buildingSMART International is a globally recognised body with the primary objective of developing and implementing international standards to address the need for seamless interoperability between the numerous technologies currently used in the construction industry.

The primary benefits of these standards are reduction in costs, delivery time and a positive environmental impact, as well as improving communication, productivity and quality. It enables the building industry to take more and better decisions earlier in the life cycle of a built facility.

Vision
Adoption of buildingSMART as the standard method world-wide for smart, sustainable construction throughout the entire life cycle of a facility.

Mission

buildingSMART's mission is to bring about coordinated change to improve productivity, efficiency and sustainability in the construction and facilities management industry.

It will do this by promoting, adapting and improving open standards for interoperability in the global building and facilities management industry.

buildingSMART services a global network of customers and suppliers who are keen to become more innovative and to work more smartly and sustainably.

Membership
Members are organisations that share the interoperability vision of buildingSMART International and want to contribute towards 'making it happen'. A member organisation can be:

• an architect, engineer or contractor involved in day to day design and construction or facilities management
• a building owner or operator
• a product manufacturer
• a research or academic institution
• a government agency
• a representative body or technical association
• a software vendor

buildingSMART Regional Alliances
buildingSMART International is organised in Regional Alliances (also known as Chapters). Currently, it has Regional Alliances serving Australasia, Benelux, China, the French Speaking countries, the German Speaking countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), the Iberian countries (Spain and Portugal), Italy, Japan, Korea, North America, the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), Singapore, the United Kingdom and Ireland and now, the Middle East and North Africa.