buildingSMART: The New Business Model for Design,
Construction and Facilities Management

Welcome to the UK buildingSMART web site

IAI is an alliance of organizations within the construction and facilities management industries dedicated to improving processes within the industry through defining the use and sharing of information. Organizations within the alliance include architects, engineers, contractors, building owners, facility managers, manufacturers, software vendors, information providers, government agencies, research laboratories, universities and more.

IAI UK brings together organisations within Britain and Ireland who share the 'buildingSMART' vision of improving industry processes through the use of information sharing.

Click on International to visit the IAI International web site

IAI Chapters

Other IAI Chapters serve industry in Australasia (Australia, New Zealand), China, France, the German Speaking countries(Germany, Austria,Sitzerland, Netherlands), the Iberian peninsula (Spain, Portugal and South America), Japan, North America (United States and Canada), Italy, the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and the Baltic countries), Norway and Singapore. Click on the Chapters links for further information

Implementation

Many software vendors are working to bring the IAI vision to reality by developing IFC compliant applications. Click on the Implementation link for further information

Solutions and Projects

IAI members are working on projects to extend the range of information that can be shared within the construction and facilities management industries. Click on the Solutions and Projects link for further information.

Technical Documents

IAI has created a number of documents that can be used as references in understanding the IFC model and its development. Documents include:

• IFC model specifications (versions in the EXPRESS data definition language and in the XML language),
• IFC Implementation Guide
• ifcXML Implementation Guide
• IFC Model Extension Guide
• IFC Model Integration Guide
• Readers Guides to the technologies used in process and information model development

Click on the Technical link to see the available documents.