Partners & Affiliations
Other Partners & Affiliations
Vela Systems partners with several product, content and services companies to provide the most complete solution to our customers. Learn more about them below.
Other Partners
BIMtoField
Vela Systems is honored to be chosen as one of the founding partners and as a contributor to the BIMtoField.com site and according to Trimble, each partner has distinguished themselves by developing products and solutions that uniquely provide key elements to aid in delivering BIM data to the field. BIMtoField.com provides case studies and video content offering a full view of the various types of construction field work that can be done with Building Information Modeling (BIM).
BNi Building News
BNi Building News is a leading publisher and distributor of books and reference materials for the construction industry. In cooperation with numerous state and local agencies, as well as code developers, BNi publishes codes and specifications in such areas as life safety, electrical construction, and public works. BNi Building News also specializes in publishing a wide variety of cost estimating references, and legal books and forms for the building trades.
Construction WorkZone
BNi Building News Construction WorkZone is a comprehensive collection of resources and online tools for the construction professional. These resources are provided by BNi Publications, Inc. and various third party partners in order to make a wide range of industry-specific information available from a single point of entry.
buildingSMARTalliance AGCxml Review and Validation Committee
Vela Systems is proud to be a member of the buildingSMARTalliance AGCxml Review and Validation Committee and the Participating Software Companies group.
www.buildingsmartalliance.org
www.buildingsmartalliance.org/agcxml/main.php
National BIM Standard Project Committee
The NBIMS-US Project Committee (the National Building Information Model Standard Project Committee - United States), is a project committee of the buildingSMART alliance which is a council of the National Institute for Building Sciences (NIBS). Vela Systems is proud to be a member of the National Institute of Building Sciences and buildingSMARTalliance National BIM Standard Project Committee.
Software Vendor Committee of the buildingSMART Alliance
The buildingSMART alliance, a council of the National Institute of Building Sciences, Vendor Forum is open to all vendors actively involved with the development of open standards supporting software. This group helps maintain an awareness of efforts by the buildingSMART alliance, including the National CAD Standard©, the National BIM Standard-United States™, and projects listed on www.buildingsmartalliance.org.
U.S. Green Building Council
At Vela Systems, we are committed to promoting sustainable quality and commissioning programs and paperless collaboration through technology, helping project stakeholders to reduce environmental impacts and to maximize economic and environmental performance. To demonstrate our steadfast commitment to sustainability, Vela Systems is proud to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC®).
USGBC®, U.S. Green Building Council® and LEED® are registered trademarks of the U.S. Green Building Council.
USGBC - LEED
Vela Systems Commissioning Program enables project stakeholders to help satisfy Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design -- LEED® Energy and Atmosphere (EA) environmental category prerequisites and earn possible points, in construction and commissioning phase certification applications.
Affiliations
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers - Construction Institute
COMIT Project
COMIT (Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT), provides members with a single source of information and guidance on the benefits of effective use of Mobile IT in the UK construction industry.
The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) BIM Practice Group
CSI's BIM Practice Group focuses on issues related to managing the Information components of BIM that are emerging as BIM continues to grow in acceptance and application. Members share presentations and demonstrations of the innovative ways firms are meeting the Information challenges BIM has created, and discuss the role of members and CSI standards and formats in integrating construction documentation into the BIM world.
Mass Technology Leadership Council
Vela Systems, Inc. is proud to be nominated as a 2006 Mass Technology Leadership Awards Finalist for outstanding use of technology. The Mass Technology Leadership Council is the only association that addresses the critical leadership issues of innovative software and technology-enabled companies. Formed by the powerful combination of Mass Software Council and New England Business and Technology Association, Inc., the organization is dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and promoting the success of companies that develop and deploy technology across industry sectors. The Mass Technology Leadership Council accomplishes its mission by conducting educational programs and hosting signature events, facilitating networking between industry executives and potential partners, investors, and customers, sponsoring research on the industry, engaging in activities to enhance the quality and quantity of the next generation of technology professionals, advocating in favor of technology policies that promote innovation and entrepreneurship, and recognizing industry-leading companies and people.
Mass Technology Leadership Council
One Exeter Plaza
Boston MA 02116
MIT Alumni Association's Student/Alumni Externship Program
Vela Systems is a proud sponsor of the MIT Alumni Association's Student/Alumni Externship Program.
OmniClass Development Committee
RFID in Construction Consortium
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