{"id":32682,"date":"2025-09-24T08:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/?p=32682"},"modified":"2025-10-01T09:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:37:18","slug":"ifc-5-core-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/ifc-5-core-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"IFC 5 Core Consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><b>Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/w9xsl0rdtbe35uyho9k7y1extfh5k7gc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome report: <a href=\"https:\/\/app.box.com\/folder\/339601727237?s=qjbiolq5np6b49fgxezfhpgk6kvxq9k8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Standards Committee Executive (SCE) has reviewed the results of the\u00a0<b>IFC 5 Core Draft Project Plan<\/b>\u00a0consultation.<\/p>\n<p>A total of<b>\u00a0<\/b>60 responses were received from the\u00a0<b>Standards Committee<\/b>, the highest return to date. After applying weighting (full Chapters and strategic members counting as two votes), the outcome was\u00a0<b>44 in favour and 22 against<\/b>\u00a0(46 in favour and 22 against, including late responses). This equates to approximately\u00a0<b>67% support<\/b>, exceeding the 65% threshold typically required for progression. While this was a consultation rather than a formal vote, the result provides a clear indication of support.<\/p>\n<p><b>Key feedback included:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Some respondents were strongly supportive, calling for rapid progression.<\/li>\n<li>Others supported the proposal but requested a more cautious approach, with refinements suggested.<\/li>\n<li>A minority opposed the plan, questioning its alignment with the current buildingSMART portfolio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, a joint letter was submitted by nine national Chapters (Germany, Denmark, Norway, UK &amp; Ireland, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, France, and Japan). While some of these Chapters had voted &#8220;Yes,&#8221; the letter highlighted concerns around finance, governance, technical clarity, and process transparency.<\/p>\n<p>The consultation was considered successful in surfacing key issues, misunderstandings, and governance questions early in the process.<\/p>\n<b>SCE conclusions:<\/b><br \/>\nThe SCE agreed that the consultation provided a sufficient mandate for the IFC5 Core Working Group to proceed with preparing a\u00a0<b>Final Project Plan<\/b>\u00a0that:\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Incorporates the requested clarifications.<\/li>\n<li>Explicitly addresses governance, ISO collaboration, openness, funding, and resource commitments.<\/li>\n<li>Responds directly to both the Chapters letter and the full set of consultation comments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The SCE required that the issues raised shall be addressed transparently. It also authorised sharing the consultation results, including the Chapters&#8217; letter, on which the SCE remains neutral.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report: Link Outcome report: Link The Standards Committee Executive (SCE) has reviewed the results of the\u00a0IFC 5 Core Draft Project Plan\u00a0consultation. A total of\u00a060 responses were received from the\u00a0Standards Committee,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[133],"class_list":["post-32682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-rooms","tag-consultation"],"wpsp_post_type":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}