For many asset owners and facilities teams, IFC models are still perceived as a handover artifact—a snapshot frozen at Practical Completion, archived, and rarely revisited. This mindset significantly underutilises the value of IFC during the Operations stage, where accurate, trusted information delivers the greatest return on investment. As facilities become more data-driven and IWMS platforms mature, IFC models are increasingly repositioned as controlled reference models tha

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is no longer limited to design and construction. When extended into Facility Management (FM), BIM becomes a strategic operations tool

What is an IFC and Why It Matters in BIM Collaboration In today’s digital construction environment, collaboration between different disciplines and software platforms is essential. But with each vendor using proprietary formats, how do we ensure that data can move seamlessly across the project lifecycle? This is where Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) come into play. 📂 What is an IFC? An IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) file is an open, neutral, and non-proprietary data for