Nemetschek Group

One BIM Champions Award just arrived in its new home - plenty more will be up for grabs pretty soon! While our colleagues from NEVARIS Bausoftware were able to pick the perfect spot in their headquarters for their shiny award, won together with Vollack Gruppe & , the organizers of the award, buildingSMART e.V. Deutschland, opened the application phase for the next round, BIM Champions 2027.

The competition is looking for outstanding projects, innovative technologies and forward-looking solutions that make the added value of Open BIM visible in practice.

🚀 Applications can be submitted in the following categories:
🔹Outstanding BIM projects
🔹Technology / Innovation / Solutions
🔹Work by trainees and students (2,000 EUR in prize money for the champion, 500 EUR for the other finalists and admission to the buildingSMART CAMPUS)

📌 The application deadline is September 30, 2026.

Submit your entry now online |Link in comments.

Need something inspirational to kickstart your week? We have shared a teaser a few days ago - now the first episode of ALLPLAN's podcast is availabe. The new format is for all those who want more than standard content: more relevance, more practice, more real insights. ✨

To kick things off, Kim Lauterbach and Pascal Hartmann take a closer look at Open BIM vs. Closed BIM in episode 1, which has been controversially discussed in the BIM world for years.

So: click in, take impulses with you, plan smarter.
🎙️ https://bit.ly/3SjaM8B (German language)

| ALLPLAN Deutschland

Our colleagues from continue their path of forming and nurturing strong partnerships: last week, the team and KEO Group have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to advance digital facilities management practices across the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council).

By combining Nemetschek’s expertise in digital technologies with KEO Group’s extensive experience in facilities management consultancy and operations advisory, this collaboration aims to support smarter asset management, optimize lifecycle performance, and accelerate digital transformation across the built environment.

Together, we will explore new opportunities to help organizations harness the power of data, improve operational efficiency, and create more sustainable and resilient infrastructure throughout the asset lifecycle.

Read more in our newsroom | https://ngrp.info/4wqWkds