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Official releases of the IFC specification are listed here. Schema specifications indicate how data is represented within classes and attributes.
Version Notation
IFC versions are identified using the notation “Major.Minor.Addendum.Release”.
Which version do I use?
The latest version, IFC 4.1 is recommended for all current developments, which is fully backward compatible with IFC 4.0. Core definitions within IFC 4.1 and 4.0 are backward compatible with IFC 2.3.
buildingSMART International (bSI) is pleased to announce the opening of the bSI Awards 2017 submission period.
Architects, engineers, contractors, suppliers, clients and operators, students and any other interested parties are invited to submit their examples of benefiting from the use of bSI open standards and products. Submissions will be accepted from 1 May to 15 August 2017.
Richard Petrie, Chief Executive of bSI, adds, ‘It’s an opportunity for companies to showcase their application of buildingSMART open standard solutions to current challenges of interoperability faced during collaborative project delivery or asset operations’.
‘We want to recognise and celebrate the benefits of using openBIM in the construction industry. We have seen an amazing surge in the use of open technology in all aspects of the building industry, including during the design stage, at the construction site, and in facility management and monitoring, and I encourage all users who have integrated any buildingSMART methods into their work processes to submit’, says Jan Karlshøj, Chair of the bSI Awards Committee.
The buildingSMART International Awards recognize projects that demonstrate and inspire the use of open standards developed by the buildingSMART International community to overcome interoperability challenges in the industry. There are four (4) award categories which include: Design Using Open Technology, Construction Using Open Technology, Operations and Maintenance Using Open Technology, and Student Project Using Open Technology.
The winners for each category will be invited to accept their award at the Gala Dinner of the next buildingSMART International Technical Summit, taking place in London, United Kingdom, October 30th to November 2nd, 2017. Additional Honourable Mentions will be given out, including submissions from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME)
All parties are welcome to take part in the competition. Entrants do not need to be members of the buildingSMART International organization. All participants must clearly demonstrate effective and inspirational use of open standards in AEC projects or services. A single team may submit proposals covering several categories, and organisations may equally participate in several categories. Eligible submissions may demonstrate be full project benefits or focus specifically on successful individual workflows.
The award winners will also receive publication of their submission on the bSI website. The aim of the award program is to inform and inspire others to take advantage of bSI open standards. bSI Awards are not just about the success stories – we encourage competitors to share their full experiences, even highlighting the problems and challenges, as well as ideas about how buildingSMART solutions or software implementations of the standards could be improved.
Please fill in the form here (link opens in new window). You can submit the form and add any missing information at a later stage by using the link in the mail that you will receive from Google after you have submitted the form for the first time.
Please email your documents using this special link for emailing large files – https://buildingsmart.wetransfer.com/ (link opens in new window) and send to awards@buildingsmart.org. You will receive email acknowledgement that the email has been opened.
Please note that submissions will be accepted using the process above between 1 May and 15 August 2017. No submissions will be accepted after 23:59 hrs CET on 15 August 2017.
Any questions should be addressed to Jan Karlshøj at jan.karlshoej@gravicon.dk
Source: buildingSMART
The recently signed partnership will strengthen the interoperability of open standards throughout the building and infrastructure lifecycle and value chain and improve the broader availability of digital product information.
During its annual General Assembly in Frankfurt in February 2017, Franz Ernst, President of ETIM International, in the presence of most of the country members of ETIM, signed a MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING between ETIM International and buildingSMART International
Following exploratory meetings between the international offices of both organisations in the second half of 2016, complemented by successful collaboration at local level in the Netherlands and Norway, the two parties agreed on the critical benefits of promoting closer coordination of their respective activities to strengthen open-standard based interoperability throughout the building and infrastructure lifecycle and value chain.
ETIM and bSI will work together on a joint project in respect of the buildingSMART Data Dictionary (bSDD) and ETIM’s product classification standard. In particular this will consider the inclusion of a single representation of the ETIM standard on the bSDD platform taking account of the governance and work flow requirements of both standard systems.
read more Source: buildingSMART
Registration is open for our next working Summit being held on Jeju Island, Korea.
September 25 – September 29. Places are now filling fast and we encourage you to register soon.
The Registration site and more details are here.
The summit is a special opportunity to meet with world leaders in the development and delivery of open data exchange standards and digital best practice. We expect all the buildingSMART Chapters from around the world to be represented, providing an opportunity for experts to share knowledge for further enhancement of buildingSMART’s openBIM processes and standards.
There will be plenary sessions presenting information about the most recent standards, processes, tools and projects, as well as the main schedule of working sessions dealing with key themes.
We have a very comprehensive agenda which includes;
We look forward to welcoming you on Jeju and at our future Summits.
Registration for Summit on Jeju, Korea
Source: buildingSMART
Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year to all | #IFC4 Certification expected to be launched early 2016 #OpenBIM
IFC4 Add1 – the first addendum of IFC4 incorporating necessary improvements that had been identified during the pilot implementations and the development activities for the first Model View Definitions.
Final version IFC4 Add1 released in July 2015 as buildingSMART Final Standard. Baseline for IFC4 Reference View V1.0 and IFC4 Design Transfer View V1.0
IFC4 support information:
In October, over one hundred experts assembled in Singapore to work on the creation of world’s future open building and infrastructure data standards.
Since the last working summit in London, 5 standards have been endorsed as buildingSMART Final Standards, and the number of initiatives in progress is healthier than ever with 27 Activities currently developing a broad range of new output.
The key milestones achieved during the summit include:
Focus on what the User needs was a key theme throughout the week and significant strides in improved leadership and coordination strategies were made.
The full set of resolutions and presentations from the summit are posted at Standards Summit Program
The list of standards work is to be found on the Activities page.
buildingSMART International is very grateful to the Singapore Chapter and their sponsors for the excellent organisation and hospitality that ensured this summit was such a great success.
Be sure to join us at our next Summit in April 2016 in the Netherlands.
Over 160 people from 19 different nations gathered in London Watford for the buildingSMART International Standards Conference.
Key milestones achieved during the summit include:
The full set of resolutions and presentations from the summit are posted at Standards Summit Program
View the Activities list for a complete picture of Standards and Technical Reports progress
buildingSMART International thanks the UK Chapter, their sponsors and BRE for the excellent organisation and hospitality.
source: buildingsmart.com