Wednesday, August 10, 2022 – 2:58 pm
It is the first in the Middle East and Africa and aims to support the leadership of digital transformation in the construction of buildings, assets and infrastructure facilities through the creation and adoption of unified global digital standards.
DUBAI, 10th August / WAM / The World Organization for Building Information Modeling Standards (Building SMART) has chosen the Emirate of Dubai, represented by Dubai Municipality, to open its first local branch in the UAE and the Middle East and Africa, with the aim of supporting digital transformation leadership in the construction sector of buildings, assets and infrastructure facilities. Infrastructure, by creating and adopting unified global digital standards for the design of buildings, facilities and work stages in projects, which helps owners and all participating consultants, contractors and operators to work more efficiently and collaboratively.
This step comes as an affirmation of Dubai World’s position and leadership in the field of digital transformation and innovation in the construction sector, and to enhance the position of the UAE among the global contributors in this field, with its extensive experience that made it ranked among the best countries in global competitiveness reports in several areas, including the construction sector. .
The global organization chose Dubai Municipality as the headquarters of its new branch, which will join 21 other branches around the world, as the department is responsible for regulating the building and construction sector, issuing building licenses and monitoring and regulating building and facilities.
The organization includes in its membership companies, government agencies and universities from different countries of the world, working together to develop unified global standards for building information modeling.
The organization’s branches are local member institutions with which they share the vision and goals related to supporting digital transformation in the construction sector, adopting and supporting unified standards for building information modeling and contributing to the development and spreading awareness of them.
The organization’s new branch in Dubai undertakes many tasks and responsibilities that support the construction sector and will contribute to supporting the digital transformation of the construction sector through cooperation with all government agencies, private companies and specialized educational institutions whose work is related to the design, construction and management of building and infrastructure assets, enabling information sharing and improving Working methods in general.. It also contributes to the development of building permit procedures and automated verification of building conditions regulations, digital twinning and infrastructure, within the various working groups of the Building SMART organization, and the development and application of open source global standards for integration between building information modeling and geographic information systems.
In addition, the branch is working to raise awareness of the importance of using unified global standards for building information modeling, by organizing workshops and conferences that attract participants from the UAE, the Arab Gulf states and the region, and supervising training programs and issuing internationally approved certificates, as well as contributing to the translation of Building information modeling standards into Arabic.
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Wam / Asim Al-Khouli
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