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Dictionary Teams

The BIM Dictionary was built by a global community of volunteers — editors, co-editors and reviewers who translated and refined its terms across more than 27 languages. This page recognises their contribution. It is a standing record of past and present effort; current curators are listed on the Contributors page.

Editorial leadership

  • Dr. Bilal Succar
    Head Editor — ChangeAgents AEC, Australia
  • Dr. Marzia Bolpagni
    Assistant Editor — Mace, United Kingdom
  • Ms. Orjola Braholli
    Community Coordinator — Fraunhofer Italia, Italy
  • Topic Curator
    Open position

Language teams

27 language teams.

Spanish

A4.01
  • David Barco — Editor
  • Victor Roig Segura — Co-Editor
  • Marco Zúñiga Paredes — Co-Editor
  • Alvaro Velasco Cabello — Co-Editor
  • Yenny Constanza Mancera Hernandez — Co-Editor
  • Belen Ripoll Salas — External Reviewer

French

A4.02
  • Dr. Erik Poirier — Editor
  • Vincent Carignan — Co-Editor
  • Dimitri Damiaud — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Aurelie de Boissieu — Co-Editor
  • Imen Chikhi — External Reviewer

Arabic

A4.03
  • Dr. Zuhair Nasar — Editor
  • Ahmad Lutfi — Co-Editor
  • Billel Dridi — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Djamel Dilmi — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Hayam M. Omayer — Co-Editor
  • Manal Al-Adwani — Co-Editor
  • Omar Selim — Co-Editor
  • Siham Barakat — External Reviewer

Lithuanian

A4.04
  • AProf. Vladimir Popov — Editor
  • Dr. Milena Medineckienė — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Viktorija Skvarciany — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Arunas Remigijus Zabulenas — Co-Editor
  • AProf. Tatjana Grigorjeva — External Reviewer

Russian

A4.05
  • Ms. Maria Shirokova — Editor
  • Mr. Alexey Davydov — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Mila Prygunova — Co-Editor

Chinese

A4.06
  • Dr. Vivi Qiuchen Lu — Editor
  • Ms. Jiayi Yan — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Long Chen — Co-Editor
  • AProf. Wei Wu — External Reviewer

German

A4.07
  • Mr. Stephan Liedtke — Editor
  • Mr. Christopher Goersch — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Ramon Lorenz — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Adrian August Wildenauer — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Judith Krischler — External Reviewer
  • Mr. Michael Florea — External Reviewer

Catalan

A4.08
  • Mr. Victor Roig Segura — Editor
  • Ms. M.Elena Pla — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Elisabet Mas — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Eric Palos — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Ferran Bermejo Nualart — Reviewer

Persian

A4.09
  • Dr. Saleh Seyedzadeh — Editor
  • Ms. Arghavan Akbarieh — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Mohsen Parsa — Co-Editor
  • AProf. Farzad Pour Rahimian — External Reviewer

Croatian

A4.10
  • Mr. Damir Mance — Editor
  • Prof. Dr. Mladen Vukomanović — Editor
  • Filip Ivančić — Co-Editor
  • Josip Šabić — Co-Editor
  • Antonio Ščavničar — Co-Editor
  • Luka Štritof — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Sonja Kolarić — Reviewer

Greek

A4.11
  • Ms. Nicoleta Panagiotidou — Editor
  • Mr. Marios Messios — Co-Editor
  • Ms Anna Kiourka — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Georgios Pavlidis — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Georgios Kapogiannis — External Reviewer

Italian

A4.12
  • Mr. Giancarlo de Marco — Editor
  • Dr. Giovanna Aracri — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Manuel Garramone — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Marina Block — External Reviewer
  • Dr. Marzia Bolpagni — External Reviewer

Czech

A4.13
  • Ms. Štepánka Tomanová — Editor
  • Mr. Robert Bouška — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Jan Kolomazník — Co-Editor
  • Prof. Petr Matějka — External Reviewer
  • Dr. Lucie Svamberkova — External Reviewer

