National BIM Standard™

The NBIMS Committee (the National Building Information Model Standard Project Committee), is a project of the National Institute for Building Sciences (NIBS) buildingSMARTalliance™. Originally chartered in 2005 under the Facility Information Council (FIC) the NBIMS Committee was re-chartered as an Alliance project in 2008 in order to consolidate missions and streamline services. From 1992 to 2008 the FIC mission was to "improve the performance of facilities over their full life-cycle by fostering common and open standards and an integrated life-cycle information model for the A/E/C & FM industry." Although FIC was sunsetted in 2008 its mission continues under the governance of the Alliance. The NBIMS Committee continues this tradition by knitting together the broadest and deepest constituency ever assembled for the purpose of establishing and managing through an Industry consensus process a series of open source National standards and guidance for all aspects of Building Information Modeling. The NBIMS Charter (PDF) spells out the Committee's vision and describes the results NBIMS expects to achieve.

What is BIM? Visit About BIM to read NBIMS' definition and see an example of how open BIM standards should work. Or jump to the FAQ for the most often asked and answered questions.

Who's signing up? Committee is dedicated to bringing together the many organizations already working on pieces of the puzzle rather than trying to reinvent existing capabilities. Charter signatories represent many building life-cycle constituencies as well as most of the related professional associations, consortia, and technical and associated services vendors. Even so, the Committee actively seeks more participation—especially from private owners, A/E/C practitioners, property and facility managers, and real property professionals. Read more on the Committee page.

Know enough already and want to be part of it? Visit the Committee pages where you will find Committee developments and where you can choose how you would like to be involved.