A game-changer for the construction industry
Countries and construction companies in Europe will be able to take substantial leaps towards standards-based management of their data with the launch of a European data dictionary.
Countries and construction companies in Europe will be able to take substantial leaps towards standards-based management of their data with the launch of a European data dictionary.
The Portuguese construction industry has made a big step towards its digital transformation. The GrowingCircle project – an international initiative between Portugal and Norway to set up a digital product catalogue in Portuguese and promote digitalisation – has now evolved into producing a Portuguese national data dictionary.
The governing body of Define has been expanded with Jiří Buneš from the Czech Standardization Agency.
Xbim, a developer of Building Information Modelling (BIM) software services and platforms for the construction sector, has been unveiled as the winner of Define Hackathon event
In November, the technical operator of Define data dictionary, Cobuilder, released a new third version of Define data dictionary Templates API (Application Programming Interface).
On the 8th and 9th of November, Cobuilder hosts the Define hackathon to unite construction software vendors and support them in enabling the free flow of standardised data
Swedish Wood is implementing the data dictionary, Define, to develop a standards-based digital language for describing wood products. The goal is to improve collaboration within the industry as well as to facilitate free information flow across the construction supply chain.
BSI and Cobuilder have signed an agreement to allow access to machine-interpretable standards information for the British and international built environment. The end goal is to help the sector strengthen collaboration and get closer to carbon neutrality.
Data dictionary Define helps organisations meet international standards for data management in the construction industry.