Međunarodno natjecanje buildingSMART openBIM Awards Program održava se svake godine. Prijavljene projekte ocjenjuju eksperti iz svih zemalja koje imaju lokalni ogranak. Ove godine članovi žirija iz buidlingSMART Hrvatska bili su: dr. sc. Sonja Kolarić (jury chapter leader), Antonio Ščavničar (jury member), Josip Šabić (jury member) i Luka Štritof (jury member).
Međunarodne nagrade buildingSMART za 2023. dodijeljene su na buildingSMART International Standards Summit-u u Lillestrømu (Norveška) 20. rujna 2023, a dr. sc. Sonja Kolarić bila je član žirija koji je ocjenjivao finaliste natjecanja te odabirao pobjednike za tri kategorije. Elite jury za kategorije Construction for Infrastructure, Construction for Buildings i Handover: Casey D Rutland (UK), Peter Bo Olsen (Danska) i dr. sc. Sonja Kolarić (Hrvatska).
- Pobjednici u kategoriji ASSET MANAGEMENT: HOCHTIEF ViCon and HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions – “Digital Twin for the maintenance and operation of motorways – Data driven information management along the project life cycle”– Njemačka.
- Pobjednici u kategoriji CONSTRUCTION for BUILDINGS: Tecklenburg GmbH –“"Sustainable" interdisciplinary planning and construction of a district police authority in Germany (Bergheim)” – Njemačka.
- Pobjednici u kategoriji CONSTRUCTION for INFRASTRUCTURE: China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited, – “The Applications of openBIM in Hangzhou West Railway Station”– Kina.
- Pobjednici u kategoriji DESIGN for BUILDINGS: Finavia Corporation – “Helsinki Airport Development Programme Projects 2013–2023” – Finska.
- Pobjednici u kategoriji DESIGN for INFRASTRUCTURE: ILF Zurich –“RAIL TUNNEL: MEHRSPUR ZURICH – WINTERTHUR” – Švicarska.
- Pobjednici u kategoriji HANDOVER: China Railway First Survey and Design Institute Gruop Co Ltd and China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Ltd – “Multi-domain openBIM Digital Engineering Certification and Handover for JiuQuan-Ejina Railway” – Kina.
- Pobjednici u kategoriji PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH: Tsinghua University – “Knowledge-informed rule interpretation and automated design checking based on openBIM” – Khina.
- Pobjednici u kategoriji STUDENT RESEARCH: Technical University of Munich – “BIM4EarlyLCA: Automated LCA for design decision support in early design stages using openBIM and NLP-based semantic model healing” – Njemačka.
- Pobjednici u kategoriji TECHNOLOGY: Tsinghua University – “CBIMS: an openBIM+ Solution for Customizable BIM Checking based on buildingSMART & China National Standards” – Kina.
- Posebna priznanja: ACCA Software S.p.A. – “geotwin (GIS Digital Twin) – A world of constructions a single digial twin” – Italy; China Communications Construction Company Ltd. –“I-Park - openBIM Application in Hong Kong Integrated Waste Management Facilities Phase 1 (IWMF) -Construction” – Hong Kong; Ecole de technologie superieure – “Neural search for openBIM” – Kanada; Spol Architects – “Eucaliptos: unlocking the power of openBIM” – Brazil; Water Supplies Department (HKSAR) – “Intelligent Water Trunk Transfer System with Predictive Maintenance, and AMIS-supported Asset Management, and AI-Driven openBIM and openGIS Integration for Smart Water Management” – Hong Kong.