(Digital Twin Consortium: Boston) -- The Digital Twin Consortium announced a liaison agreement with the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) to advance the use of digital twins in the building industry.

“We are excited about working with NIBS on leveraging digital twins to extend building information management systems (BIMs) capabilities,” says Dan Isaacs, Digital Twin Consortium CTO. “Through our collaboration, we will influence standards and processes to advance the use of digital twins in building industries.”

Established by Congress in 1974, NIBS convenes experts from throughout the building industry, architecture, design, construction, and government.

“The construction industry has been a leader in implementing building information modeling to support activities in delivering projects, and NIBS supports this effort by developing BIM standards and guidelines at the national level,” says Stephen T. Ayers, NIBS FAIA and interim CEO. “This agreement with the Digital Twin Consortium comes at a critical point for the built environment.”

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