The BIMForum’s mission is to facilitate and accelerate the adoption of building information modeling (BIM) in the AEC industry. We will lead by example and synchronize with counterparts in all sectors of the industry to jointly develop best practice for virtual design and construction (VDC). We will share our experiences and execute our goals via online forums, highly useful deliverables and practical industry conferences. We will revolutionize the building industry.

Organization

Although the BIMForum operates as a unified group, chaired by John Tocci of Tocci Building Corporation, six subforums have been established to date so that each relevant industry sector and topic is addressed. These subforums collaborate with each other and other industry organizations (AIA, NIBS, NIST, IAI, C3T, 3xPT, CURT, etc.) on interdisciplinary projects to accelerate the adoption of BIM.

• The Academic Subforum, chaired by Professor Guillermo Salazar of WPI, is working to develop BIM curriculum, support academic research and foster discussion between BIM programs at various universities and colleges.
• The Designers’ Subforum, chaired by Davis Chauviere, AIA of HKS, Inc addresses BIM issues that affect architects and engineers, including a cross-discipline effort to establish standards for model creation.
• The Builders’ Subforum, chaired by Jan Reinhardt, of Adept PD, is a subforum that directs its resources to alleviating BIM issues that are directly related to construction managers, subcontractors and fabricators.
• The goal of the Legal Forum, chaired by Rick Lowe, Duane Morris LLP, is to reduce the perception that BIM increases liability for architects or contractors, through open discussion of liability, new contracts and insurance.
• The Software Subforum, chaired by Stacy Scopano, of Tekla, focuses on educating and training individuals and companies on the available software programs, as well as in relevant issues such as software interoperability.
• The Users Subforum, chaired by Charles Hardy, of the GSA, focuses on owner-related issues.