Unites the relevant organizations and partners from the areas of planning, construction and operation with the focus on the common goal: sustainably supporting the transition to digital construction and maintaining and expanding national and international competitiveness. buildingSMART Austria works closely with its sister organizations in Germany and Switzerland to increase the speed of development of individual projects. This cooperation across the borders also brings the association world of VDI, DIN, Gefma, SIA etc. closer together.
Is an association for members from the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The aim of the association is to promote the application of open BIM standards as a means of interoperability and integration of the building process. The association seeks to spread knowledge about the open BIM standards IFC, IFD and IDM as well as contribute to the development of these international standards. It also promotes application of the standards in software by IT partners and use by supply chain partners.
Works with the Croatian Association for Construction Management as a voluntary, non-profit association that gathers engineers, experts, scientists, researchers, and professors who act and work in the field of construction management, is positioned as one of the leading organizations for the improvement and digitalization of the construction industry. For more than 30 years association promotes best practices and construction innovations through the work of its members and the organization of international construction conferences.
Is a part of the Czech BIM Council (czBIM) established in 2011. czBIM as a professional Non-governmental Non-profit organization brings together experts from private and public companies and academia. The association protects and promotes the interests not only of its members but of the entire private sector, ensures that the implementation of BIM in the Czech Republic is transparent and that experience and needs from real practice are reflected. buildingSMART Czech Republic is an independent platform for the popularization, promotion, standardization, and development of the openBIM principles in the Czech Republic. buildingSMART Czech Republic’s primary role is to connect local openBIM efforts with the international community and vice versa.
The Danish chapter, buildingSMART Denmark, provides support to the digital journey of the Danish AEC industry and the built environment. By developing and standardizing the open exchange of data, we are ensuring transparent and accessible data across the AEC value chain, as well as defining and standardizing the associated work process. In collaboration with industry professionals, we focus on extending knowledge and application of openBIM across the industry on an operational level, as well as by communicating the value and potential of openBIM to business, policy, and government decision makers.
Is a collaboration forum and network founded by Finnish Property Owners, A/E Consultants, Software Vendors and Construction Companies. BuildingSMART Finland is hosted by Building information foundation RTS sr in Finland. The Forum aims to disseminate information on BIM and support its member companies for implementing the BIM-based processes. The goal is to help the member companies to recognize the benefits of BIM and help them to develop and implement BIM-based business. Another aim is to promote the dialogue between the software vendors and end users. Our mission is to maintain the competitiveness and the development in BIM related business among Finnish companies. Forum offers a platform for these activities to our members.
Our mission is to support the digital transition, via BIM, of all construction nationwide. buildingSMART France brings together institutions, users and publishers, thus becoming a unique place for dialogue and consensual work for all professionals. From a perspective of digital continuity, buildingSMART France aims to facilitate the appropriation of BIM processes and interoperable digital technologies, intended for all professional actors entering the value chain of construction, building operation and infrastructure throughout the lifecycle. Subjects followed by the association include standardization around SmartBuilding technologies, SmartBuilding and SmartCities connection, BIM and IoT relationships, the extension of BIM to Infrastructure, IFC and GIS relationships, and more.
Has been part of the international buildingSMART movement for more than 20 years. The focus is the up-to-date organizational, procedural and technical support of digital processes in the entire construction value creation chain with the goal of an open, i.e. manufacturer- and product-independent working method. Association membership is open to all businesses, research and educational institutions, public sector agencies and private individuals involved in construction: planners, contractors, operators, product manufacturers, private and public builders, government agencies, software manufacturers and other service providers.
Is a national and international reference point for the promotion of open BIM. It is an association of professionals with the aim of spreading in Italy methods and professionalism of digitization of the construction industry. Spreading the BIM culture means to bring innovation in the entire building supply chain, contributing not only to improving and increasing the productivity of all the professionals involved in construction work but also reducing costs for clients, owners and tenants.
