April 26, 2016 by John Sullivan, Global Interoperability Manager
The buildingSMART International (bSI) Conference was held in Rotterdam on April 11through April 14. There was a good turnout with 175 attendees including buildingSMART representatives from all 17 of the worldwide Chapters. The Strategic Alliance Council (SAC) members including Autodesk, Kajima Corporation, HOK, ARUP & Nemetschek Group were in attendance as well as bSI Board members representing architects, engineers and contractor requirements.
bSI IFC 4 certifications were discussed and the certification is starting up this summer (hurray!). I look forward to this development. Revit currently has IFC 4 capabilities built in. Certification will allow for better handoffs between all BIM software as it…