International Awards Program 2019

The International Awards Program team introduced a finalists qualification in 2019 to help bring more openBIM projects to life. This was done to ensure projects could provide more information about their projects to add further competition to the award program. This meant three finalists per category. This added information assisted providing jurors more opportunity to call out special distinction awards to deserving projects. Below you will see the full list of finalists and and their project videos. Here are the 2019 Award Finalists

Finalists for the category of Design
In alphabetical order

China Railway Design Corporation

Project Name: Jingxiong High Speed Railway
Objectives: China Railways Design Corporation needed to develop a fully integrated process for the design, construction and operations and maintenance of this critical Jingxiong High Speed Railway project that connected some major areas and buildings along this complex corridor. 
Award Category: Design
Year: 2019

Finalist

DBM Vircon (formerly PDC Engineering)

Project Name: Queen's Wharf Brisbane
Objectives: This $3.6 Billion dollar apartment project aimed to bring together many different organizations and files into a unified methodology with openBIM at the core. An integrated model was developed to ensure all phases of the project could be managed against the requirements set by the owner. 
Award Category: Design
Year: 2019

Winner

DEUBIM GmbH

Project Name: FMZ Leinefelde
Objectives: This construction project for a retail park aimed to bring together use cases and BIM implentation goals such as optimized comprehension of design, Consistent Planning, Optimization of Coordination, Quantity and Mass Reliability and much more. The result was the creation of BIM models by BIM experts, a coordination model and authorizing and versioning models.
Award Category: Design
Year: 2019

Finalist

Finalists for the category of Construction
In alphabetical order

ICOS Group, BYLOR Group and EDVANCE Group

Project Name: Hinkley Point C EPR
Objectives: This very large project used IFC as fully integrated contractual deliverables with BIM at the core of collaboration. This method enabled improved workflows across different groups and organizations and ensured digital continuity throughout the project. As a result, automatic checking of concrete and rebar significantly improved productivity and reduced errors on site.
Award Category: Construction
Year: 2019

Winner

MT Højgaard and The Technical University of Denmark

Project Name: DTU Building 310
Objectives: This EURO 36 million project was a research facility at the University of Denmark. This 10,000 square meter project brought together multiple project participants using industry standards for collaboration. By adopting transparent 3D models for coordination, error checking and visualization, team members were able to streamline designs and ensure effective delivery for smooth handover to the operator. 
Award Category: Construction
Year: 2019

Finalist

VINCI Construction France

Project Name: CCA Brest Hospital
Objectives: This construction project used a variety of industry standards in the construction of Brest Hospital in France. With the help of BIM Collaboration Format (BCF), the teams were able to better coordinate on designs when used in construction, reducing errors and waste in the process. 
Award Category: Construction
Year: 2019

Finalist

Finalists for the category of Operations and Maintenance
In alphabetical order

BEXEL Consulting

Project Name: West 65
Objectives: This commercial and residential project was split over two phases and benefited from the owner recognizing the value of BIM from the start of the project. The owner gained real value and saw significant efficiency savings as a result of good data being passed through the various phases. BEXEL Consulting's 4D simulation capabilities helped to ensure the project was successfully delivered and handed over.
Award Category: Operations and Maintenance
Year: 2019

Finalist

Copenhagen Airport

Project Name: Automated Quality Control
Objectives: Copenhagen Airport mandated the use of IFC and BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) to ensure they could detect issues early and have complete control of their data and processes. By transforming their demands into rules, the Airport was able to save 4x the investment committed. Their open source approach meant they could invite contributing partners into the process at a later point providing a more integrated method of working.
Award Category: Operations and Maintenance
Year: 2019

Winner

Finalists for the category of Professional Research
In alphabetical order

ACCA Software

Project Name: Structural E-Permit
Objectives: This openBIM driven project used a variety of standards from buildingSMART to rearrange and align data for structural designs from the national E-permit service in Italy. This research project took a variety of case studies and developed open working solutions from data that had been made more accessible. The teams cited the flexibility and openness of IFC and other standards as the driving factor behind this project.
Award Category: Professional Research
Year: 2019

Winner

National University of Singapore

Project Name: IFC2CityGML
Objectives: This automatic mapping project took semantically rich CityGML models and IFC-BIM models  across a variety of different use cases. By working with multiple parties, the National University of Singapore was able to take multiple sets of data, such as IFC geometry, and CityGML LOD data, along with native BIM authoring tools to ensure enriched models could be produced. By working with IFC4, the team was able to develop building and infrastructure data for a greater view on the 3D models. 
Award Category: Professional Research
Year: 2019

Finalist

Singular AG

Project Name: Singular Model Checker

Objectives: The Singular Model Checker is a web-based application that allows single click drag and drop for BIM data for users to check the quality of the data. The aim of the checker is to ensure 100% model quality and means users of the data and the web service can maximise the quality of their data.
Award Category: Professional Research
Year: 2019

Finalist

Finalists for the category of Student Research
In alphabetical order

The Technical University of Munich

Project Name: Multi-LOD Requirements Manager
Objectives: This student research project looked at the early benefits of BIM for managing different Levels of Detail (LOD), design collaboration, energy analysis and other use cases. This project in particular looked at the Multi-LOD requirements and meta-models to ensure data could be mapped against the data in IFC. 
Award Category: Student Research
Year: 2019

Winner