Version 3 Updates

COBIE

1.5 VERSION 3 UPDATES

V3 of the COBie standard incorporates 58 different updates grouped into four categories.

Ease of Use

  • More concise documentation
  • Removal of tables rarely used
  • Renaming of fields and headers to better understand their purpose
  • Resorting of headers to better group them
  • New “Title Block” section

Modernization

  • Removal of personally identifiable information fields
  • Replacing “Floor” table with “Level” table to better accommodate infrastructure projects
  • Support for JSON format for machine-to-machine exchanges

Capabilities

  • Adding new “PartOf“ field on asset tables to better understand relationships
  • Adding fields that accommodate classifying and geo-locating projects
  • Adding a new “SpaceType” table to better organize Spaces

Workflow

  • Adding tables to better document the activities of a facility (especially useful for handover between owners)
  • New “Package”, “Event”, and “Risk” tables to go along with the existing “Job” table

National BIM Standard-United States® (NBIMS-US™) Version 4

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