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OGC and Institute Sign Updated MOU

buildingSMART alliance Executive Director Dana K. “Deke” Smith, FAIA, (center) observes as Institute President Henry L. Green, Hon. AIA, (left) and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) President and CEO Mark Reichart sign an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the organizations. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international industry consortium of 429 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface standards. OGC led the Architecture, Engineering Construction, Owner and Operator (AECOO) Testbed project and is an active participant in the development of the National Building Information Modeling Standard-United StatesTM.