For BIM Managers
The importance of data for BIM managers
As a BIM manager, understanding and effectively managing data is essential to successful projects.
The first step in managing data for BIM is to create an organised and efficient structure. This should be based on the BIM objectives and goals, as well as the specific needs of the project. A plan for data collection and storage should also be developed. Establishing a system for organising and storing data makes it easier to access information quickly when needed.
EDocuments' platform and services simplify BIM data management, speeding up data gathering and increasing data validation accuracy.
Save countless hours
With EDocuments, BIM managers can save countless hours typically spent manually transferring files and data from CDEs. By setting up rules, files and data can be automatically synchronised to and from your O&M systems and designated sections.
For data clash detection, EDocuments offers a solution for Autodesk Construction Cloud users: the EDocuments Model Health Checker. This tool automatically validates the model each time it is uploaded to ACC. Validation rules can be customised or selected from a library of commonly used tests, streamlining the process and ensuring model accuracy.
COBie as standard
COBie is the most widely used data exchange format within the construction industry, though it’s often seen as a complex process. EDocuments’ standard templates simplify COBie information, making it easy to view and manage. EDocuments’ software allows users to create, import, edit and export COBie data in a streamlined and efficient way. Data can be pulled directly from 3D models and synchronised back at the end of a project.
Benefits for BIM professionals
• Automatic document generation from a COBie file.
• COBie import and export.
• Import your asset information requirements (AIR) for use as a validation.
• Data connectors to all major CDEs to create rules to sync files and data to and from your O&M systems and sections.
• COBie validator with validation against your asset information requirements.
• Directly pull and push data from Autodesk Construction Cloud, use extracted model data.
• Built in 3D model viewer for quick visualisation of validation errors, and navigation to O&M data.
• Navigate your O&M manuals directly from your 3D model, with BIM links from your model to the O&M data.
EDocuments Digital O&M
EDocuments' Digital O&M is completely data-driven and allows clients’ BIM models to link to any as-built information. Typically, users link elements and systems in the BIM model to the specific system information in the Digital O&M.
The Digital O&M is the central hub for all as-built information from subcontractors, suppliers, and the professional team. EDocuments’ platform guarantees that all information passes through an authoring, review and approval cycle.
Investing in data
Data is one of the most important elements of BIM management. It provides insights into project performance, informs decisions and helps ensure long-term maintenance. As a BIM manager, understanding and effectively managing data is essential to successful projects.
The first step in managing data for BIM is to create an organised and efficient structure. This structure should be based on the BIM objectives and goals, as well as the specific needs of the project. A plan for data collection and storage should also be developed. Establishing a system for organising and storing data makes it easier to access information quickly when needed.
Data accuracy is critical in order to benefit from the insights provided by Big Data. Identifying errors and inaccuracies in data is important and must be done regularly to ensure accuracy. This includes verifying the source of the data as well as evaluating its accuracy and completeness. Additionally, ensuring that data is up to date is essential for it to remain relevant and useful.
