Welcome to the buildingSMART International digital newsletter for March 2019. This edition covers a wide range of topics including program information for the upcoming International Standards Summit in Dusseldorf, Germany. This edition also covers a variety of news from our chapters, notification of the awards program for 2019, availability of a new case study and thought-leadership content.

Featured blog: openBIM for the entire building lifecycle

Wolfgang Hass of Siemens discusses how gains in the operations and maintenance of a building come as a result of better collaboration and improved processes in design and construction. Read more.

Agenda is live for the International Standards Summit 

With the International Standards Summit under one month away, bSI is pleased to announce the program has been published. The conference includes a range of presentations, working sessions and round-tables. Check out what's going on. Don't miss out on your ticket. Space is limited so register here. 

Featured Speaker

Mark Enzer

CTO Mott MacDonald

Topic: Digital Twins for Infrastructure

Do you have a winning project?

The buildingSMART International openBIM Awards is now open. Submit your project for a chance to win this prestigious award. Submission will be accepted until April 12, 2019, with all supporting documentation to be completed by April 30th, 2019. The competition is open to anyone around the world, with no requirement to be a member. What you should do next:

1. Mark your calendar for Beijing in October
2. Submit your project
   1. Register your submission by 12th April 2019
   2. Complete submission with all documents by 30th April 2019
3. Demonstrate your use of buildingSMART standards or solutions
4. Be ready to present your project at the Summit

Please visit the website for more information including FAQs.

Case Study
openBIM® processes helped Minnucci Associati s.r.l. deliver whole-life value. Read the case study here.

Francophone Forum: coming soon

Since the initial agreement in December 2018 between buildingSMART France-Mediaconstruct, buildingSMART Canada, buildingSMART Switzerland with Bâtir Digital Suisse, CRTI-B GIE (Luxembourg), CSTC.be (Belgium), the BIM Group of Quebec and buildingSMART International (bSI) - a new French speaking forum has been proposed. This agreement will aim to establish the principles of French-speaking focus on developing of openBIM within bSI. The official signature of the collaboration agreement and the announcement of the intentions of this forum will be done during BIM World Paris. The appointment is made for the Francophone BIM! Read more here.

BIM World France - 2nd -3rd April 2019

The 5th edition of BIM World Paris will take place between 2nd-3rd April 2019 in Paris, France. buildingSMART France has been a partner of BIM World for the last 5 years contributing expertise and resources to this event. Join buildingSMART France during the 2 days and hear about topics relating to IFC for infrastructure from the MINnD project. bSF's chairman Pierre Mit is also attending the round-table "what are the actions to develop BIM in France?"  You can register with the following code. Free exhibition pass: EXH-VIS-3002703 and a Congress Pass at -15% discount: BSMDC18

Register here.

buildingSMART International welcomes two new members

buildingSMART International welcomes Leica Geosystems as a multi-national member and Basler & Hofmann as a standard member.

Blog: Breaking down the silos in AEC

Read the blog from Viktor Várkonyi of NEMETSCHEK GROUP who states that "true openBIM based design collaboration results in better quality design, less construction errors and ultimately intelligent building data"

Read more.

Webinar:

Did you miss the buildingSMART Webinar titled "Digital Transformation in the Built Asset Environment"? You can watch the video on-demand.

Watch it now.

Chapter news:

buildingSMART Autraliasia and GS1 have signed an MoU to share a vision, mission and joint set of activities to advance open interoperability.

See the Twitter announcement here.

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.

Professional Certification:
The Professional Certification Program exists to support training organizations to deliver internationally standardized and recognized training content. This is providing the industry with an assured standard of professional competence. Get involved today.

Event:
BIM, BAM, BOOM - Aidan Mercer from buildingSMART International presented at the GS1 Global Forum in Brussels to talk about digital transformation and the need for more partnerships in construction. You can visit the event page here.

Event:
The International Council Meeting has been confirmed for 4-6 June, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. For Chapter leaders, we recommend you book your place today. See more here.

Strategic Members:

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