Prairie Sky Consulting

Publications

SELECTED Articles

Contributions to the body of knowledge

Executive summary and title page of the COBie lessons learned report

COBie Lesson Learned

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What did we all learn from the first 15 years of trying to use COBie?

Pie chart showing relative proportion of the content in the US National BIM Standard (Version 3).

Making Standards

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Lessons learned from the first decade of US BIM standards demonstrates the need for process-based, contractable technical standards.

A 3D chart showing the high accuracy of an AI algorithm for building control system data

Ditital Twins

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How can control systems learn as building use changes over time? How does one test the validity of a "digital twin"?

A Revit model showing ceiling mounted equipment in a room with variable ceiling heights.

Design BIM & COBie

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BIM software can make COBie files, but why are they so bad? What do you need to know?

An example of the use of a 3D chart to describe the facets of building information deliverables.

BIM Uses

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Do you think BIM can contain all information for all uses? If so, this paper is for you!

A flowchart showing how an AI system selects relevant rules to check a roofing design task

AI supported Design

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Is AI new? No, AI system providing effective design advice have been around for decades.

Many more reports and articles are available on email request.