One Ontario partners with the Toronto BIM Community (tBIMc) in new Streamlined Data and Information Exchange Collaboration
TORONTO, Ontario, September 8th, 2020
AECO Innovation Lab is proud to announce that the Toronto BIM Community (tBIMc) has joined the One Ontario Program.
The AECO One Ontario - tBIMc Partnership will drive research into a BIM enabled Development Approval and Permitting Process - generating improved levels of productivity for all stakeholders.
tBIMc’s mandate is to promote the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) from design to operations and for all stakeholders involved in the AECOO industry. To help solve the challenges of BIM Implementation and encourage its use to bring value to the process through the increased centralization and standardization information.
One Ontario is a new, collaborative Research and Development Initiative, engaging all levels of government, architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) companies, software providers and academics - to create innovative data exchange guidelines to harmonize the municipal development approval process. The resulting communications protocols will dramatically decrease permit application times, improve enforcement and reduce burden costs to every municipality.
“Toronto BIM Community (tBIMc) has a strong and growing membership of more than 700 professionals within the AEC sector in Ontario, many of whom interact with Ontario municipalities on regular basis as permit applicants or stakeholders. Active involvement of tBIMc and its membership is critical in future proofing One Ontario by enabling us to incorporate the capabilities of BIM for municipal operations. Through representation of the architects, designers, and engineers who often drive the development applications, tBIMc provides an invaluable applicant perspective to the One Ontario initiative”. Says Arash Shahi, CEO of AECO Innovation Lab.
Claudia Cozzitorto, Executive Director of tBIMc states, “The One Ontario initiative is of great importance to solidify the implementation of BIM within the AEC industry and municipal governments, it will bring opportunities and value to the development application and permitting process beginning with automated code compliance check but will go far beyond that in the future. The process and data standardization will be of great value to the AEC by bringing continuity across projects within Ontario, without it there will inevitably be an individualistic approach that will result in more time and money. The collaboration of standardized data is the foundation of which many opportunities can follow.”
One Ontario Stakeholder Benefits
Municipalities – Improve efficiencies, Reduce Costs, Enhance Application Quality
AEC Industries – Speed Development Review, Increase Certainty, Enhance Productivity
Provincial Government – Reduce Barriers, Better Informed Policy, Spur Job Creation
Software Companies – Realize Client Needs, Lower R&D Costs, Improve Product Adoption
About tBIMc
tBIMc is a local community in the Greater Toronto Area with membership in all sectors of the AECOO industry serving to connect and elevate the use implementation of BIM process and technology. The tBIMc is an affiliate of buildingSMART Canada and complements the efforts of Canada BIM Council and other bSC affiliates in Canada. To learn more visit – www.tBIMc.ca
About One Ontario
One Ontario is a collaborative program established by AECO Innovation Lab - whose aim is to establish a set of Provincial Guidelines for Data and Information Exchange during the Development Approval Process. This framework will be aligned with regulatory requirements set by the province and will be driven by technological tools and advancements within the AEC industries - including web-based GIS applications, BIM tools, and automated code compliance checking algorithms.
About AECO Innovation Lab
AECO Research and Development unites business expertise, research talent and financial resources to build innovative standards and technology driving digital transformation across all AEC industries and government. AECO Start-Up Studio and Consulting Services strive to transform the best ideas into disruptive technology solutions applicable across the entire AEC value chain. To learn more visit – www.aecoinnovationlab.com
