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History
The Building Information Foundation RTS was established in 1972, when the Finnish Association of Architects gave the Foundation the RT Building Information File and Rakennusmestarien Keskusliitto (Central Association of Construction Engineers) the Helsinki Building Centre as basic capital.
The second oldest building centre in the world, the Helsinki Building Centre was founded in 1932 under the name of Permanent Building Products Exhibition. The RT File was first published in 1942 to fill the need for standardisation and guidelines for reconstruction caused by the war. Ever since, the Foundation has been responsible for drawing up guidelines for the construction sector and construction centre activities in Finland.
In 1974, the Foundation established Building Book Ltd, today known as Building Information Ltd., for its business operations. In accordance with the Building Information Foundation RTS's mission, the company was to publish books and information products and be in charge of the building products exhibition.
Below are the most important years in the history of Building Information and its products
| 1905 | The publication of Rakennustaito (the Finnish Construction Magazine) begins | | 1917 | The publication of Rakentajain kalenteri (Builder's Yearbook) begins | | 1932 | The Helsinki Building Centre opened under the name of Permanent Building Products Exhibition | | 1942 | The reconstruction office of the Finnish Association of Architects established on the initiative of the architect Alvar Aalto (known as the "Town Planning and Standardisation Organisation" as of 1947) | | 1942 | The first RT Building Information File drawn up under the supervision of the Building Standards Committee, in cooperation with various oragnisations and experts. | | 1972 | The Building Information Foundation RTS established by the Finnish Association of Architects and the Central Association of Construction Engineers. | | 1974 | Building Book Ltd, currently Building Information Ltd, estanblished | | 1974 | The publication of the Ratu Construction Productivity Information File begins | | 1982 | The publication of the KH Property Management File begins | | 1986 | The publication of the HEVAC Information FIle begins | 1993-
1998 | Building Information expands to Estonia, Russia and Latvia | | 1996 | Creation of tools that are in line with sustainable development, e.g., the creation and implementation of the Emission Classification of Building Materials | | 1997 | Publication of the RT Building Information File on CD and partly on the Internet | | 2002 | Building Information's anniversary year: 70th anniversary of the Helsinki Building Centre, 60th anniversary of the RT Building Information File, 30th anniversary of the Building Information Foundation RTS | 2003-
2004 | Publication activities expand to cover six magazines | | 2004 | RT Environmental Declaration Committee established | | 2005 | 100th anniversary of the Rakennustaito magazine |
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