Portuguese

A4.14
  • AProf. Eduardo Toledo Santos — Editor
  • Prof. Regina Ruschel — Co-Editor
  • Fernanda Machado — Co-Editor
  • Ivo Mainardi — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Ricardo Codinhoto — Co-Editor
  • Fabio Sato — Co-Editor

Bulgarian

A4.15
  • AProf. Boyan Georgiev — Editor
  • AProf. Gergana Antova — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Vasil Tanev — Co-Editor
  • AProf. Mihaela Kouteva-Guentcheva — Internal Reviewer

Turkish

A4.16
  • Ms. Burcu Esen Barutcu — Editor
  • AProf. Umit Isikdag — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Dursun Furkan Capkin — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Gizem Kızoğlu Yildirim — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Pinar Kabaoglu — Co-Editor
  • AProf. Pinar Irlayici Çakmak — External Reviewer

Hungarian

A4.17
  • Mr. István Csúsz — Editor
  • AProf. Mihály Szoboszlai — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Adam Kovács — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Attila Gyulai — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Bence Dudas — External Reviewer

Slovenian

A4.18
  • AProf. Tomo Cerovsek — Editor
  • AProf. Simon Petrovčič — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Denis Simčič — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Branka Trebušak — Co-Editor
  • Prof. Medved Sašo — External Reviewer

Romanian

A4.19
  • Mr. Andrei Cornel Danet — Editor
  • Ms. Alexandra-Ioana Giurgiu — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Andrei Prusu — Co-Editor

Albanian

A4.20
  • Mr. Endriol Doko — Editor
  • Mr. Ergi Zyberaj — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Matilda Cenolli — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Enea Kotsa — Co-Editor
  • Prof. Saimir Kristo — External Reviewer

Serbian

A4.21
  • Mr. Petar Dragić — Editor
  • Mr. Matjaž Šajn — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Olivera Pavković — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Jelena Kalanj — Co-Editor
  • AProf. Igor Peško — External Reviewer

Estonian

A4.22
  • Mr. Jaan Saar — Editor
  • Mr. Aivars Alt — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Janek Siidra — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Miina Karafin — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Risto Vahenurm — Reviewer

Polish

A4.23
  • Prof. Anetta Kepczynska-Walczak — Editor
  • Mr. Wojciech Wycichowski — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Marcin Świerz — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Karol Argasiński — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Sophie Feliksinska-Swierz — Reviewer

Danish

A4.24
  • Ms. Andrijana Nasteska — Editor
  • Maria Simone Sørensen — Co-Editor
  • Tue Kappel — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Malan Kirke — Reviewer
  • Morten Madsen — Reviewer

Ukrainian

A4.25
  • Mr. Mykola Kolomoets — Editor
  • Mr. Roman Makarov — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Oleksii Sokolovskyi — Co-Editor
  • Prof. Valerii Tovbych — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Olga Kysil — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Oleksii Levchenko — Co-Editor
  • Dr. Nadiia Antonenko — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Ihor Yurasov — External Reviewer
  • Mr. Yurii Kryvohatko — External Reviewer
  • Mr. Yurii Podolchuk — External Reviewer

Azerbaijani

A4.26
  • Ms. Aydan Aghabayli — Editor
  • Ms. Afat Mammadzada — Co-Editor
  • AProf. Samira Akbarova — Co-Editor
  • Ms. Afsun Pashmineh — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Nasib Zeynal — External Reviewer

Basque

A4.27
  • Mr. David Barco Moreno — Editor
  • Mr. Aitor Alcaide Etxabe — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Iñaki Maiza Antón — Co-Editor
  • Mr. Albert Alvarez Masdeu — Reviewer

Country editors

  • Brazil
    AProf. Eduardo Toledo Santos
  • India
    Mr. Amarnath CB
    Supported by Ranjith K Soman, Arunkumar Shambu
  • Nigeria
    Mr. Lot Kaduma
    Supported by Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad, Mansur Hamma-adama, Moses Itanola, Onyema Udeze
  • Ghana
    Mr. Richard Acquah
    Supported by Dr. Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu, Dr. Karen Banahene Blay, Mr. Antwi-Afari Maxwell Fordjour

Acknowledgements

With gratitude to the many contributors who shaped the dictionary over the years.

