Simon Taylor is the principal at Questant, Inc., and a fellow with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), a professional body for qualifications and standards in land, property and construction.

Chris Bailey is the chief cost planner at Bovis Lend Lease and a member of the RICS in the U.S. Taylor and Bailey are part of the buildingSMART alliance to improve the consistency of information obtained from the modeling system.