John Hale
John Hale,
Deputy Chief Real Property Spatial, Department of National Defence;
Vice-President, BuildingSMART Canada
John has 25 years of experience developing, implementing and managing CAD, GIS, and BIM applications and solutions in support of Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) and Real Property sectors within the federal government.
John is the BIM lead for the Department of National Defence, working to enable integrated enterprise Building Information Modeling tools and processes. His current focus is on organizing the Federal Government’s move towards BIM.
John is an active contributor to international, national and regional Building Information Modeling (BIM) committees and organizations. He sits as the Vice-President of buildingSMART Canada, is a member of the International Standards Organization (ISO), and the Standards Council of Canada Mirror Committee, and is Vice Chair of the CSA s250 Mapping of Underground Utility Infrastructure Technical Committee.
Sessions in which John Hale participates
Wednesday 15 May, 2024
The Department of National Defence, as steward of a real property (RP) portfolio that includes tens of thousands of buildings and supporting infrastructure, is seeking to manage its Real Property (RP) assets more effectively by modernizing and improving its digital capability. In this effort, interoperability between BIM and GIS through open data standards is crucial to enable the Integrated Digital Built Environment. BIM allows representation of detailed information regarding building elemen...
GeoIgnite is proud to present a vital panel discussion titled "Bridging Worlds: Integrating BIM and GIS for a Digital Future in Built Asset Management," featuring distinguished panelists Susan Keenliside, Deputy Director at the House of Commons of Canada, and John Hale, Vice-President of buildingSMART Canada and BIM lead at the Department of National Defence. The session will be moderated by Trevor Taylor of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
