it Right
buildingSMART Australasia recently completed a webinar titled "IFC: Getting it Right" with John Mitchell. This webinar is now available as an on-demand resource.
buildingSMART France has a save the date events page. There are a variety of activities happening in France and the chapter has put together a list of BIM related topics. You can find the list here.
Event: BIM Middle East 2019
buildingSMART International is a content partner for an industry event called "openBIM: The key to Industry 4.0" in Dubai. With a great lineup of speakers and some interesting presentations, you can register here.
Event: Digital Supply Chains for the Built Environment
buildingSMART is working with GS1 on an event on the 12th June that was previously called "Building Digital Marketplaces". This is targeted at product manufacturers and has limited space. You can find more on this page.
Membership update:
buildingSMART International is pleased to welcome TNO and HOCHTIEF ViCon as the latest to join as standard members. Both are well-known to the community with many valuable contributors coming from TNO and ViCon previously a member.
Membership:
buildingSMART International has launched a benefits table. This table lists the benefits your organisation gets when you join. Interested in joining? Check out the benefits table here.
Blog:
buildingSMART International latest multinational member, Bluebeam has written a blog about enabling better collaboration for Arup. Arup is a strategic member of bSI. The blog can be found here.
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