BSRIA BIM Network:

How does COBie work in practice?

10th November 2015 - BSRIA, Bracknell

Jeff Stephens, Head of BIM

jeff.stephens@vinciconstruction.co.uk

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 Experiences creating COBie data
for Asset Management

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 Power Station Longitudinal Section

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 Pressure Vessel Sections

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 Asset Data metrics

2 Power Stations
- Hartlepool
- Heysham 1
4 Pressure Vessels, each with:
- 17 Levels
- 385 Spaces
- 17 Types
- 5,625 components
- 695 systems (wires)
- 7,750 URL search query links
- 24,500 attributes

Inspection Data:
- 25,000 photos, 75 Gbytes
- 7,500 inspection records
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 COBie Spreadsheet generated model +
annotation IFC model

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 LOD = bounding box

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 Object substitution -
Generic to Specific library objects

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 Object substitution -
Generic to Specific library objects

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 LOD Detailed object geometry

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 Viewing completed Asset Data model

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 IFC Viewer Asset Data

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 Anchor Peg data

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 Inspection Photo -
in 4Projects Extranet

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 COBie Data embedded into a PDF report

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 IFC COBie data opened in PDF file

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 Viewing COBie Asset Data

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 List of photos taken of Anchor Socket
in 4Projects Extranet

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 From COBie asset data to
Inspection Photo

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 P21+
Repeatable Rooms

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 COBie data in repeatable rooms model

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 Room Data Sheet derived from COBie data

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 P21+
Mental Health
Repeatable Rooms

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 Functional Single Bedroom Type 1

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 Architectural Layout

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 Furniture in repeatable room

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 MEP systems in repeatable room

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 Federated repeatable room model
Solibri Model Viewer

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 Object properties Wash Hand Basin

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 Object properties Ball Valve

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 Quality of data in COBie Spreadsheet

Facility:
- Not properly defined.
Floor:
- Multiple Level names defined for a single storey.
Space:
- Spaces are not classified.
- Components are not always related to a space.
Type:
- Type Names are not unique.
- Hardly any Types have a classification.
- Type Properties are not consistently defined.
Component:
- Components dont always reference a valid Type name.
System:
- Not all systems are classified.
- Some Systems dont have a system name defined.
- Some Component Names in a system dont exist in the Component sheet.
Attribute:
- Attribute names are specific each BIM Library provider or Revit Family definition.
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 P21+ Wrightington Phase 1 Hospital

EIRs
What we asked for.

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 BIM Task Group BIM Trial Project
P21+ Wrightington Phase 1

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 Data required - MEP Systems

Major Items of plant Items not in this Comments

Item in MEP

O&M added
identified by the WWL project

COBie data

Contractor
Designer

(Stage 4)

(Stage 6)
Trust.

(Stage 6)

by MEP
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LV Distribution
Switchgear
Energy Meters X Meter data to be
attributed to item that is
being metered
Generators X
UPS Installations
IPS Installations
Auto Transfer
Switches
Lifts X X X Who will model the
lifts?
Lighting and
Emergency Lighting
Boilers
Clorifiers
Ventilation & Air
Conditioning Systems

a. AHU
b. Fan Coil Units
c. Fan Convectors X
d. Split Systems X
e. Variable X
Refrigerant Flow
Systems (VRF)
f. Chillers
g. Heat Recovery X
Units
h. Out Door Units X
Medical Gas Need to check what
Installations MEP model plant items
are modelled.

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 Data required - MEP System - Types

Stage 6: Handover and Closeout

AJP Struct RVT model

O&M Information

NGB to add tag info to

RPS MEP RVT model
NGL Arch RVT model

2D DWG Drawing

2D PDF Drawing
COBie UK-2012

Documentation
RVT model
Level of Detail

IFC Model
Major Items of plant
Description COBie information requirements
Spaces Arch Room, Revit Arch Rooms and MEP Spaces defined
MEP spaces
HV Distribution:
Sub Station X
Transformer X
RMU X
LV Distribution:
LV Switch Boards X
LV Panel Boards
LV Distribution Boards
Metering:
Meters Meter data to be attributed to item that is
being metered
Earthing & Bonding:
Main Earth Terminal (MET)
Earth Reference Terminal (ERT)

Generation:
Generator X
Fuel Store X
UPS Installations
IPS Installations
Auto Transfer Switch (ATS)
Lighting Installations:
General Fluorescent Luminaires

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 Classification Tables to be used

Required by COBie Classification Table

worksheet System
Worksheet CONTACT BS1192:2007 Table C - Management
Worksheet FACILITY Uniclass 1.4 Table D - Facilities
Worksheet FLOOR COBie Spreadsheet FloorType:
Site
Floor
Roof
Worksheet SPACE Uniclass 1.4 Table D - Facilities
Worksheet ZONE Uniclass 1.4 Table D Facilities
or or
COBie Spreadsheet ZoneType:
Circulation Zone
Lighting Zone
Fire Alarm Zone
Historical Preservation Zone
Occupancy Zone
Ventilation Zone
Worksheet TYPE Uniclass 1.4 Table L Construction Products
Worksheet SYSTEM Uniclass 1.4 Table G Elements for Construction
or or
NRM NRM 1

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 What we got..

