The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) in January will release agcXML, a set of eXtensible Markup Language (XML) schemas designed to automate and streamline the exchange of transactional information during the building design and construction process. This buildingSMART initiative, led and funded by AGC and managed by NIBS, will enable the efficient and reliable exchange of electronic construction project information among all building design and construction professionals. Most of this information is still exchanged in paper documents such as owner/contractor agreements, schedules of values, requests for information (RFIs), requests for proposals (RFPs), architect/engineer supplemental instructions, change orders, change directives, submittals, applications for payment, and addenda, to name a few.
On December 10, AGC and NIBS will demonstrate the capabilities of agcXML at the buildingSMART alliance National Conference to be held in conjunction with Ecobuild /AEC-ST Fall at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The 60-minute presentation, which will explain the purpose and value of agcXML to industry professionals, will also feature a live demonstration of information exchange between Penta Project Management Workbench and e-Builder Enterprise by agcXML Review and Validation Committee members Kurt Koenig and Ron Antevy.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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