Chapter 15: Assessment of Open BIM Standards for Facilities Management
Non-digital information handover for facilities management (FM) could be quite a challenge when evaluating the quality of information in terms of its usefulness and relevance for building operations. Manually searching for errors in large datasets is inefficient, which leads to difficulties in the course of maintenance and operation tasks. Traditional FM systems, computer-aided FM (CAFM), and computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) are all capable of digitizing information. However, the handover remains in paper format, which requires the mundane and inefficient practice of re-creating information for use in FM systems. Using the emerging open building information modelling (BIM) standards during the operational stage to resolve this problem is currently being considered, and in this context, the extent of how open BIM standards can support facility management systems is being studied. As part of an ongoing effort, a desk-based research is used as the main method of investigation to achieve the aim of this study. Findings suggest that open BIM standards, such as COBie and IFC, should be utilized to streamline information and be integrated with FM systems.