Education & Capability Development
buildingSMART PCERT Foundation openBIM®
Part of the buildingSMART Professional Certification (PCERT) program.
SBI is currently the only training provider authorized to deliver the courses Foundation and openBIM® for Project and Contract Management for the USA Chapter of buildingSMART.
The Hong Kong branch of SBI, bimSCORE Limited, is currently the only authorized training provider for the Hong Kong Chapter of buildingSMART (HKABAEIMA).



This self-paced online course includes learning material, self-administered quizzes, 90 minutes of online real-time colloquium with the training provider, a 30-minute online examination, and is offered by the US Chapter and Hong Kong Chapter of buildingSMART.
Successful candidates will receive a buildingSMART International Qualification.
Course description
This course benefits anyone connected with BIM-empowered projects — openBIM® extends the benefits of BIM (Building Information Modeling) by improving the accessibility, usability, management, and sustainability of digital data in the built asset industry, including horizontal infrastructure and vertical building types. At its core, openBIM® is a collaborative process that is vendor neutral. openBIM® processes can be defined as sharable project information that supports seamless collaboration for all project participants. openBIM® facilitates interoperability to benefit projects and assets throughout their lifecycle.
Enrolled professionals
Countries and regions
Qualified individuals
Course outline
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01
What is BIM?
what BIM is, why it is needed, and learn its terminology
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02
Benefits of BIM
compared with traditional project delivery
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03
BIM processes
for project information management per ISO 19650
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04
openBIM® standards
supporting interoperability and data sharing
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05
Processes within an organization
to build and measuring BIM capabilities
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06
Colloquium
augmenting the online material with real-time review, question, and answer session with SBI instructors
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