buildingSMART promotes international consensus among stakeholders on specific standards to accelerate implementation and uptake

buildingSMART also oversees formal reviews and publication of Technical Reports that result from technical activities in the Rooms that involve research, development or implementation and are of int​erest and benefit to the buildingSMART Community and the built asset industry. A buildingSMART SPEC is a document that can be produced by any organisation that wants to standardize best practice on a specific subject but is not yet ready to proceed with producing it as a bSI Standard.​

buildingSMART standards​ cover a wide range of process and information capabilities unique to the built environment industry, including