SierraSoft BIM Labs includes the set of SierraSoft activities concerning study, research, development and partnership that have the purpose of analyzing and studying BIM and its evolutions.

SierraSoft BIM Labs activities include participation in national and international working groups, collaborations with academic institutions, and with companies and firms working in the field of BIM for infrastructure.

The purpose of these activities is to develop and share culture regarding BIM for infrastructure.

Some of the main study, research and development activities:

Optimizing BIM Infrastructure Design with the Integration of IDS and bSDD

SierraSoft Srl and LIM. lab - University of Padova

The primary goal of this project was to integrate the IDS (Information Delivery Specification) standard and buildingSmart's bSDD (buildingSMART Data Dictionary) service into a dedicated workflow aimed at enhancing and optimizing BIM and openBIM design for linear infrastructures, such as roads and railways. Les résultats du projet ont été présentés le 30 janvier 2024 à infraBIM Open 2024 - Lyon - France. 2023-2024

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IFC Airport bSItalia

buildingSMART Italy-iBIMi

Participation au groupe de travail IFC Airport bSItalia. 2023 - En cours

Applying IFC 4.3 for Rail Project

buildingSMART International

SierraSoft a participé au bSI Rail Test Case BC001 et a produit tous les modèles nécessaires. 2023 - 2023

Road design with information modeling adopting IFC 4x3

SierraSoft Srl and Politecnica Ingegneria ed Architettura

The aim of the project was to identify a road design method in openBIM that ensures that the benefits of BIM are achieved early in the design phase: High quality of information models, better collaboration, optimization of costs and resources, improved design quality and continuous flow of the BIM process. Les résultats du projet ont été présentés le 1er février 2023 à infraBIM Open 2023 - Tampere - Finlande 2021 - 2023

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SierraSoft infraBIM Project Phase 3

SierraSoft Srl

Research and development activities for the development of software technology for the information modeling and the information exchange for the infrastructure and topography sector. 2021 - 2022

IFC Road Italia

buildingSMART Italy-iBIMi

Participation in the working group which has the general objective of verifying the IFC4.3 operating standard for its use during the life cycle of the road work (design, verification and validation, construction, maintenance). SierraSoft Srl is sponsor of the activities of the IFC Road Italia working group 2021 - 2022

Go to the workgroup page “IFC Road Italia” of buildingSMART Italy-iBIMi >

openBIM for Rail

buildingSMART Italy-iBIMi

Discussion table between all the players in the railway sector, including the RFI stakeholder, around the topics of openBIM, IFC and their application in the sector. 2021 - 2021

Go to the workgroup page “openBIM for Rail” of buildingSMART Italy-iBIMi >

Studio dello standard IFC 4.3 RC1

UniPD – SierraSoft Srl

Collaboration for the study of the IFC 4.3 RC1 standard, its declination and harmonization in the information exchange in the SierraSoft Roads software 2021 - 2021

SierraSoft infraBIM Project Phase 2

SierraSoft Srl

Research and development activities for the development of software technology for the information modeling and the information exchange for the infrastructure and topography sector. 2020 - 2021

IFC 4.3 IFC Infrastructure Deployments (Software-Vendors)

buildingSMART International

Participation in the working group that has the purpose of carrying out the tests on the software and managing the implementation in order to guarantee the final standard. 2020 - 2021

IFC Road Expert Panel. Prototypical Implementation

buildingSMART International

Participation in the working group with the aim of prototypically implementing the various concepts within the conceptual model already during its development phases and to provide feedback throughout the process. 2019 - 2020

SierraSoft infraBIM Project Phase 1

SierraSoft Srl

Research and development activities for the development of software technology for the information modeling and the information exchange for the infrastructure and topography sector. 2019 - 2019