Impact of COBie on Design Activities

Abstract

Delivery of Construction Operations Building information exchange (COBie) data helps facility maintenance, operations, and asset managers to more quickly operate their facilities at lower life-cycle cost. Since its first publication, COBie has been widely adopted in projects around the globe, in part due to the precise definition of what is and is not a COBie deliverables. Metrics for COBie quality control, established in the standard, require the verification of data format and validation of content. While the technical hurdles to correct COBie design data have been largely overcome, the question of what design activities must change if data quality standards are to be met has not been answered. This paper presents the results of a case study created specifically to address this question.