Most of us want COBie to work without having to figure it out. Experience shows, however, that products may not always work as expected. Testing the results yourself is the only way to know for sure.
We have been testing software ever since the COBie standard was invented to try to make this process easier for you. Do you need help with testing your software or process? Contact us today!
Here is our world-class team of experienced, knowledgable, and dedicated architects, engineers, and construction managers working to move COBie into hands-on pratice (in alphabetical order):
Ronan Collins | Gamuda | Construction Animation |
Alan DeLuce | Commercial Service of Bloomington | (COBie for Contractors) Construction Subcontractor |
Gavin Dunstan | SES (Engineering Services) | (COBie for Contractors) Construction Subcontractor |
Bill East | Prairie Sky Consulting | Program Manager |
John Ford | Galliford Try | (COBie for Contractors) BIM Manager/General Contractor |
Craig Hardingham | MLM Group | Revit - Structural |
Emma Hooper | METZ Architects | Revit - 60% Architectural |
Rob Jackson | Bond Bryan Digital | ARCHICAD - 30% Architectural |
Shawn O'Keeffe & Richard Kenna |
MMA Consulting Engineers | Revit - All Engineering Models |
Marcos Saul | ENGWorks | Simulated Construction Photos |
Initial COBie Challenge events used models too small to rigourously test capability or too large to complete. Now, the inventor of COBie has teamed with architects and engineers to develop a new test building, the East Dormitory.
The overall project is to design, build, and operate four small dormitories on a fictous site adjacent to the University of Illinois, in Champaign, Illinois, USA. Our test includes one of these four buildings - the "East Dormitory." The design is based on standard concept drawings provided by a United States Government agency.
Iterative testing between team and software developers helps you capture and use COBie data as an integral part of typical design and construction process. Our recomendations have already found thier way into commercial software.
Verficiation testing uses the open-source COBie QC Repoter and COBie Plugin. These tools have been used as the basis for all NBIMS-US COBie testing to date. Chris Bogen and Bill East created these tools using the open-source bimServer.org platform developed by Leon van Berlo and his team former teammates at TNO.
For more information on these tools see our books.
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