EPISODE · Mar 17, 2026 · 41 MIN
Stop Modeling for the Project. Start Modeling for the Asset Lifetime with Alexander Worp | openBIMvoice 04
from BIMvoice · host Petru Conduraru
Stop Modeling for the Project. Start Modeling for the Asset Lifetime with Alexander Worp | openBIMvoice 04 In the fourth episode of openBIMvoice, I talk with Alexander Worp, Asset Information Manager at Waternet, the department responsible for drinking water and sewage in the Amsterdam region. Alexander manages infrastructure that goes back to 1850. Some of those original drawings are still more useful today than digital models produced 25 years ago because the data was correct. That is the whole point. Correct data outlives every tool, every format, and every project. Most BIM teams have not understood this yet. What we discuss: Modeling for the asset lifetime. Why every BIM modeler needs to understand they are not creating a picture for the project. They are creating information that will be used for the next 50 to 150 years. Data as an asset. Why information has the same value as physical infrastructure under ISO 55000, and why most organizations still do not manage it that way. The pirate approach. How Alexander drives openBIM adoption inside a large public organization without waiting for management permission. Show the value first. Explain later. IFC and the digital twin. How Waternet connects IFC models to a graph database and combines asset management, documents, and geometry into one linked data platform, vendor free. Certification in contracts. Why Alexander wants buildingSMART Foundation certification as a contract requirement for every modeler on his projects, and why that is not a high bar to set. Questions? Contact me (Petru Conduraru): 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/petruconduraru/ 📧 [email protected]
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Stop Modeling for the Project. Start Modeling for the Asset Lifetime with Alexander Worp | openBIMvoice 04 In the fourth episode of openBIMvoice, I talk with Alexander Worp, Asset Information Manager at Waternet, the department responsible for drinking water and sewage in the Amsterdam region. Alexander manages infrastructure that goes back to 1850. Some of those original drawings are still more useful today than digital models produced 25 years ago because the data was correct. That is the whole point. Correct data outlives every tool, every format, and every project. Most BIM teams have not understood this yet. What we discuss: Modeling for the asset lifetime. Why every BIM modeler needs to understand they are not creating a picture for the project. They are creating information that will be used for the next 50 to 150 years. Data as an asset. Why information has the same value as physical infrastructure under ISO 55000, and why most organizations still do not manage it that way. The pirate approach. How Alexander drives openBIM adoption inside a large public organization without waiting for management permission. Show the value first. Explain later. IFC and the digital twin. How Waternet connects IFC models to a graph database and combines asset management, documents, and geometry into one linked data platform, vendor free. Certification in contracts. Why Alexander wants buildingSMART Foundation certification as a contract requirement for every modeler on his projects, and why that is not a high bar to set. Questions? Contact me (Petru Conduraru): 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/petruconduraru/ 📧 [email protected]
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