BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING
Exchange ( COBie ), where traditional designers are now asked to produce data related to life cycle management , an area that needs to be embedded into COBie . “ Traditional designers have been doing BIM , and the problem they have is that they ’ re not used to structuring data to be delivered through the design process , which then filters through to construction , operations and maintenance ,” he says . Whilst designers are solely used to producing standard deliverables for paper or electronic paper which highlight a basic time frame or windows of delivery , they are not used to implementing standards and undertaking significant construction data that now needs to feed into the life cycle management of projects . “ They can produce a COBie file because the software will put this out , but the quality of the information means that that data is unusable by those people who need it and there are no controls in place for this ,” concludes Oakley . Although British Standards are firmly embedded within construction and building practices , Oakley is only too aware that such requirements lack precision and specific detail with regards to the role and responsibilities
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