NBIMS CHARTER MEMBERS
EVENTS
National BIM Conference & BIM Expo at AEC-ST
Anaheim, CA
May 19-22, 2008
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
NIBS and NBIMS Release Second Issue of the Journal of Building Information Modeling
(March 25, 2008)
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BIMStorm Hits LA
(February 15, 2008)
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New NBIMS Version 1 - Part 1 Released
(December 27, 2007)
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PRESS RELEASES
OGC® and buildingSMART™ alliance Tackle Interoperability Across the Building Life Cycle
(February 12, 2008)
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NBIMS (the National Building Information Model Standard project), is a committee of the National Institute for Building Sciences (NIBS) Facility Information Council (FIC). Since 1992 the FIC mission has been to "improve the performance of facilities over their full life-cycle by fostering common and open standards and an integrated life-cycle information model for the A/E/C & FM industry." The NBIMS Committee continues this tradition by knitting together the broadest and deepest constituency ever assembled for the purpose of creating an open National standard for using BIM efficiently to empower building processes. The NBIMS Charter spells out the vision and describes the results NBIMS expects to achieve.
What is BIM? Visit About BIM to read NBIMS' definition and see an example of how open BIM standards should work. Or jump to the FAQ for the most often asked and answered questions.
Who's signing up? The NBIM Standards Committee is dedicated to bringing together the many organizations already working on pieces of the puzzle rather than trying to reinvent existing capabilities. Charter signatories already represent many building life-cycle constituencies as well as most of the related professional associations, consortia, and technical and associated services vendors. Yet the Committee is still actively seeking greater involvement; especially from private owners, A/E/C practitioners, property and facility managers, and real property professionals. Read more on the Committee page.
Know enough already and want to be part of it? Visit the Committee pages where you will find Committee developments and where you can choose how you would like to get involved. You can also monitor developments and participate in discussions by joining the NBIMS listserv.