http://www.buildingsmartalliance.org
The BuildingSMART Alliance was established to address the profound changes coming to the nation’s construction industry. Its goal is to advance open interoperability and full lifecycle implementation of Building Information. Therefore, the BuildingSMART Alliance develops and promotes more efficient methods and standards for gathering, maintaining and communicating technical information related to facility and infrastructure lifecycles.
Mission
- Provide visibility to ongoing efforts to develop BuildingSMART practices.
- Identify the interfaces, gaps, overlaps and collaboration opportunities among groups addressing BuildingSMART practices.
- Provide BuildingSMART products, such as the U.S. National Building Information Model Standard (NBIMS).
- Support ongoing BuildingSMART projects.
- Reduce wasted industry time, effort and cost.
- Demonstrate the benefi ts to industry of moving toward a common vision of BuildingSMART.
Created to spearhead technical, political, and financial support for advanced digital technology in the real property industry, the BuildingSMART Alliance operates within the Congressionally authorized nonprofit National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS).
Activities
The BuildingSMART Alliance builds on existing NIBS initiatives such as the U.S. National Building Information Model Standard (NBIMS) Project Committee, the U.S. National CAD Standard Committee, the Facility Maintenance and Operations Committee’s Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE) initiative, and AGCxml, a cooperative project with the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Most importantly, its promotes building industry collaboration to improve facilities.
Contact details
Executive Director - Deke Smith
Technical Coordinator - Francois Grobler
Address:
National Institute of Buidling Sciences
1090 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005-4905