Research & Innovation
The openBIM domain for applied research, scientific publications and technology transfer in the construction industry — from the IFC standard to automatically verifiable digital permitting.
The Research domain builds an environment that fosters innovative initiatives, provides specialist technical support for implementing projects with a research component, and centralises, quantifies and disseminates scientifically validated information from the construction sector. It works transversally, together with the association's other domains, and constantly seeks external funding sources for BIMTECH's activities.
Why research in openBIM?
Adopting openBIM in Romania needs a scientific foundation — validated methodologies, replicable evidence and publications that underpin technical and regulatory decisions. The domain turns BIMTECH practice into knowledge: peer-reviewed papers, pilot projects and technology transfer.
Three main directions
Accreditation
- Accreditation as an innovation and technology transfer entity (reNITT) — a technology information centre
Scientific activity
- Scientific papers published in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences
- The BIMCON journal / brochure
- Initiating and supporting pilot projects with a research component
Funding
- Accessing external research and development funds
- Campaign to redirect 3.5% of income tax to the association
Peer-reviewed research, with BIMTECH authors
Members of the domain publish in international journals and conferences, applying the open IFC and IDS standards to concrete cases from the construction industry.
A Study on the Classification of Interactive Artworks in a Museum Gallery using IFC Schema and IDS
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 3071 (2025) 012023 · Computational Civil Engineering 2025 (CCE 2025) · IOP Publishing
An IFC- and IDS-based framework for the digital review and permitting of construction works in Romania
SCIC — Smart Cities International Conference (scrd.eu)
of the information required to check the site plan can be validated automatically through IDS, with the remainder fitting into a semi-automated workflow — a result that underpins a replicable technical model for digital permitting in local government.
The first protocol for digitalising construction permitting through openBIM, signed with a Romanian municipality
Together with the Municipality of Suceava, BIMTECH takes openBIM from a theoretical model into administrative practice: we identify, classify and structure the information from the construction permitting process so that it can be verified digitally. A pilot framework — replicable for any public authority that wants faster, more transparent and more predictable permitting.
openBIM research is a collective effort
Researchers · PhD students · AEC professionals · academia — join the Research domain to publish, test in pilot projects and give openBIM adoption in Romania a scientific foundation.