Key Dates

Submission of Abstract 11th April 2025, Feedback on Abstract 25th April 2025

Full Paper Submission 6th June 2025, Click the link to download the CitA BIM Gathering 2025 Paper Template.

Conference Themes

Theme 1 - Digital Transformation in Construction

This theme explores how digital technologies are reshaping the construction industry, enhancing efficiency, productivity, and collaboration. Topics may include digital workflows, cloud computing, data-driven decision-making, and the integration of emerging technologies to improve project delivery and lifecycle management.

Theme 2- BIM Standards: The Foundation of Digital Construction

Building Information Modeling (BIM) standards provide a common framework for digital construction. This theme focuses on the importance of standardisation, interoperability, and best practices for ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance in BIM implementation across projects and regions.

Theme 3 - Automation in BIM: Today and Tomorrow

Automation is revolutionising BIM processes, reducing manual effort and improving accuracy. This theme covers current advancements in automated modelling, clash detection, parametric design, and future developments in AI-driven workflows that will further streamline construction processes.

Theme 4 - The Role of Generative Design in Shaping the Built Environment

Generative design leverages AI and computational algorithms to create optimised, efficient, and sustainable building designs. This theme explores its application in architecture, structural engineering, and urban planning, highlighting case studies and future trends.

Theme 5 - Digital Twins: The Legacy of BIM in Asset Management

Digital twins extend BIM’s value beyond construction into asset management, enabling real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and data-driven decision-making. This theme discusses how digital twins are transforming facility management, smart infrastructure, and long-term asset optimisation.

Theme 6 - Housing Delivery and Modular Construction

With the growing need and demand for efficient and affordable housing, modular and offsite construction are gaining traction. This theme examines how digital technologies, including BIM, streamline modular construction processes, improve quality control, and accelerate housing delivery.

Theme 7 - Green BIM: Automation Driving Sustainability

BIM plays a critical role in sustainable design and construction. This theme explores how automation and digital tools support energy-efficient buildings, reduce waste, optimise resource use, and help meet carbon reduction targets in the built environment.

Theme 8 - BIM Meets AI: Revolutionising Collaboration

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is enhancing collaboration in BIM environments, improving communication, coordination, and decision-making. This theme focuses on AI-driven project management, predictive analytics, and automated clash detection, shaping the future of digital construction teamwork.

Theme 9 - Upskilling for the Future: Preparing the Workforce for the Next 25 Years

As construction becomes increasingly digital, workforce skills must evolve. This theme addresses strategies for upskilling professionals, integrating digital education into training programmes, and preparing the next generation for emerging technologies and the accelerated use of modern methods of construction in the built environment.

Theme 10 - Empowering SMEs: Overcoming Challenges in Digital Construction

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often face barriers to digital adoption, such as cost, training, and resource constraints. This theme explores solutions to help SMEs embrace BIM and digital construction, ensuring they remain competitive in an evolving industry.