How owners, AECO teams, and buildingSMART can preserve context, relationships, and usability beyond handover using Resource Description Framework (RDF) and knowledge graphs.

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Most BIM goes dark at handover. Rich building information gets flattened into static files, leaving owners and operators without the context needed for real operations and leaving AI and IoT systems guessing. This session shows how openBIM can move beyond project delivery and become operational intelligence: live, connected, and usable across the building lifecycle. Using the PAE Living Building as a real-world example, we will show how RDF and knowledge graphs preserve relationships, reduce ambiguity, and help create AI-ready, interoperable building systems. Owners are the key to this shift: by asking better questions, setting clearer requirements, and insisting on open standards, they can help turn static models into living systems.