buildingSMART International Chapter Leader Profile

First name: Alfred

Last name: Waschl

Chapter: buildingSMART Austria

Role in the Chapter: CEO

Where are you based? Vienna

When was your first interaction or involvement with buildingSMART? 2018

Tell us a little about your work history/professional journey, and how it led you to buildingSMART.

My CV can be divided into two parts, on the one hand the path from employed manager to general manager in the automotive industry and on the other hand the path as an entrepreneur in facility management.  In the automotive industry, real estate was always part of my area of responsibility and so I got to know the FM sector and invested in 4 owner-managed companies after my management career and finally handed over operations with more than 30 employees to my son in 2020. The data needed for CAFM led me to the BIM methodology and so I founded bSAT with my own money in 2018.

What do you like the most about the work you do within your Chapter?

To cooperate with our CT´s (certified trainer).

What would you say are the biggest successes or milestones to date within your Chapter?

Right from the start, we placed great emphasis on training and further education, and the best professionals at bSAT wrote the BIM Cert Manual, the 4th edition of which has been translated into several languages.

Now we have put a knowledge base online, which will also be used by Germany and Switzerland.

What does openBIM mean to you personally?

To be open and direct.

What overriding challenge(s) do you see the community facing today?

Open communication.

What challenge(s) do you encounter within your Chapter?

Interoperability within the whole real estate industry.

What do you see as the main opportunities for your market?

Transparency.

With digitalization becoming more prevalent, how is your Chapter addressing the challenges and opportunities it brings?

We are data driven, and our community as well.

What are your visions and/or aspirations for the future, both for your Chapter and for buildingSMART internationally?

We like to be frontrunners.

 

Updated in November 2024