The first release of the CIMsteel Integration Standards (CIS/1) was one
of the deliverables of the Pan-European Eureka EU130 CIMsteel Project.
Over a ten-year period, this extensive research and development project involved seventy
organizations in ten countries; representing a wide cross section of the constructional
steelwork industry, including designers, fabricators, software vendors, universities,
research and trade organizations. In addition to the contributions of the individual
collaborators, the CIMsteel project also received financial support from:
CIS/2 is the result of considerable efforts by many persons
representing CIMsteel
collaborators, associate collaborators and other interested parties. The principal
developers of the CIS were Leeds University & SCI (UK), CTICM & LGCH (France), TNO
(Netherlands), Ramboll (Denmark), Italsiel & Sidercad (Italy). Inputs from beyond
Europe, particularly from the USA and Japan are acknowledged. The issues raised by the
international review team of AP230 have been
invaluable in the development of CIS/2.
The principal authors of Release 2 of the CIMsteel Integration
Standards are Andrew Crowley and Alastair Watson. The development of the formal
publication was funded by the SCI, Leeds University and
Corus Group plc (formerly British Steel plc).
The authors would like to thank their (former) colleagues in the
Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) Group within the School of Civil Engineering at the
University of Leeds for their work on the CIMsteel Project; in particular Steven Bennett,
Alan Boyle, Dimitris Christodulakis, Paul Hirst, Nashett El-Kaddah, George
Kamparis,
Gareth Knowles, Peter Riley, Alan Smith, and Mike Ward.
The authors would also like to acknowledge the valuable outputs of the
CIMsteel ‘Overall Design and Analysis Working Group’. This group was led by
Richard Greiner of the Technical University of Graz, Austria, and included representatives
from Leeds and Nottingham Universities, QSE, CSC, SCI, Ove Arup, Taywood from the UK,
Ramboll (Denmark), TDV (Austria), CTICM (France), Sidercad (Italy) and FCSA (Finland).
