The inaugural meeting of the drafting working group for the BRICS group standard "Vocational Skill Standards for the Building Information Modeling (BIM) Competition" was successfully convened.

Dr. Liu Zhenying, Chair of China Chapter of BRICS Business Council Skills Development, Applied Technology and Innovation Working Group and Chair of the BRICS Standardization Working Committee for Skills and Technology, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. He stated that "Building Information Modeling (BIM)" is a skill that has garnered significant attention across BRICS nations, and the development of international group standards for BIM competition skills holds great significance. He also emphasized the hope that relevant organizations would actively participate in the formulation of BRICS group standards to promote the transformation of "Chinese Standards" into "International Standards" and deepen international production capacity cooperation.

At the meeting, Wu Jianfeng, Director of the Standards Department at the BRICS Academy of Skills Development and Technology Innovation(Xiamen), introduced the progress and achievements of the BRICS Standards Commission to the attendees.

At the same time, the event was attended by distinguished guests including Ms. Anna Korotkova, Chief Expert of the BIM Skills Competition at the Russia Future Skills Challenge and Associate Professor at the Civil Engineering School of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University; Mr. Valério Junior Piana, Member of the BRICS Skills Standardization Working Committee and Expert at the Brazil National Industrial Training Service (SENAI); Ms. Larissa Bianchini, BIM and Lean Construction Consultant at the SENAI Santa Catarina Technology Institute; Mr. Marcelo Vivacqua, Director of the Latin America Office of the International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA), Member of the IFIA Executive Committee, and Director of the Brazil-China Cooperation Center; Mr. Flavio Tonga, Researcher and Founder of Bitável Tecnologia, Brazil; Mr. Alex Roberto Pereira, BIM Manager at Bitável Tecnologia, Brazil; Dr. Murendeni Liphadzi from the Sustainable Human Settlements and Construction Research Centre at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Dr. Ada, Associate Professor at the School of Information Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Iran; Mr. Li Minghui, Deputy Party Secretary and President of Guangzhou City Polytechnic; Mr. Lei Hua, Dean of the School of Intelligent Urban Construction at Guangzhou City Polytechnic; and Mr. Wu Manlin, Associate Professor at Guangzhou City Polytechnic. These guests shared insights on the application and development prospects of BIM technology across BRICS countries.

Finally, Dean Lei Hua introduced the content, tasks, organization, and plan of the "Building Information Modeling (BIM)" skill standard development. He provided a brief explanation of each phase in the standard formulation process (drafting phase, solicitation for comments phase, review phase, approval phase, etc.), along with an introduction to the work involved in each stage. A reverse timeline was established for the standard compilation work, and he expressed commitment to actively advancing the progress and completion of the standard development efforts.