To create a smarter built environment standardized information structures are needed. If standardized digital information is generated for our buildings and surrounding infrastructure then this information can be used to monitor real-time performance and more easily maintain. The specification data in the design and then ultimately in the hand-over record is key to this. Equally the information within and attached to the 3D model is critical. NBS deliver a free-to-use BIM library of generic and manufacturer standardized objects which is now offering Canadian specific content. Digicon is now part of NBS and in this presentation Dave and Stephen will give a first demonstration in Canada of Digicon CMS specification content within this digital ecosystem. In this presentation, delegates will see how specifications now integrate within a BIM environment. Standard structures including COBie and Uniclass 2015 will be presented. Delegates will also see examples of the work that NBS is currently doing with key customers such as Next Architecture in the Canadian market and UK Government funded projects into digital object identifiers to help with smart city vision.
Stephen first started working on NBS products in 1999 and has played a big part in the developments of products such as NBS Building, NBS Create and National BIM Library. He was the project lead for the development of the BIM Toolkit on behalf of the UK Government’s BIM Task Group. Prior to joining NBS, Stephen studied at Durham University. His first degree was in Structural Engineering followed by a PhD in the digital modelling of building structures. Stephen is based in the UK, but is looking forward to travelling to Toronto to learn more about BIM in Canada.
To create a smarter built environment standardized information structures are needed. If standardized digital information is generated for our buildings and surrounding infrastructure then this information can be used to monitor real-time performance and more easily maintain. The specification data in the design and then ultimately in the hand-over record is key to this. Equally the information within and attached to the 3D model is critical. NBS deliver a free-to-use BIM library of generic and manufacturer standardized objects which is now offering Canadian specific content. Digicon is now part of NBS and in this presentation Dave and Stephen will give a first demonstration in Canada of Digicon CMS specification content within this digital ecosystem. In this presentation, delegates will see how specifications now integrate within a BIM environment. Standard structures including COBie and Uniclass 2015 will be presented. Delegates will also see examples of the work that NBS is currently doing with key customers such as Next Architecture in the Canadian market and UK Government funded projects into digital object identifiers to help with smart city vision.
David operated Digicon Information Inc in the construction specifications industry for 21 years before it was acquired by NBS in 2017. Originally became interested in BIM technology as a means of integrating drawings with specifications.
Worked in the ISO TC59/SC13 committee as a Canadian representative for 20 years, and served as chairman for 15 of those years. Contributed to all of the ISO 19650 series (-1, -2, -3, and currently on -4, -5), as well as a variety of other BIM standards for terminology and product data.
Currently serving as director for buildingSMART Canada, and recently led a working group to prepare a Canadian Annex to ISO 19650-2, which is out for review.
