BIM Africa Initiative is a civil society organization formed to enable and regulate the adoption and implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry across Africa.

Written by an authorship team from the buildingSMART Germany community in 2023, the report explores digitalisation measures for the water industry to manage future tasks. An international working group of water utility players has reviewed the report and recognises its value as an introduction to the proposed program. The report is now being used to support the buildingSMART International ‘Call for Participation,’ aiming to attract more water utility players and establish a program of work focused on developing openBIM solutions for the sector.

buildingSMART Germany

Germany

This collection of case studies highlights the use of digital technologies, including BIM and digital twins, to improve water infrastructure and operations. From the refurbishment of reservoirs and treatment plants to large-scale water transfer projects, these case studies showcase the challenges faced, solutions implemented, and the benefits realised.

British Water

UK

IFC Rail Phase 2 is the continuation of the IFC Rail Project after its completion in Q1 2020. The focus of this phase is to implement and validate the Candidate Standard IFC 4.3 and bring it to the status of a Final Standard. This phase requires collaboration between domain experts from project stakeholders, IFC data model experts and software vendors. It also requires continuous harmonisation between railway domain and other infrastructure domains in order to ensure a consistent standard for data exchanges across multiple domains. The project has successfully delivered the input for IFC 4.3 to buildingSMART, and the IFC 4.3 standard will then be passed to ISO for publication.

buildingSMART International

Regional

“BIM Forum ECUADOR” is an organisation whose purpose is to promote and accelerate, in its area of influence, the process of adoption and implementation of the BIM methodology in ECUADOR through research, dissemination and training.

India aims to spend $1.4 Trillion building Infrastructure. Prime Minister launched Gati Shakti – National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity, essentially a digital platform to bring 16 Ministries including Railways and Roadways together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects with the goal of developing infrastructure to lower logistic costs and improve the economy. Digitalization and BIM will play a very important role in helping India achieve its Infrastructure Goals. CDCPIndia has been conceived by veterans from the industry who has been directly or indirectly practicing and promoting Digital ways of working in the Construction & Infrastructure Industry. Vision of CDCPIndia is to “Inspire and Collaborate with Construction Professionals across India to advance Digitally enabled Processes and Technologies in construction & Infrastructure sector”. CDCPIndia shall work in collaboration with several existing Institutions, Professional Bodies, Academia, Corporates and Government to Improve the Project Delivery & Asset Management Efficiency by use of Digital Technologies and Processes. CDCPIndia is a not-for-profit organization and has been registered as a Society under Society Registration Act  

Centre for Digital Built Croatia 

BIM Community for Africa with the aim to encourage BIM adoption across the continent. 

buildingSMART Chapter Slovenia is a local branch of the international organization buildingSMART International (bSI), which is the leading initiator of the development of “open BIM” standards in the field of digitalization of the built environment. buildingSMART Chapter Slovenia operates within the Association for Information Modeling of Construction, siBIM. The mission of the buildingSMART Chapter Slovenia is the promotion of open BIM in Slovenia and everything related to it: support for the development of open standards in bSI and local promotion and implementation at home. The main goal is to educate the stakeholders involved, to implement current transfers of information and data within BIM processes with the help of developed open standards, especially between all software tools. BuildingSMART Chapter Slovenia has set itself the following specific tasks for the period 2021 – 2023: · Raising awareness and educating the Slovenian professional public about the importance of open BIM standards; · Active participation in local initiatives related to the digitization of the built environment; · Organizing the implementation of bSI educational programs and certifications; · Encouraging and involving our members in working groups within bSI; · Cooperation with other Chapters and exchange of experiences.

The Slovenian Association for Information Modelling of Works (abbreviated name is Association siBIM, abbreviated as siBIM) is a voluntary, independent, and non-profit organisation that brings together engineers and supporters of engineering fields who actively participate or want to participate in information modelling of buildings of the built environment (BIM), with the aim of organized integration and education, professional development, mutual socialization and exchange of experience. The association was founded on 30.1.2015 in Ljubljana on the initiative of individuals from the construction industry and the university. The founding assembly was home to 32 interested engineers and experts from all over Slovenia who represented the fields of civil engineering, architecture, mechanical engineering, ICT, economics, etc. The objectives of the association are to: – Education and information of members and the general public on information modelling of the built environment (BIM approaches, BIM-technologies), its practical application and developments in this field. – Organisation of education, consultations, workshops and conferences on information modelling (BIM) of the built environment. – Organisation and assistance in the preparation of working groups, preparation of guidelines and recommendations for the profession. – Providing examples of good practice in the field of information modelling (BIM) of the built environment and promoting the exchange of experience between members. – Representation of the interests of all Slovenian sectors operating in the field of information modelling (BIM) of the built environment at international level. – Cooperation in the preparation of guidelines and regulations in the field of information modelling of the built environment. – Connecting with related associations in the world. The siBIM website contains information on how to join the association as well as lots of other useful information for BIM adoption relevant to Slovenia. The site contains information about the association, news and current events. As well as this information there is also a document collection which shares useful info such as the manual for the implementation of BIM and the Guide to introducing information modelling in the European public sector.