buildingSMART alliance™ Announces First Board of Direction
October 9, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE USE
For information: Bob Miller 202-289-7800
202-631-7124 rmiller@nibs.org
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The buildingSMART alliance™, the public-private council coordinating funding and technical support for advanced information technology throughout the building and capital facilities industry, today announced the membership of its first Board of Direction. FM Global assistant vice president Thomas Gay chairs the oversight and guidance board, slated to hold its first meeting December 8, 2008 in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the Ecobuild/AEC-ST Fall conference.
Created in 2007, the Alliance is a council of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), the non-governmental, congressionally authorized organization charged with advancing building processes, technologies, and resources in the public interest.
"For the past year and a half, an interim board of direction has ably developed the framework and operating procedures for the buildingSMART alliance," said Mr. Gay. "I particularly thank Jose Teran for his energy and dedication as head of the task force that recommended establishing the Alliance at NIBS."
Mr. Gay continued, "We were happy to register our 200th member last month; under our new Board, we look forward to energizing the advancement of open standards and interoperability in the building industry."
The new Board of Direction comprises one representative appointed by each of the NIBS Councils, Committees and Programs participating in the Alliance; one representative elected by the Alliance membership from each sector of the industry as defined in the NIBS enabling legislation; and representatives from the Alliance sponsoring organizations.
For information on the buildingSMART alliance see www.buildingsmartalliance.org or contact executive director Dana K. "Deke" Smith at (202) 289-7800.
buildingSMART alliance Board of Direction
Officers
Tom Gay, FM Global, Chair
David Conover, International Code Council, Vice Chair
John Cross, American Institute of Steel Construction, Secretary
David Hammond, U.S. Coast Guard, Treasurer
Members
Paul Adams, Earth and Sky Architecture
Markku Allison, AIA
Jim Bedrick, Webcor Builders
Dace Campbell, BN Builders
Hector Camps, PHI Cubed, Inc.
Phillip Cousins, Sofi Executive Systems LLC
James Dalton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dianne Davis, AEC Infosystems
Kristine Fallon, Kristine Fallon Associates
Sean Flaherty, Nemetschek NA
Scott Frank, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Roger Grant, Construction Specifications Institute
Hyde Griffith, Broaddus & Associates
Stephen Hagan, U.S. General Services Administration
Gordon Holness, ASHRAE
Steve Jones, McGraw-Hill Construction
David Jordani, Jordani Consulting Group
David Lukens, Associated General Contractors of America
Patrick MacLeamy, Hellmuth, Obata, Kassenbaum
David Morris, EMCOR Group
Bill Napier, Division of State Facilities, State of Wisconsin
Kimon Onuma, Onuma Inc.
Renee Tietjen, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
James Watson, MacTech
Brad Workman, Bentley Systems
Executive Director
Dana K. "Deke" Smith
(202) 289-7800 x142 cell (703) 909-9670 direct (703) 481-9573