  • Patrick Riedo — French Language Editor, until Mar 2018
  • Song Gao — Chinese Editor, until April 2019
  • Weidong Li — Chinese co-Editor, until April 2019
  • Samir Alzeer — German Language co-Editor, until June 2019
  • Magdaléna Kodetová — Czech Language co-Editor, until June 2019
  • Aikaterini Prevelianaki — Greek Language co-Editor, until January 2020
  • Nina Vlachogianni — Greek Language co-Editor, until January 2020
  • Maria Tsekoura — Greek Language co-Editor, until January 2020
  • Bogdan-Mihai Barabula — Romanian co-Editor, until April 2020
  • Simon-Mihail Doxan — Romanian co-Editor, until April 2020
  • Martin Stránský — Czech Language co-Editor, until June 2020
  • Zdeněk Rudovský — Czech Language co-Editor, until June 2020
  • Josef Žák — Czech Language co-Editor, until June 2020
  • Marina Korol — Russian Language Editor, until July 2020
  • Evangelia Peppa — Greek Language co-Editor, until October 2020
  • Dumitru Minciu — Romanian Language Editor, until October 2020
  • Elena-Romina Ilina-Posea — Romanian Language co-Editor, until October 2020
  • Ovidiu Suciu — Romanian Language Reviewer, until October 2020
  • Mojca Roženičnik Korošec — Slovenian Language Editor, until October 2020
  • Andrej Tibaut — Slovenian Language co-Editor, until October 2020
  • Tomo Cerovsek — Slovenian Language Reviewer, until October 2020
  • Duncan Lithgow — Danish Language Reviewer, until November 2020
  • Raúl Sánchez González — Catalan co-Editor, until November 2020
  • Moslem Sheikhkhoshkar — Persian Language co-Editor, until January 2021
  • Lorena Luedy — Community Coordinator, until January 2021
  • Gjergji Islami — Albanian Language Reviewer, until February 2021
  • Xavier Pallás — Catalan co-Editor, until March 2021
  • Eduardo Tavares — Topic Curator, until September 2021
  • Alexander S.J. Zhou — Chinese co-Editor, until September 2021
  • Aksel Tønder — Danish Language Reviewer, until September 2021
  • Andreas Foldager — Danish Language co-Editor, until October 2022
  • Joakim Lockert — Danish Language co-Editor, until October 2022
  • Jan Fuglsig Lambrecht — Danish Language co-Editor, until October 2022
  • Trine Christensen — Danish Language co-Editor, until October 2022
  • Silvia Mastrolembo Ventura — Italian Language Editor, until April 2022
  • Silvana Bruno — Italian Language co-Editor, until April 2023
  • Isabella Selmi — Italian Language co-Editor, until April 2023
  • Marija Petronijevic — Serbian Language co-Editor, until October 2023
  • Paweł Przybyłowicz — Polish Language Reviewer, until November 2023
  • Hrvoje Jukić — Croatian team co-Editor, until 2024
  • Karlo Seitz — Croatian team co-Editor, until 2024
  • Marin Stojanović — Croatian team co-Editor, until 2024
  • Monika Mlakić — Croatian team co-Editor, until 2024
  • Tea Helman Jukić — Croatian team co-Editor, until 2024

With thanks also to Nicoleta Panagiotidou, Atif Afeez, Radwa Hassan, Hamza Moshrif, Ammar Al-khafaji, Enas Elsayed, Siham Barakat, Maryam Asgari, Saeed Banihashemi, Samira Garshasbi, Yusuf Arayici, Mihaela Meslec, Chiara Rizzarda, Claudio Vittori Antisari, Franco Pittoni, Federico Pedroni, Nabih Musharbash, Sonia Ahmed, Najwa Hassan, Motasem Albanna, Ahmad Lutfi.

Compiled from the BIMe Initiative dictionary teams as of June 2026. To join a team or propose a correction, see the source page.