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OGC, bSA Release Report
on AEC Interoperability Testbed
The buildingSMART
alliance™ (bSa) and the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) have
released a new report, Summary of the Architecture, Engineering,
Construction, Owner Operator Phase 1 (AECOO-1) Joint Testbed. The report
summarizes results of a nine-month effort to increase interoperability among
software used by architects, construction companies, cost estimators and
building energy analysts.
“The Board of Directors for one of the AECOO-1 sponsors,
the American Institute of Architects, recently approved a statement on
interoperability supporting the use of open standards for Building Information
Models,” said OGC Executive Director of Global Business Development Louis Hecht.
“Our work on the AECOO-1 Testbed is an important first step toward achieving
this goal which is one that the OGC, bSa, our sponsors and many others in the
industry also support.”
Jointly led by the bSa and the OGC, the AECOO-1 Testbed was
conducted in the OGC Interoperability Program. All results were submitted to the
bSa for consideration as candidate specifications and best practices under the
National Building Information Model Standard™ (NBIMS) Rules of
Governance.
General Contractors: Webcor and
Gilbane
Government Agencies: US General
Services Administration and Statsbygg (Norway)
Trade Associations: American
Institute of Architects and Large Firm Roundtable
The report is available at:
www.buildingsmartalliance.org/index.php/newsevents/news/Entry/aecoo1jointtestbedreport.
For more information, contact
Louis Hecht of the OGC and/or
David Morris
of the bSa.
The buildingSMART alliance™, a council of the National
Institute of Building Sciences, develops the National Building Information
Modeling (BIM) Standard™ to streamline the collection and use of construction
data. The Institute is a liaison between the public and private sectors, working
with government, building industry and manufacturing stakeholders to advance
building science and technology. To learn more, visit
www.buildingsmartalliance.org.
The OGC® is an international consortium of more
than 385 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and
universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available
geospatial standards. OpenGIS® Standards support interoperable
solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services, and
mainstream IT. OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial
information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs
to be geospatially enabled. Visit the OGC website at
www.opengeospatial.org.
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