# Presentation: 373049

## International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI)

- Francois Grobler

- Francois Grobler

## Goals for this presentation

- Quick overview of IAI,
- Current Status
- NA
- International
- Challenges
- Upcoming Events

## International Alliance for Interoperability

- A non-profit, public-private sector partnership
- Begun in 1995 to address dynamic information exchange
- among members of the A•E•C+ FM community

- Creating frameworks & standards for the
- exchange of data among software used
-  by AEC project participants =
***INTEROPERABILITY***
-   Enter/grab data once
-   Reduce cost, time and errors
-   Increase productivity
-   Share information on life-cycle basis

## IAI Mission

- Enable interoperability among work processes of  AEC+FM professions  -- worldwide.
- By enabling all participants’ computer applications to share and exchange project information.
*Scope:* Entire project life cycle  --  strategic planning, design and engineering, construction, to building operation.
*Goal:* Develop specifications for sharing data throughout the project life cycle, globally, across disciplines and technical applications.
*The Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs)*
*aecXML schemas*

## IAI Milestones

- 600+ members (companies, organizations) in ~20 countries
- 9 International Chapter
- Support for IFC
- Governmental, large owners
- Software Vendors
- ~14 Companies demonstrated interoperability (Melbourne, Feb), 9 at AEC systems (June)
- IFC Releases 1.0, 1.5, 1.5.1, 2.0,
- Public review: R2.x model at: www.iai.org.uk under 'Documentation'

## North American Chapter

- 105+ member companies and organizations
- 7 Domain Committees
- Board of Directors -- 26 members
- Executive Director: Rich Geissler
- Tech. Coordinator: Francois Grobler
- FTP: iaiweb.lbl.gov
- Public IFC model: www.iai.org.uk
- Web: iaiweb.lbl.gov/, www.aecxml.org
- Sample domain: iaiweb.lbl.gov/Chapters/North_America/engPR.htm
- Threaded discussion groups:
- http://www.bricsnet.com/
- ProjectNet: http://www.cephren.com/

## North American Chapter

- Board of Directors
- Accela, Incorporated			Ho Wing Sit
- AIA					Norman Koonce
- Bentley Systems, Incorporated	Brad Workman
- Bidcom				Larry Chen
- Bovis Lend Lease			Robert M. Webb
- Bricsnet				Eric DeKeyser
- Buzzsaw.com, Incorporated		Carl Bass
- Carrier Corporation / UTC		Lawrence R. Schaefer
- Cephren, (Blueline Online & eBricks)	Ian Howell
- Civil Engineering Research Found.	Harvey Bernstein
- Construction Market Data Group	Calvin S. Oren
- Construction Specifications Institute	Keith Guthrie

## 
Design-Build Inst. Of America	Jeffrey Beard
Gensler				Russell “RK” Stewart
Global Design Alliance		Laurin McCracken, AIA
Hellmuth, Obata +Kassabaum, Inc.	Patrick MacLeamy, AIA
Jaros, Baum & Bolles		Scott E. Frank, P.E.
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab	Stephen E. Selkowitz
McGraw-Hill CIG			Norbert W. Young, Jr., AIA
Microsoft (Visio Division)		Richard See
Parsons Corp			John Thomas
Revit Techn.				Dave Lemont
Syska & Hennessy			John F. Hennessey, III, P.E.
The Beck Group			Bradley Phillips
Timberline Software			Curtis Peltz
Autodesk, Incorporated		(To be named)

- Design-Build Inst. Of America	Jeffrey Beard
- Gensler				Russell “RK” Stewart
- Global Design Alliance		Laurin McCracken, AIA
- Hellmuth, Obata +Kassabaum, Inc.	Patrick MacLeamy, AIA
- Jaros, Baum & Bolles		Scott E. Frank, P.E.
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab	Stephen E. Selkowitz
- McGraw-Hill CIG			Norbert W. Young, Jr., AIA
- Microsoft (Visio Division)		Richard See
- Parsons Corp			John Thomas
- Revit Techn.				Dave Lemont
- Syska & Hennessy			John F. Hennessey, III, P.E.
- The Beck Group			Bradley Phillips
- Timberline Software			Curtis Peltz
- Autodesk, Incorporated		(To be named)

## What is an IFC

**What is an IFC**

- INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES
- IAI’s way of specifying “things” occuring  in a built environment .......standard, object-oriented,
- 	data structures to assemble shared building project models

- - Tangible items like doors, windows, fans, ceilings, actors etc.
-    - Abstract concepts like schedule activity, space, organization, etc..

