Tata Steel and BIMobject® sign development agreement

24 October 2016

Tata Steel is one of the leading construction product manufacturers in the UK. The agreement enables the two companies to work together in developing new tools for the advancement of data delivery for Building Information Modelling (BIM). The technology will allow data to be applied to products across the virtual construction world, providing greater flexibility to designers and enabling data to be used for a multitude of purposes within the built environment.

Tata Steel use IBM solutions for its PIM (Product Information Management) system, which in combination with the BIMobject Cloud Platform which uses IBM Softlayer (including IBM Bluemix) creates exciting opportunities to improve data integrity. These capabilities significantly strengthen the single source of truth between PIM and BIM, by streamlining data access and information flows between the two data sets.

With the UK Government – and other governments worldwide – now requiring BIM for centrally funded projects, the need for accurate and relevant data to be provided by building product manufacturers is becoming paramount. This partnership will help lead the way for innovation in data delivery and encourage other manufacturers to invest in supporting the digital transformation in the Construction Industry.

Source – Bimobject