Abstract
Finland has been one of leading countries in the research and
development of building product models since late 1980s. In 1996 Finland joint
the activities in International Alliance for Interoperability to develop an
international standard, IFC, for Building Information Models. In 1997 Finland
started a large national technology programme, Vera – Information Networking
in the Construction Process 1997-2002, which aimed to the implementation and
deployment of these technologies in the Finnish Real Estate and Construction
Cluster. This paper presents briefly the main results of the Vera Programme
and the major activities in Finland after the Vera Programme. The conclusion
part discusses about the main reasons of the success in the implementation and
deployment of BIM in Finland and in the end also the main problems and
challenges in the future.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Clients Driving Construction Innovation; Moving Ideas into Practice |
| Editors | Kelly A. Brown, Keith D. Hampson, Peter S. Brandon |
| Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
| Pages | 15-23 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
| MoE publication type | D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material |
| Event | Gold Coast, Australia 12-14.3.2006 - Duration: 1 Jan 2006 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Gold Coast, Australia 12-14.3.2006 |
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| Period | 1/01/06 → … |
Keywords
- BIM
- Building Product Models
- IFC
- Interoperability