Provides an open and neutral arena for highly skilled industry professionals to contribute to the topic of openBIM. Through its industry association and strong membership engagement, buildingSMART Poland aims to transform the built asset industry in its market. As a newly approved Chapter, buildingSMART Poland aims to deliver more value through a collection of resources that includes European construction sector reports, BIM use case studies and membership policies and regulations.
Is a non-profit association, which participated in an Iberian chapter of buildingSMART International until 2009. Reinstated as an independent Developing Chapter in 2022, buildingSMART Portugal is deeply rooted in the construction industry. The main objectives and initiatives are intended to serve this industry by contributing to its standardization and modernization, and contribute to the effective interconnection between the different actors in the construction industry throughout its lifecycle.
Is a non-profit association founded in 2016 that unites urban planners, architects, engineers, consultants, companies, organizations, institutions, academics and other construction professionals under the openBIM concept, promoting 3 main “pilons”: collaboration, technology and standardization. BIMTECH has a strong belief that these are the basics to optimize, reduce the risks and improve the sustainability of the construction sector. Their focus has always been creating a bridge between the local and international communities, to adapt and adopt world-wide recognized, tried-and-tested BIM strategies, protocols and standards.
Is a part of siBIM, Slovene BIM association, established in 2015 with the aim to gather all interested parties in the area of digitalization of the built environment in the Republic of Slovenia, an EU member state, in a central, non-profit, open and neutral organization. siBIM developed an Action Plan for the Introduction of Digitalization for the Built Environment in the Republic of Slovenia, contracted by the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia, which is a base for further built environment digitalization. buildingSMART Slovenia’s primary role is to connect local open BIM efforts with the international community.
Is main objective is to promote efficiency in the construction sector through the use of open interoperability standards on BIM to reach new levels in cost and time reduction. execution and increased quality. The Association is formed by all agents of the construction sector: Promoters / Investors, Construction Companies, Engineering, Architecture Studies, Software Developers, Facility and Project Managers, Research Centers, Manufacturers of Products and Materials, Universities and Public Administrations. It develops open and neutral BIM standards, accelerates interoperability in the construction sector through success stories, provides specification, documentation, and reference guides and identifies and solves problems that impede the exchange of information.
Operates under the BIM Alliance which was formerly part of the buildingSMART Nordic Hub. The Chapter is a non-profit organisation that has over 200 members that contribute to national and international standards for the built asset industry. Stakeholder groups cover infrastructure, facilities management, buildings and material, energy and environmental. The Chapter also contributes to the Smart Built Environment project which aims to enhance performance of the buildings sector.
Cooperating Members
Chapters from countries that are note members of EU, but that belong to pan-european area.
Is a neutral arena for innovation and digitization of the building, construction and property industries. The association works for Smarter information sharing – for a sustainable built environment. This makes the whole industry more profitable and resource-conscious. buildingSMART Norway works to identify the need for new open BIM standards to be created, nationally and internationally, which will make the industry pace and cooperate better and inform about resources and good examples of usage. buildingSMART Norway organizes the industry in professional user groups and in the Interdisciplinary User Forum that handles interdisciplinary issues.
Is the leader in the digital transformation of the Swiss construction and real estate industry and includes institutions, associations and companies along the entire value chain. The aim is to enable digitization and thus end-to-end cooperation of all stakeholders throughout the life cycle of a property. buildingSMART Switzerland develops practicable instruments that can be used by all in the construction and real estate industry and, using best practices, demonstrates concretely the benefits of digital transformation.
As part of nima (formerly the UK BIM Alliance), represents and works with and for the built and natural environment industry. We facilitate the drive to digitally transform the industry through education, leadership and focus. In an industry of over 4M people, where 95% work in SMEs, or micro-SMEs, our mission is to ensure that all understand and benefit from, the value of a digital enabled industry. Together, nima and bSUKI inspire, influence, connect, support and transform the industry to bring to fruition, our ultimate vision of a thriving and sustainable built and natural environment, transformed by exploiting purpose-drive interoperable data.