IAI UK
IAI is an alliance of organizations within the construction and facilities
management industries dedicated to improving processes within the industry
through defining the use and sharing of information. Organizations within
the alliance include architects, engineers, contractors, building owners,
facility managers, manufacturers, software vendors, information providers,
government agencies, research laboratories, universities and more.
The IAI UK Chapter brings together organisations within Britain and Ireland
who share the vision of improving industry processes through the use of
information sharing. Visions from the Latham and Egan reports developed
within the UK are key drivers in setting the goals and objectives of the
IAI globally and IAI UK are active in the international IAI movement in
their achievement.
IAI Chapters
Organizations within the alliance are members of regional Chapters. Currently,
IAI has Chapters serving Australasia, France, the German Speaking countries,
Japan, Korea, North America, the Nordic countries, Singapore and the United
Kingdom.
Implementation
Many software vendors are working to bring the IAI vision to reality by
developing IFC compliant applications.
Projects
IAI members are working on projects to extend the range of information that
can be shared within the construction and facilities management industries.
Technical Documents
IAI has created a number of documents that can be used as references in
understanding the IFC model and its development. Documents include the IFC
specifications (current version is IFC 2x), Specification Development Guide,
Model Extension Guide, Model Integration Guide, Readers Guides to the technologies
used in process and information model development, ifcXML Guide to the expression
of the IFC model as an XML schema definition (XSD)