Cyril Verley – Architect, BIM Strategist, and Digital Twin Pioneer
Cyril Verley, architect and BIM leader with 35+ years in the AEC industry, is founder of CDV Systems (2002) and co-founder of 26 Degrees Software (2013). He has advanced BIM technologies that empower AEC teams and facility owners, delivering structured, data-rich BIMs ready for harvesting into map-based digital twins.
CDV specializes in BIM implementation, training, and content creation, pioneering BIM Execution Plans, LODi standards, and validation workflows across sectors from healthcare to higher education. 26 Degrees Software’s flagship platform, Collectus, provides cloud-based BIM standards, with an integrated BEP and LODi tools, and 36,000+ Revit components—aligned with MasterFormat, OmniClass, and UniFormat—for validated, harvest-ready models.
Verley’s leadership includes award-winning work on the CHUM hospital project, now a benchmark for full lifecycle BIM. Today, his solutions are used by 10 of the ENR Top 15 design firms. A frequent national speaker, he champions BIM as the foundation for smarter, sustainable operations and AI-ready, map-based digital twins.