<s>
buildingSMART	B-Application
,	O
formerly	O
the	O
International	O
Alliance	O
for	O
Interoperability	O
(	O
IAI	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
international	O
organisation	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
information	O
between	O
software	O
applications	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
construction	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
developed	O
Industry	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Classes	I-Application
(	O
IFCs	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
neutral	O
and	O
open	O
specification	O
for	O
Building	B-Architecture
Information	I-Architecture
Models	I-Architecture
(	O
BIM	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
founding	O
members	O
were	O
AT&T	O
;	O
Archibus	B-Application
;	O
Carrier	O
Corporation	O
;	O
Hellmuth	O
,	O
Obata	O
&	O
Kassabaum	O
(	O
HOK	O
)	O
;	O
Honeywell	O
;	O
Jaros	O
,	O
Baum	O
&	O
Bolles	O
(	O
JB&B	O
)	O
;	O
Lawrence	O
Berkeley	O
Laboratory	O
;	O
Primavera	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
;	O
Softdesk	O
;	O
Timberline	O
Software	O
Corp	O
;	O
and	O
Tishman	O
Research	O
Corp	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
Tishman	O
Realty	O
&	O
Construction	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
partly	O
because	O
its	O
members	O
felt	O
the	O
IAI	O
name	O
was	O
too	O
long	O
and	O
complex	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
understand	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
buildingSMART	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BuildingSMART	B-Application
says	O
it	O
develops	O
and	O
maintains	O
international	O
standards	O
for	O
openBIM	O
,	O
combining	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
buildingSMART	B-Application
also	O
maintains	O
the	O
BIM	B-Application
Collaboration	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
BCF	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
structured	O
file	O
format	O
used	O
for	O
issue	O
tracking	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
building	B-Architecture
information	I-Architecture
models	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
BuildingSMART	B-Application
has	O
several	O
chapters	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