Federated IFC models

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 4Projects 3G 4BIM (BIM Manger)

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 4Projects 4BIM

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 4Projects 4BIM
Riser model component selection

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 4Project 4BIM
Riser model component properties

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 Further IFC post processing needed -
Perl script

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 4Projects 3G 4BIM (BIM Manger)
COBie Spreadsheet support

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 4Project 4BIM
Model Federation

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 4Project 4BIM
Model Federation select models

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 4Projects 4BIM - Model Viewer
Architectural Model

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 4Projects 4BIM - Model Viewer
MEP Designers Model

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 4Projects 4BIM - Model Viewer
MEP sub contractor Models

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 4Projects 4BIM COBie Checker

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 4Projects 4BIM COBie Federation

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 4Projects 4BIM COBie Spreadsheets

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 4Projects COBie Spreadsheet
Instruction sheet

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 4Projects COBie Spreadsheet
Contact sheet

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 4Projects COBie Spreadsheet
Facility sheet

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 4Projects COBie Spreadsheet
Floor sheet

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 4Projects COBie Spreadsheet
Space sheet

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 4Projects COBie Spreadsheet
Zone sheet

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 4Projects COBie Spreadsheet
Type sheet

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 4Projects COBie Spreadsheet
Component sheet

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 4Projects COBie Spreadsheet
System sheet

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 4Projects COBie Spreadsheet
Attribute sheet

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 Solibri Model Checker

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
(without walls)

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
(without slabs/roofs)

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
MEP

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
MEP

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
only MEP Designer

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
only COBie asset data

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
COBie asset data without spaces

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
COBie asset data without spaces

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
Riser Model only COBie asset data

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
Riser Model full model

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
MEP Model full model

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 Solibri Model Checker - Federated models
MEP Model full model

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 Solibri Model Checker COBie Extensions:
COBie Platform
COBie UK Resources

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 Solibri COBie Spreadsheet
Instruction sheet

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 Solibri COBie Spreadsheet
Contact sheet

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 Solibri COBie Spreadsheet
Facility sheet

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 Solibri COBie Spreadsheet
Floor sheet

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 Solibri COBie Spreadsheet
Space sheet

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 Solibri COBie Spreadsheet
Zone sheet

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 Solibri COBie Spreadsheet
Type sheet

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 Solibri COBie Spreadsheet
Component sheet

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 Solibri COBie Spreadsheet
System sheet

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 Solibri COBie Spreadsheet
Attribute sheet

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 Next Steps

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 Issues

More consistent use of a Common Data Environment by project teams

BIM systems need to support UK classification systems
Better 3D models need to be authored:
- Classification of objects
- BIM systems to support UK classification systems
Improved IFC export
- Classification of objects exported properly into IFC files
Improved IFC to COBie mapping
- IFC to COBie mapping to be improved and customisable by a user
Which FM Systems support the import of a COBie spreadsheet?
- What data is easy?
- What is missed?
How can Documents be referenced in a COBie spreadsheet?
- Are the document available from an FM system?
Once COBie Asset data has been imported into an FM system
- Can the IFC model be viewed?

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 IFC COBie
Trial 3

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 Trial 3 Handover using COBie
to FM providers

Aim:
- To ascertain if asset management systems can import and export
COBie data.
- In other words:
-Can the COBie spreadsheet data be imported into these asset
management systems?
-Then, subsequently exported again as COBie data, defining, for
example, a maintenance regime or a spares list?

The following FM Systems are involved:

- Causeway FM
- FSI Concept Evolution (used by Skanska and BAM)
- IBM Maximo (used by VINCI Construction and Balfour Beatty)
- ActivePlan (used by Interserve)
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 Measure of Success

Can a COBie Spreadsheet or IFC model data be imported into the

Asset Management System?

Can the Asset Management System view the associated 3D model?

Can the Asset Management System access any documents that are
referenced in the COBie data?

Can the Asset Management System export an updated Asset

Information Model as COBie data?

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 IFC COBie
Trial 4

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 Back to basics Trial 4
using Simple COBie data requirements

It is often found that the expected COBie data is not delivered in a COBie
Spreadsheet. This leads to significant efforts to post-process COBie data to
meet the EIRs, which could be done:
- By hand crafting a COBie Spreadsheet.
- By using model checking tools to identify issues and make corrections (fill in the information
gaps) to provide compliant COBie data.
There are a number of reasons for this:
- The BIM system was not able to support some aspects of the asset data requirements.
- The BIM system did not export the asset data into the IFC file, as expected.
- The mapping between an IFC file and a COBie spreadsheet are not adequately supported.
- The COBie data requirements outlined in BS1192-4:2014 are not met, for example:
- Classification is missing
- Unique names are not provided for Types.
- Etc.
Objectives
- Carry out a number of very simple trials to establish where COBie asset data is missing or lost
during the process of creating a COBie Spreadsheet, from a 3D model, to exporting an IFC and
finally creating a COBie Spreadsheet.

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 Trial 4 - Details

Can a UK classification - Uniclass 1.4 or new Uniclass be used?

- Is the classification system data syntactically correct?
- Can the BIM system implement the required classification system?
- Can the IfcClassification object be created in the IFC file and associated with the object?
- Can the required classification table be used to classify the following in a COBie Spreadsheet:
- Contacts, Facility, Space, Zone, Type, System
Are unique TYPE Names created in the Type sheet of a COBie Spreadsheet?
- Where requirements broken?
- In the IFC file
- In the mapping from IFC to the COBie Spreadsheet
Are unique COMPONENT names created?
- Where requirements broken?
- In the IFC file
- In the mapping from IFC to the COBie Spreadsheet
Are unique SYSTEM Names created in the Type sheet of a COBie
Spreadsheet?
Are ZONES supported:
- In the BIM system?
- In the IFC export?
- Mapped to the COBie Spreadsheet?
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 Tier2Tier
Innovate UK R&D project

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 Tier2Tier
UK Government: Innovate UK project

Logical and system architecture diagrams showing the systems touch-points with
PAS1192:2 processes
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 Questions

Jeff Stephens, Head of BIM

jeff.stephens@vinciconstruction.co.uk

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