1. open BIM in Denmark Jan Karlshøj, Chairman of buildingSMART Nordic
Building Room Leader, buildingSMART International
Head of section, Building Design, Technical University of Denmark
Partner in Gravicon DK aps

2. BuildingSMART DK: Past
buildingSMART DK was established as a part of the Nordic Chapter in 1996
Initiated in a dialogue with a large Danish end-user organisation ibb
The Digital Construction
a development project 8 million € (EU/public/private)
made IFC mandatory in 2007 in state construction project with a total cost greater than EUR 5 million
as the first country in the world
buildingSMART DK became in 2008 a part of bips
a non-profit organisation with more than 600 members
BCF, IDM, and IFC are included in bips’ guidelines and recommendation that are widely used in the industry
IDM has successfully been used by state clients since 2010 in architectural competitions
IFC has since 2013 been mandatory in all public and social housing construction and retrofitting projects (different thresholds)
The total amount invested in development projects in Denmark is about EUR 17.5 million.
open BIM in Denmark, Jan Karlshøj

3. BuildingSMART DK: Present
In the infrastructure area, a joint initiative has been created as Digital Infra
Banedanmark (Rail)
Dansk anlægsentreprenører (Danish infrastructure contractors a part of Dansk Byggeri)
the tunnel across the Fehmarn belt
FRI (the Danish Association of Consulting Engineers)
Danish Road Directorate
open BIM in Denmark, Jan Karlshøj

4. BuildingSMART DK: Present
Several IDMs have been developed as part of EU support development project by bips (hosting buildingSMART DK) in 2015
Research project documented savings on open BIM
Good awareness on IFC in Denmark (2014) released in 2016 and accepted
open BIM in Denmark, Jan Karlshøj

5. BuildingSMART DK: Present
The Danish contractor MT Hojgaard and architectural company Juul | Frost won awards in buildingSMART International “Heroes of interoperability competition”
Samples of state projects
The public sector and the government mainly see themselves are initiators of the foundation for the use of BIM, whereas the daily operation and maintenance of BIM have to be done by the industry itself, e.g. via professional associations.
open BIM in Denmark, Jan Karlshøj