## Communication between Apps

- Application
- A

- Application
- B

- EXPRESS-
- transfer file

- IFC
- Object
- library

**Communication between Apps**

## IAI-NA Technical

**aecXML Domain -- Keith Bentley, Duane Barrett **
**Architecture Domain -- Todd Steighner**
**Building Services Domain -- Robert Hitchcock**
**Codes and Standards Domain -- Krishnan Gowri**
**Facilities Management Domain -- David Horner**
**Libraries Domain -- Gary L. Beimers**
**Project Management Domain -- François Grobler**

## IAI-NA Technical

**NA IFC coverage -- Uniformat**
**NA IFC coverage -- By life-cycle process ****	****	****   ****	****	**** and project participant**
**Current NA projects**
**International Project Status**

## XML Steering Group

- Vlado Bazjanac
- Jean-Claude Haiat
- Patrick Houbaux
- Ian Howell
- Janos Maros
- (Duane Barrett)
- (Asian member)

- John Mitchell
- Peter Muigg
- Rasso Steinmann
- Takayori Takamoto
- Jeffrey Wix
- Brian Zelly
- Francois Grobler (chair)

## XSG

- Mission
- Coordinate XML developments for AEC+FM and promote compatibility with IFC data model
- Action Items
- Organize European Coordination meeting
- Organize Australasian Coordination meeting
- Determine if XML Domain is needed

## What is aecXML?

**What is aecXML?**

- A set of AEC+FM-specific (sub) XML schemas to facilitate e-Business
- A framework/organization to reduce overlapping work
- An identifiable repository for others to find aecXML schemas

## aecXML Domain

**aecXML Domain**

-  Website: www.aecxml.org
-  News groups -- majordomo
-  aecXML organized as IAI Domain
-  7 Working Groups
-  Domain Coordination Committee
-  w3c process
-  Microsoft Biztalk
-  Version 1.0 late 2000

## aecXML Domain WGs

**aecXML Domain WGs**

- Domain Chair -- Keith Bentley (CEO, Bentley)
- Catalog -- Ari Gordon-Schlosberg (HeavyWare)
- Construction Project Management -- Larry Chen (Bidcom)
- Design/Specification/Scheduling/Cost -- Tom Chmielenski (Bentley Systems)
- Facilities Management, Operations and Maintenance -- Dr. Mehdi Khalvati (VISCOMM)
- Procurement -- John Twigg (Twigg Consulting)
- Plant -- Pat Cichanski (InStep)
- Project News -- Mr. Novak (McGraw-Hill)

## IFC & aecXML compliment

**IFC & aecXML compliment**

- IFC
- Model
- Exchange

- Processes

- Product Model

- Model Exchange

- Model Interface

- Vendor A
- Implementation

- Vendor C
- Implementation

- Vendor B
- Implementation

- aecXML

- aecXML

- aecXML

**Catalogs, B2B**
**eCommerce**

**Software**

**IFC Definition**

## IFC & aecXML Data Models

**IFC & aecXML Data Models**

- aecXML

- IFC

- ebXML

- Rosetta
- Net

- UCC

- AEC Data
- Universe

## Challenges

**aecXML/IFC coordination in NA **
**IFC/XML coordination worldwide**
**Business and technical road map**
**Potential proliferation of IFC and XML variants **
**NA BOD initiative to implement self funded projects**
**Increase technical involvement**
**Prepare for educating the changed paradigm**
**Improve harmony in IAI**
**Issues to resolve**
**Naming of R2.x**
**Facilitated Certification**

## Major Upcoming Events

- Atlanta, Georgia
- 	IMPLEMENTERS WORKSHOP -- Monday - June 19, 2000
- 	INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT – June 20-21, 2000
- 	IAI NA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING -- Thursday - June 22, 2000
- 	IAI aecXML MID-YEAR WORKING MEETING -- Friday - June 23, 2000
-     	(In conjunction with CSI Convention)
- e-CONSTRUCTION & CONTRACTING CONFERENCE -- August 1-2, 2000
- 	Chicago, Illinois 60610
*//TENTATIVE//* INDUSTRY FORUM
- 	*Date and Location to be determined - Late August** *

## Major Upcoming Events

- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS (AGC) MID-YEAR MEETING
- 	Thursday - September 21, 2000
- 	IAI Rich Geissler and François Grobler to make technical presentation to
- 	AGC Technical Committee and others in Philadelphia
- San Francisco, California –October 2000
- 	 IAI BOARD OF DIRECTORS --  October 11, 2000
- 	DOMAIN SUMMIT -- October 11, 2000
- 	IAI INDUSTRY DAY --  October 12, 2000
- 	aecXML FALL WORKING MEETING -- October 13, 2000
- Washington, D.C
- 	IAI NA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING &
- 	IAI BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING -- March 15, 2001
- 	DOMAIN SUMMIT -- March 15-16, 2001