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 October
7 2003 – The International Alliance for Interoperability
(IAI) Certification Workshop was jointly hosted by novaCITYNETS
and the Singapore chapter of the IAI. The objective is to conduct
certification of compliance of AEC Applications Product compliant
to the Code Checking View specifications.
Participants from all over the world included such as Graphisoft
(Hungary), GEM Team Solutions (Germany), EPM Technology (Norway).
Besides the certification of software products, the event also
provided opportunity for participants to promote quality IFC implementations
and to provide an opportunity for end-users to witness IFC implementations
in a consistent way through demonstrations by widely adopted AEC
products.
| IAI is an alliance of organizations within the Construction
and Facilities Management industries dedicated to improving
processes within the industry through defining the use and
sharing of information. Organizations within the alliance include
architects, engineers, contractors, building owners, facility
managers, manufacturers, software vendors, information providers,
government agencies, research laboratories, universities and
more.
IAI’s mission
is to integrate the AEC/FM industry by specifying Industry
Foundation Classes
(IFC) as a universal
language to improve the communication, productivity, delivery
time, cost, and quality throughout the design, construction,
operation and maintenance life cycle of buildings.
For information about IAI, please refer to www.iai-international.org |
IFC Compliance Certifications
are currently divided into 2 categories: “Co-ordination View” and “Code
Checking View”. Each category has 2-levels of certification,
to signify the depth of IFC information used in implementation.
 FORNAX™,
Nova’s flagship product for
Plan Checking was certified for both levels in Co-ordination
View.
Success Story
FORNAX™ is an electronic plan checking software that
automates the process of checking and approving building
plans for compliance with building regulations, codes of
practice and planning guidelines. The software is developed
to enable users to save time and cost in the compliance checking
process.
This product was implemented in Singapore’s Ministry
of National Development under the CORENET initiative to
re-engineer the business processes of the construction
industry. The CORENET project was driven by the Building & Construction
Authority (BCA) in collaboration with other public and
private organizations. Specifically, FORNAX™ is employed
in the IBP/IBS project (Integrated Building Plan / Integrated
Building Services Submission), which supports plan checking
of submitted building plans. The IBP/IBS project implements
an IFC2x compliant data server for plan submission. |
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