Laying the Foundation for BIM Interoperability

Delivering on the promise of BIM requires a foundation—a comprehensive framework of open information and communication technology (ICT) standards—that will support improved information exchange within the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) domain and between the AEC domain and neighboring domains such as emergency management, real estate, energy, finance and law.The principles involved in building a comprehensive framework of ICT standards to serve a diverse set of needs are well understood and there is a growing body of “lessons learned” and good practices that can be applied.