Welcome to the buildingSMART International Newsletter for September 2022.
This month we are pleased to share more details on the Montreal Summit agenda. Keep an eye on the event page for more updates coming soon. We are also very pleased to announce the Finalist for the Award Program, share an update from the Railway Room on the IFC 4.3 project, and also a publication from Newsoft-Eng in Italy on IFC and bSI. In addition to this, on the 16th September there is the opportunity to hear from Evelien Bruggeman on Modern Construction law.
The General Assembly of Implementers was well attended in Boston last week, look forward to an update from that event in our next newsletter. Meanwhile, we hope to see you at Richard Petrie's Memorial, being held on September 19th at the IET, London (there is an option available to join us online).
What to expect at the buildingSMART International Standards Summit and National Council: Montreal
October 18th - 21st
On Tuesday, October 18, buildingSMART International and buildingSMART Canada will welcome the BIM community to the Centre Mont-Royal in Montreal. This year the International Standards Summit will run alongside Canada's National Council.
The first two days of the International Standards Summit and National Council are outlined below, as the summit draws closer keep an eye on the registration page for more updates on speakers. During the week there will be two social events, an Opening Cocktail Night on Tuesday, October 18 and on Thursday, October 20 bSI is pleased to host the Annual Gala and Awards Ceremony.
buildingSMART International is delighted to be hosting the 2022 Summit in person, however, this will still be a hybrid event so the option to join us online is still available.
For those joining us in Montreal, please ensure you check the government's travel entry requirements when booking your trip.
General Admission tickets are available. If you haven't yet registered your place make sure to do so soon!
A warm welcome to the first North American summit in 8 years, hear from: Richard Kelly, Operations Director at bSI, William (Bill) Moore, President at buildingSMART Canada,
Martin Lafleur, General Director at Groupe BIM du Quebec, Ian Howell, CEO, Interim at bSI,
Remi Dornier, Vice President, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction at Dassault Systèmes.
Léon van Berlo, Technical Director at bSI,
Min Song, Associate Director at Strategic Building Innovation, Stijn van Schaijk, BIM Process Manager at Volker Wessels, and Jan Brouwer, 3D Data Specialist at DigiBase,will discuss how openBIM workflows are being used to generate value for customers from a multitude of perspectives.
Céline Bent, Compliance Director at bSI, Trinidad Chardin-Segui, MEP Software CTO at Schneider Electric, Chris Pyke, Senior Vice President, Product at USGBC and Arc Skoru, and Jugal Makwana, Global Director - Digital Engineering at Royal Haskoning DHV, will discuss various strategies and initiatives that support the green agenda through the lens of digitalization and how openBIM can help achieve the targets that must be met.
Hear updates from Richard Kelly, Operations Director at bSI, Casey Rutland, Director at digitalgreen.io, Adrian Wildenauer, Head of BIM Standards at Swiss Federal Railways SBB AG and Will Sharp, Senior Vice President at HDR on the development and implementation of strategies to move the openBIM agenda forward.
Will Sharp, Senior Vice President at HDR, and Roger Grant, Program Director at NIBS (National Institute of Building Sciences) will provide an in-depth look into the strategies that are currently underway in North America and elsewhere to move the openBIM agenda forward as part of digitalization initiatives within the built asset industry.
Digital twins are rapidly emerging as the next logical step in the digitalization of the built environment. Cindy W. Baldwin, CGC, LEED-AP, CM-BIM, CM-Lean President at VDCO Tech, Inc. | Chair of buildingSMART Airport Room, and Brent Mauti, Chief Technology Officer at Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. will discuss digital twins and their potential as well as the synergies with openBIM principles.
Arash Shahi, Co-Founder & CEO at AECO Innovation Lab, Ralph Kaminski, Chief Building Official at Town of Oakville, and Justin Pockar, Manager, Customer Solutions and Business Registries at City of Calgary, will cover different initiatives supporting digital transformation from municipalities across Canada.
Nicolas Arellano, Research Team Lead at CIMS (Carleton Immersive Media Studio) and Marc Goldman, Director – Architecture, Engineering & Construction Industry Solutions at Esri, will go beyond the implementation of digital twin on an asset level and discuss how to best develop and deploy a digital twin ecosystem on a national level.
buildingSMART International is delighted to share the full list of finalists for The buildingSMART openBIM Awards Program 2022. Finalists will be invited to present their projects to the independent jury for consideration as part of the program. The finalist presentations will take place during the buildingSMART International Standards Summit in Montreal, Canada, 18-21 October 2022.
Full details of the Finalists can be found in the news release published below. Congratulations to all Finalists, we look forward to seeing you in Montreal.
"Legal implications of data exchange in the built environment"
Friday 16th September, 3.00-4.30 pm (GMT+1)
At the 2019 buildingSMART International Spring Summit in Dusseldorf, Germany we welcomed Evelien Bruggeman as a special guest. Evelien is a professor in Construction Law and head of the Instituut voor Bouwrecht at The Hague, Netherlands. We heard from her then about her legal skills on the influence of new digital construction methods in the field of construction contract law and procurement law with the participants of the international "LAW@BIM"-working-group-session.
There is now the opportunity to hear from Evelien again, this time on the topic of "Legal implications of data exchange in the built environment – An exploration of the force field between technical and societal developments and law“
All are welcome and invited to join this event, please follow the link below to take advantage of this opportunity to explore this very interesting and innovative field in modern construction law.
The IFC 4.3 Project, the largest Railway Room project to date, was divided into two phases. The Railway Room has developed new web pages on the buildingSMART International website dedicated to each phase of the IFC 4.3 Project. Phase 1 of the project has now been completed and the deliverable reports published on the IFC Project Phase 1 page.
buildingSMART International and the stakeholders of the IFC Rail Project invite Railway companies, software vendors, and software developers to join the second phase of the IFC Rail Project. If you are interested in joining the project please follow the link below to find out more.
In addition to the two-phased IFC 4.3 Project, the Railway Room has also set up the Applying IFC 4.3 for Rail (aIFC4Rail) project, as the subsequent project of IFC Rail Phase 2. This project aims to expedite the availability of IFC 4.3 in software solutions. There is an opportunity to be part of the project team for this too, if you are interested please get in touch.
This in-depth article gives an overview of BIM, openBIM, and buildingSMART's role in developing the standards that are now being implemented worldwide. The publication goes into detail, succinctly answering questions such as Is BIM a regulation? Is BIM mandatory? What is an IFC File? What information does an IFC File contain?
This publication succinctly explains the current use of openBIM and increases awareness of its benefits. buildingSMART Membership gives access to be a part of the community developing these standards; if you are not already a member consider reading more about our memberships and the benefits.
Since he joined buildingSMART International in 2013, Richard professionalized and transformed the community by providing structure, people, and confidence in his leadership and vision. This vision helped to ensure the entire built asset industry could work together across borders and across language barriers to achieve common goals. At this event, you will hear from some of the key people that helped to support this vision.
This memorial will bring together the buildingSMART community and his family to celebrate his achievements and accomplishments and will reflect on a remarkable career.
Agenda for the afternoon:
14:00 – Guest arrivals, welcome drinks 15:00 – Series of presentations with breaks 18:00 – Buffet dinner served 20:00 – Guests depart
A number of community proposals are out for vote and can be accessed via the 'Standards Committee Consultation' page, which takes information directly from the projects. Follow the link below to learn more.
There is a variety of votes currently out there in the community with access done via the open and live website that takes information directly from the projects. You can learn more by clicking the link below.
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