Press Release - Sharing Insights about the Standardization of Digital Twin Technologies

Brussels, 18 March 2021 - StandICT.eu 2023 & BIMprove announce a signature of a MoU. These two European initiatives align with the open innovation approach in the standardization of Digital Twin Technologies.

StandICT.eu 2023 initiative is supported by the European Commission. It reinforces the presence of the European experts in the international ICT standardization by allocating direct funding to 400+ individuals. Also, it launches an online one-stop-shop for professionals dealing with standards, the European Observatory for ICT Standardisation (EUOS). The EUOS gathers an up-to-date standards repository as well as working groups sharing insights about ongoing standardization efforts across different initiatives. StandICT.eu 2023 focuses on horizontal and vertical ICT fields as defined in the Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation[1], two specific fields being Digital Twins and Industry 4.0.

BIMprove harnesses the power of cutting-edge Digital Twin Technology to lead construction sites into the Industry 4.0 revolution. To ensure comparability, compatibility or interoperability with what is already on the market BIMprove builds on existing standards. Therefore, it performed a thorough analysis of the current standardization landscape identifying relevant standardization committees including published formal standards, and those under development, thus the current state-of-the-art, in the field of BIM and Digital Twins on European and international level. To meet partners’ and market needs BIMprove foresees to contribute to future standard-setting activities. Be it by contribution to standards under development, by initiation of new standards or by development of new specifications. Such reference documents represent the new state-of-the-art for use by industry and procurers simultaneously building confidence among users and consumers.

The MoU can consolidate even further this commitment.

Quote from BIMprove partner: 

“Driving digital twin technology and digitization in construction and building management is challenging, exciting, but also feasible with Open BIM! For this to succeed we need to speak the same language - and that is standards. The cooperation between BIMprove and StandICT is an important milestone to drive and develop this unified language”  said Stefanie Müller, Project Manager at DIN, the German Institute for Standardization, a key partner in the BIMprove team.