12 2015 Building on our BIM strategy Our company, which now has more than 100 products in the BIM catalogue, sponsored the first European BIM Summit In its ongoing quest to innovate and make the work of professionals easier, Roca is strengthening its presence in the BIM (Building Information Modelling) environment, a new cooperative working model that helps reduce construction costs by 20%. This new form of management not only entails involving all players taking part in the building cycle, right from the very beginning of the process, but also offers the end user benefits by helping professionals meet established deadlines without incurring the cost overruns caused by contingencies and delays. Sponsoring the first European BIM Summit Roca sponsored the European BIM Summit 2015, the first such BIM event in Europe, held in Barcelona in mid- February and bringing together more than 400 experts to educate and encourage the implementation of this new model for managing the construction process. Organised by the Association of Surveyors, Architects and Building Engineers of Barcelona Col (CAATEEB) and BIM Academy, the summit featured talks, workshops and European BIM Summit presentations on some of the most important advances and global experiences in BIM. Development of the a pioneering Spanish multinational in supporting this new In addition to the press conference prior to the European form of working and one of the first in the world. BIM Summit and the dinner for national and internationalattendees held at the Roca Barcelona Gallery, Roca hadBIM catalogueThis initiative is the result of the partnership agreement the opportunity at the Summit to explain its commitment toRoca has already developed more than 100 of its productsbetween BIMobject and Roca, which includes the the BIM universe in a joint chat session with the companyin the BIM format, accessible on the network, and plans todevelopment of BIM objects and web service solutions such BIMobject, with which it is a partner. complete the majority of its catalogue in 2015, making itas private clouds for the Group’s brands. Roca sponsors two Indian hotel industry forums Leading professionals from the sector came together in New Delhi to participate in three days of talks and meetings Roca sponsored HOSI 2015 (Hotel Operations Summit For its part, the JW Marriott Hotel New Delhi Aerocity India 2015) and HICSA 2015 (Hotel Investment Conferenceplayed host to the HICSA 2015 event, noteworthy for the – South Asia 2015), two benchmark events for the Indiansessions in which proprietors of leading hotels, investors, hotel industry, held last April at the JW Marriott Hotel Newoperators, bankers and industry professionals shared their Delhi Aerocity. experiences, ideas and visions on sector trends. HOSI 2015 included talks, discussion groups, brainstorming sessions and networking activities involving influential professionals from the Indian hotel sector. All of the activities were designed to generate innovative solutions for the industry. Roca product stand 15