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Facility Management – Information / Data Standards
Many real property / facilities / building management have not been optimally handled by the industry. Areas critical to improvement includes common taxonomy, definitions, data architectures,...
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Facility Management – BIM – Taxonomy
TAXONOMY This facilities management taxonomy has been produced to help BIFM members and the wider facilities management community to structure its understanding of the scope of the field. Click on the...
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Out of BIM Chaos, the Road to Structured Data
Out of BIM Chaos, the Road to Structured Data By Stephen R. Hagan, FAIA These days, much is being written and hyped about Building Information Modeling (BIM). To my count, at least 10 initiatives...
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NIBS BIM Taxonomy – Initiatives | Whole Building Design Guide
Building Smart Alliance including International (IAI) Sites The acronym “BIM,” is historically linked in the minds of many to 3-dimensional and now 4D (time) and 5D (cost) virtual modeling of...
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Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE): Means and...
Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE): Means and Methods by E. William East, PE, PhD – Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S Army, Corps of Engineers and Nicholas...
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The Criticality of Construction Standards
IFC and similar data standards are extremely important. It is because many of us are implementing advanced design, cost engineering, and construction strategies that taxonomy becomes critical for data...
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4D 5D BIM – Model Progression Specification
The Model Progression Specification is a language for owners, designers and builders intended to define elements and tasks in a building construction process. The goal of MPS is to allow can...
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High Performance Building – Definition is Evolving …. Just like BIM
Below is a recent IFMA sponsored article addressing the definition of a high performance building. With the operational costs of buildings 60% t0 80% of the life-cycle cost of a building (the remainder...
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Omniclass
Omniclass is classification strategy for the built environment. Omniclass includes facility types, space types, properties, organizational roles etc. in tables/Excel format. “OmniClass (or OCCS) is...
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European Facility Management Data Standard – EN 15221 – 3
Common taxonomy is critical to productivity, transparency, collaboration, and information re-use/management. Within the facility management where process, technology, and productivity lags, common...
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