A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between National Institute of Construction Management & Research (NICMAR), a pioneer institute of national importance for post graduate education in the area of Construction Management and BEXEL India Consulting on 01st Feb 2022 for collaborating in the area of “Digital Transformation of the Indian Construction Industry through Building Information Management (BIM) techniques.”
The MoU was formalised by Prof. Dr. Anil Kashyap, Director General of NICMAR and Mr. Juzer Bastawala (GM-Tech, Bexel India) in the presence of Prof. Dr. Sameer Jain and Prof. Dr. Sagar Malsane representing NICMAR, while the signing ceremony was virtually represented by Mr. Veljko Janic (CEO & Co Founder, BEXEL Consulting, Serbia), Mr. Ajithkumar Vadakkoot (MD), Mr. Arun Sivasankara Pillai (CEO), Mr. Rajan Harikrishnan (GM-BD) and Mr. Madhav Sreekumar (Manager – Education & Training) of Bexel India Consulting.
About BEXEL:
BEXEL Consulting is an industry leader and domain expert in the area of BIM management and consulting, with a track record of successfully supporting hundreds of projects worldwide of diverse nature. BEXEL Manager, the flagship product of BEXEL Consulting, is a leader in OpenBIM / Integrated BIM software solution and was the winner of the prestigious “Innovations Award” by buildingSMART International for the year 2020. Although the Indian operations of BEXEL (through BEXEL India Consulting) have begun recently, it has already partnered technologically with many of the industry leaders such as Tata Projects Limited, L&T Realty and L&T Construction. It is worth noting that the 4D/5D BIM implementation for many of the construction projects of national importance such as new Parliament Building and BDD Chawl Redevelopment Project are set to be handled by Bexel Manager.
The key objectives of the MoU are:
- To promote research in the area of digital transformation of construction Industry by using advanced technology tools and to release publications on benefits of using Digital Transformation technologies in Construction Industry.
- To impart training to students and to upskill the industry resources in the area of digital transformation and equip them to assume leadership roles in Construction Industry.
Such a collaboration becomes all the more relevant in the midst of Indian construction industry gearing up to fully tap the power of digitisation, especially with the Government mandate to fully utilise the 4D/5D BIM capabilities in the projects of national importance and with increasing number of multinationals’ eyeing on India for outsourcing BIM Services.
*Source: Press Release from Bexel Consulting