Infraestructures.cat
Origin and official adoption of GuBIMclass (2017). Its corporate website acknowledges the classification system as the work of the user groups.
About us
We were born to share knowledge; today we also bring judgement
GUBIMCat is an association open to newcomers and experts, with no difference in standing between those who have just arrived and those who have been here from the start. This page explains why we exist, where we come from and who we talk to.
Mission and objectives
From a technical exchange forum to a voice for the sector
We were founded with three objectives: to promote the use of BIM, to share information among users and to hold regular meetings. That foundation remains intact. Over the years, without turning our back on it, we have added a new layer: GUBIMCat is no longer only a forum for technical exchange among peers; it also aims to be a voice and a source of informed judgement for the BIM sector in Catalonia.
It is therefore an evolution, not a replacement: the same volunteer roots, with greater responsibility towards the sector.
Timeline
More than a decade building Catalonia's BIM framework
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2012
The group is founded, with documented public activity from 2015.
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2013
Infraestructures.cat tenders its first project using BIM methodology (Institut Lluís Recasens, Molins de Rei).
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2014–2016
Rounds of follow-up meetings with Infraestructures.cat and analysis of the leading international classification systems (Omniclass, Uniformat, Masterformat, Uniclass 2015, SfB).
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2016
5th EUBIM, in Valencia: the GuBIMEsp Network is born, coordinating BIM user groups across Spain.
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2017
Publication of GuBIMclass v1, the result of collaboration with Infraestructures de Catalunya.
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2017
GuBIMclass is presented at EUBIM 2017; the Infraestructures.cat BIM Manual adopts it.
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2018
Formal constitution as an association, agreed at the 14th meeting.
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2023
The classification moves to its own domain, gubimclass.eu, in Catalan, Spanish and English.
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2023
buildingSMART Spain publishes the guide «Clasificación en los Modelos BIM», citing GuBIMclass as one of four reference systems.
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2023
Participation in the Generalitat's public consultation "Pensem una nova estratègia BIM" (Let's rethink the BIM strategy). The resulting revised plan includes, as a measure, maintaining and strengthening GuBIMclass, extending it to civil works and industrial construction.
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3 November 2025
Presentation of the Comissió BIM de Catalunya (CoBIMCat) agreement in the Saló de Cent of Barcelona City Hall, promoted by the Generalitat, Barcelona Provincial Council, the AMB, Barcelona City Council and the Ajuntament de Sant Feliu de Llobregat. It is agreed that CoBIMCat takes over the management of GuBIMclass, with the original authors' consent, to review its scope and depth beyond what a volunteer group can take on. A GUBIMCat member chairs the public authorities' round table.
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May 2026
EUBIM 2026, in Valencia: GUBIMCat presents a review of its 2025–2026 activity at the gathering of BIM user groups.
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3 November 2026
La Terra de Ningú, at La Salle Campus Barcelona: GUBIMCat co-organises, with PMI Construcción España and La Salle's Master of Science in Project Management, a conference on the ungoverned space between Project Management and BIM Management.
Coordinating Board
Who runs the association today
The Coordinating Board is the body that runs GUBIMCat day to day. We are putting in place the conditions to publish its membership here, with each person's consent and the information required by data protection law. In the meantime, you can contact the Board through the contact form.
Institutional relations
Who we have worked with, and when
CoBIMCat
Agreement presented on 3 November 2025: CoBIMCat takes over the management of GuBIMclass to extend its scope to civil works, transport, ports and airports. A GUBIMCat member chaired the public authorities' round table.
buildingSMART Spain
GUBIMCat members have coordinated and written buildingSMART Spain guides: classification in BIM models, MEP modelling in buildings and BIM document naming. The classification guide cites GuBIMclass as a reference system.
ITeC
The Comissió «Construïm el Futur» (CCF), a GUBIMCat working group with ITeC, now inactive. ITeC was a partner association of La Terra de Ningú (2026).
GuBIMEsp Network
GUBIMCat has been part of it since it was born, at the 5th EUBIM (Valencia, 2016). At EUBIM 2026 it presented a review of its 2025–2026 activity.
La Salle and PMI Construcción España
Co-organisers, with GUBIMCat, of La Terra de Ningú (3 November 2026), held at La Salle Campus Barcelona.
UPC School
GUBIMCat members direct and teach on the Master's in BIM Management at UPC School.
Generalitat de Catalunya
Participation in the "Pensem una nova estratègia BIM" consultation (2023), whose revised plan includes maintaining and strengthening GuBIMclass.
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Discover GuBIMclass
The BIM classification system we created, now used beyond Catalonia.
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