The BIMe Initiative Excellence Seminar 2022 is taking place over two days on 15 and 16 November 2022. This virtual event attracts a large international audience of AEC industry professionals and academics. For many years BIMe Initiative has been at the forefront of game-changing research, propelling the acceleration of the digitalization of the built environment. BIMe Initiative will be sharing some of the incredible and pioneering research findings, together with the release of the newly updated BIM Dictionary. Session One of the seminar features six esteemed international guests sharing their unique experiences. Speakers include Carolina Soto Ogueta , Executive Director Planbim_Corfo, Chile, Prof John Messner , Director, Computer Integrated Construction (CIC) Research Program Penn State University, USA, Martin Lafleur, Directeur general, Groupe BIM du Québec, Canada, Moses Itanola, Executive Director BIM Africa, Nigeria, Dr Sanphawat Jatupatwarangkul, Head of Standards at Thai BIM Association and Asia BIM Collaboration Group Committee, Thailand, and Tiina Perttula, Chair buildingSMART International and InfraBIM at Ramboll, Finland. The seminar brings together a collective of international AEC industry professionals to discuss new digital ways of working to accelerate the pace of digital change across the global built environment. The event is held virtually and free to attend, spanning two days with talks from industry experts in South America, the Middle East, Australasia and Europe. This BIMe Initiative Excellence Seminar 2022 is for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to learn, connect and take away valuable insight into transformational change from world leaders and future-thinkers. 📅 Check the programme and register now 👉  Visit for more details

How can construction professionals improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their BIM process? During this pre-BAS 2023 #BIMTalk, Kehinde Ayobade will share ways in which various Building Information Modeling (BIM) softwares can be enhanced through automation, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), custom plug-ins, and databases. Automation involves using software to automate repetitive tasks, such as data entry and model updates. APIs allow BIM software to communicate and share data with other software programs. Custom plug-ins are software add-ons that can be used to extend the capabilities of BIM software. Databases are used to store and organize BIM data and can be used to improve data management and collaboration within project teams. Kehinde is a BIM Developer, Structural Engineer, and the Founder of KS Digital Innovations. Under his start-up, He recently launched a free custom Revit plug-in that helps BIM-savvy professionals automate multiple and unnecessary redundant tasks. During this pre-BAS 2023 #BIMTalk, Kehinde will highlight a number of trending BIM software and tools currently deployed by various professions in the AEC industry and how project tasks, workflows, design processes and methods can be enhanced through automation, customizing APIs and developing plug-ins. He will touch down with definite insight on how each software can be customized, the available API documentation and references on the web, relevant programming languages to learn, resources on how to kickstart the journey to BIM development, and a quick showcase of how a sample custom plug-in can be built over a selected BIM tool. He will also briefly discuss how databases can be deployed with tools like MySQL to store, manage and manipulate BIM model data for better information management and BIM model quality assurance. This #BIMTalk session is a part of the virtual learning session preceding the BIM Africa Summit (BAS) 2023, to be held in Marrakech, Morocco, on the 18th and 19th of May, 2023. The BIM Africa #BIMTalk is a periodic learning-based virtual program. REGISTER FREE TO ATTEND

The Buildings and Construction sector currently accounts for 21% of global greenhouse emissions. The Buildings and Climate Global Forum is designed to strengthen international collaboration to put the buildings sector on track to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement. The event, co-organized by Ministère Écologie Territoires and UN Environment Programme Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), aims to gather ministers, high-level representatives, and stakeholders to advance the decarbonization and resilience of the buildings sector. The first edition Global Forum aims to establish a general framework for international cooperation and commitment with a view to the decarbonization, adaptation, and resilience of the buildings sector by 2050. As part of the Forum, BIM Africa is co-leading the session on the solutions and challenges for digital innovation to reduce whole-life carbon emissions on 7 March 2024 from 16:15 to 17:30 CET. The climate impact of buildings is likely to increase in the coming decades due to rapid growth, especially in urban areas across the Global South; 70% of the buildings projected to exist in Africa in 2040 are yet to be constructed. Digital technologies can enhance the design, construction, operation, and maintenance to reduce whole-life carbon emissions and enable better collaboration and data sharing among stakeholders. At the Forum, BIM Africa will present case studies from various African countries deploying digital solutions, and outline the research and innovation needs and objectives to accelerate and mainstream new technologies.   The BIM Africa delegates to the Forum is led by the Executive Director, Mohammad AlAgouz, and other Directors, Kehinde Adeyemo and Moses Itanola. The delegation will also participate in others events during the pre-forum on 5 and 6 March 2024. Connect with us in Paris at the Buildings and Climate Global Forum! #BuildForClimate #BIMAfrica #BIM #Africa