Dec. 23, 2011
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) recently received word that the National Institute of Building Sciences has approved the Construction-Operation Building information exchange (COBie) as part of the U.S. National Building Information Model (NBIMS-US) standard.
A CERL-developed approach, COBie is an internationally recognized data exchange standard that delivers life-cycle building asset information from design through construction.
Nearly all of the information needed to operate and maintain a building, such as a facility at a military installation, is created at some point during a project's design and construction phases. COBie helps in facilitating open building standards as part of a major national effort to revolutionize the facility delivery process. By using BIM information and COBie's open standards, designers, builders and installation facility managers will have open interchange using powerful computer tools used in the architectural-engineering-construction industry. The Corps has been using COBie for all military construction projects. It is an enormous enhancement for designing, constructing, managing and providing maintenance for military facilities.
"COBie can be implemented to provide quality control on design BIM model deliverables and to replace current paper-based construction handover specifications. The adoption of COBie is starting in the US but also well underway internationally. For example, starting in 2013 COBie is mandated on all major public projects in the United Kingdom," said Dr. Bill East, CERL research civil engineer and senior project manager, and project coordinator, buildingSMART alliance.
Read more about COBie, by clicking on one of the following links:
- ERDC—Making the World Safer and Better (Article)
- National Institute of Building Sciences (Article)
Learn more about COBie with online training, "COBie 101: Introduction to COBie," developed by COBie Chair Bill East; this is also available directly on YouTube.