Dictionary Teams
The BIM Dictionary was built by a global community of volunteers: editors, co-editors and reviewers who translated and refined its terms in more than 27 languages. This page recognises their contribution. Current curators are listed on Contributors.
Editorial leadership
- Dr. Bilal SuccarHead EditorChangeAgents AEC, Australia
- Dr. Marzia BolpagniAssistant EditorMace, United Kingdom
- Ms. Orjola BraholliCommunity CoordinatorFraunhofer Italia, Italy
- Topic CuratorOpen position
Language teams 27 teams
SpanishA4.01 · 6 members
- 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
FrenchA4.02 · 5 members
- Dr. Erik Poirier
Editor - Vincent Carignan
Co-Editor - Dimitri Damiaud
Co-Editor - Dr. Aurelie de Boissieu
Co-Editor - Imen Chikhi
External Reviewer
ArabicA4.03 · 8 members
- 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
LithuanianA4.04 · 5 members
- 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
RussianA4.05 · 3 members
- Ms. Maria Shirokova
Editor - Mr. Alexey Davydov
Co-Editor - Ms. Mila Prygunova
Co-Editor
ChineseA4.06 · 4 members
- Dr. Vivi Qiuchen Lu
Editor - Ms. Jiayi Yan
Co-Editor - Dr. Long Chen
Co-Editor - AProf. Wei Wu
External Reviewer
GermanA4.07 · 6 members
- 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
CatalanA4.08 · 5 members
- 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
PersianA4.09 · 4 members
- Dr. Saleh Seyedzadeh
Editor - Ms. Arghavan Akbarieh
Co-Editor - Mr. Mohsen Parsa
Co-Editor - AProf. Farzad Pour Rahimian
External Reviewer
CroatianA4.10 · 7 members
- 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
GreekA4.11 · 5 members
- Ms. Nicoleta Panagiotidou
Editor - Mr. Marios Messios
Co-Editor - Ms Anna Kiourka
Co-Editor - Mr. Georgios Pavlidis
Co-Editor - Dr. Georgios Kapogiannis
External Reviewer
ItalianA4.12 · 5 members
- 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
CzechA4.13 · 5 members
- Ms. Štepánka Tomanová
Editor - Mr. Robert Bouška
Co-Editor - Mr. Jan Kolomazník
Co-Editor - Prof. Petr Matějka
External Reviewer - Dr. Lucie Svamberkova
External Reviewer
PortugueseA4.14 · 6 members
- 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
BulgarianA4.15 · 4 members
- AProf. Boyan Georgiev
Editor - AProf. Gergana Antova
Co-Editor - Dr. Vasil Tanev
Co-Editor - AProf. Mihaela Kouteva-Guentcheva
Internal Reviewer
TurkishA4.16 · 6 members
- 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
HungarianA4.17 · 5 members
- Mr. István Csúsz
Editor - AProf. Mihály Szoboszlai
Co-Editor - Mr. Adam Kovács
Co-Editor - Mr. Attila Gyulai
Co-Editor - Mr. Bence Dudas
External Reviewer
SlovenianA4.18 · 5 members
- AProf. Tomo Cerovsek
Editor - AProf. Simon Petrovčič
Co-Editor - Mr. Denis Simčič
Co-Editor - Ms. Branka Trebušak
Co-Editor - Prof. Medved Sašo
External Reviewer
RomanianA4.19 · 3 members
- Mr. Andrei Cornel Danet
Editor - Ms. Alexandra-Ioana Giurgiu
Co-Editor - Mr. Andrei Prusu
Co-Editor
AlbanianA4.20 · 5 members
- Mr. Endriol Doko
Editor - Mr. Ergi Zyberaj
Co-Editor - Ms. Matilda Cenolli
Co-Editor - Mr. Enea Kotsa
Co-Editor - Prof. Saimir Kristo
External Reviewer
SerbianA4.21 · 5 members
- Mr. Petar Dragić
Editor - Mr. Matjaž Šajn
Co-Editor - Ms. Olivera Pavković
Co-Editor - Ms. Jelena Kalanj
Co-Editor - AProf. Igor Peško
External Reviewer
EstonianA4.22 · 5 members
- Mr. Jaan Saar
Editor - Mr. Aivars Alt
Co-Editor - Mr. Janek Siidra
Co-Editor - Ms. Miina Karafin
Co-Editor - Mr. Risto Vahenurm
Reviewer
PolishA4.23 · 5 members
- 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
DanishA4.24 · 5 members
- Ms. Andrijana Nasteska
Editor - Maria Simone Sørensen
Co-Editor - Tue Kappel
Co-Editor - Ms. Malan Kirke
Reviewer - Morten Madsen
Reviewer
UkrainianA4.25 · 10 members
- 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
AzerbaijaniA4.26 · 5 members
- Ms. Aydan Aghabayli
Editor - Ms. Afat Mammadzada
Co-Editor - AProf. Samira Akbarova
Co-Editor - Ms. Afsun Pashmineh
Co-Editor - Mr. Nasib Zeynal
External Reviewer
BasqueA4.27 · 4 members
- Mr. David Barco Moreno
Editor - Mr. Aitor Alcaide Etxabe
Co-Editor - Mr. Iñaki Maiza Antón
Co-Editor - Mr. Albert Alvarez Masdeu
Reviewer
Country editors
- BrazilAProf. Eduardo Toledo Santos
- IndiaMr. Amarnath CBSupported by Ranjith K Soman, Arunkumar Shambu
- NigeriaMr. Lot KadumaSupported by Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad, Mansur Hamma-adama, Moses Itanola, Onyema Udeze
- GhanaMr. Richard AcquahSupported 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.