Building information modeling (BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. The resulting building information models become shared knowledge resources to support decision-making about a facility from earliest conceptual stages, through design and construction, through its operational life and eventual demolition.

The Year of the Snake has started and, just like the snake sheds its skin in spring, our “Maintenance in China” newsletter has a new banner. We hope you like it! December 2012 and January 2013 were eventful months during which we were delighted to receive several prestigious awards.

At Siveco China we tend to emphasize how the Chinese maintenance market is different from that of the more mature Western economies, differences we have come to call “maintenance with Chinese characteristics”.

Daramic is the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of battery separators for automotive, industrial, and specialty applications.

This month’s partner article features GIS supplier GeoConcept, which provides embedded GIS components for bluebee® cloud and bluebee®.

bluebee® cloud is Siveco’s cloud computing platform for large multisite facility owners and service companies. A full Risk Prevention / Facilities Management / Maintenance management solution in its own rights, bluebee® cloud also acts as the synchronization platform for the mobile solution bluebee® “for the worker of tomorrow”.