Thanks to the widespread adoption of BIM, the construction industry has made significant strides towards addressing productivity, sustainability, and cost challenges. However, amidst this positive momentum, data fragmentation stands as a major roadblock to progress.
The IFC framework has reduced this fragmentation with open standards that support data interoperability. But since the schema didn’t specifically include infrastructure assets, it required some manual effort and customisation on the part of BIM managers, which can undermine the goal of standardisation.
With the introduction of IFC 4.3, the sprawling group of players involved in transportation projects can finally share a common data language throughout the entire asset lifecycle.
