Alex Plenty has recently been elected to the buildingSMART International Building Domain Steering Committee. He discusses how openBIM standards are needed to improve buildings and infrastructure from the perspective of a new generation of digitally enabled industry leaders. We cover the responsibilities of tackling carbon reduction through better ways of working enabled by digital data sharing and the challenges of making decisions about how to maintain our elderly homes. He’s looking forward to promoting new projects at buildingSMART and bringing more people together to collaborate on delivery. Alex is the Digital Construction Manager for Skanska UK.