buildingSMART

BuildingSMART International is an international non-governmental non-profit organization that coordinates worldwide as an umbrella organization working between regional associations. In the German-speaking countries, it is the buildingSMART eV This association of companies, educational institutions and individuals from all sectors of the construction industry has set itself the goal of making the project management through efficient methods of integrated information processing of consistent and effective, and thus to quality, schedule and safer to make.

At the heart of Building Information Modeling ( BIM) is a new planning method based on digital building models. For an open BIM application designed and certified buildingSMART standards, such as IFC, developed selection criteria for new processes, roles, and performance images and define educational standards.

The association buildingSMART ( International Alliance for Interoperability IAI as eV founded in 1995 ) eV has its headquarters in Munich and the office in Berlin. The most important building is the smart standard exchange format Industry Foundation Classes (IFC ) for BIM data exchange in construction.

Annually organized buildingSMART eV the buildingSMART Forum in Berlin as a conference to present the results of his work publicly. In addition, several BIM User Days will be organized to share the practical experience in the use of digital building models and to establish a network between the protagonists of this new method of planning and project management annually.