National BIM Standard

[Anonymous]

saw this on facilityblog
http://facilityblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/national-building-information-model.html

more info...
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-45,GGLD:en&q=NIBS+NBIMS

~sigh~ even I'm getting tired of the acronyms...

The National Institute of Building Standards (NIBS) through its
Facility Information Council (FIC) has formed a committee to create the
National Building Information Model Standard (NBIMS). The Standard is
considered to be a critical element in reforming business practices in the
capital facilities industry and recapturing at least $15B annually lost due
to inefficiencies.

The NBIMS team is actively soliciting participation from public and private
organizations and individuals and, to date, 26 organizations representing
most aspects of the facility lifecycle and many types of associated
businesses have signed the Committee charter and over 80 individuals,
overseen by an executive committee, are actively participating on NBIM
working groups.

The NBIMS Project Committee seeks to facilitate integration by providing a
common language for describing facility information, common views of
information based on the needs of businesses engaged in all aspects of
facility commerce, and common standards for sharing data between businesses
and their data processing applications. Use of common language and practices
is expected to reduce building costs, insurance liability, construction
schedules, and operating expense while increasing building performance,
safety, building life and occupant efficiency.

To further rapid development and wide acceptance, the Committee is
partnering with international standards organizations and leveraging
existing initiatives. Organizations include the Open Standards Consortium
for Real Estate (OSCRE), the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.® (OGC),
International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) International, and
FIATECH - a private standards consortium. In addition, the Committee is
seeking and receiving active participation by professional organizations
such as the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Building Owners &
Managers Association (BOMA), Construction Specifications Institute (CSI),
Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), International Facilitates Management
Association (IFMA), Mortgage Bankers Association, etc.

Recent announcements by the US General Services Administration (GSA), US
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the US Coast Guard (USCG) are an
indication of rapid and immediate evolutionary pressures in the capital
facilities industry. These government agencies and, similarly, private
organizations, now require integrated service delivery approaches, use of
'virtual building models' to reduce errors and omissions, and the use and
delivery of digital datasets for facility operations, maintenance and
renewal; which support improved service delivery, enhanced emergency
planning, management and response. Without a standard this is a risky
endeavor.

Release of the first version of the NBIM Standard is planned for December
2006

[Anonymous]

googled BIM for Facilities Management and came up with some articles that
appear interesting...
Visionary property owners try some new tools

BIM tools have been initially adopted by architects, engineers and
contractors ... Being able to reuse building information for facility
management is an ...
www.djc.com/news/re/11174333.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages


Conference Summary

Enterprise Wide Facilities Management - Vision to Reality ... an
overall framework for discussion of what a Building Information Model (BIM)
is and can be. ...
es4.neocentrix.com/ecobuild/
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Graphic Systems, Inc. - Resources - Articles

09.01.05, BIM & Facility Management Published in IFMA Facility
Management Journal, September, 2005 issue By Eric Teicholz ...
www.graphicsystems.biz/gsi/html/articles.html - 23k - Cached - Similar
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Facility Information Council (FIC) - BIM Committee

Building Information Models (BIM) for the facility industry are
comparable ... a facility, planning, design, construction, and management
look at only their ...
www.nibs.org/BIMcommittee.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages


Building Operating Management: Outlook -

"We're not just looking at real estate or facilities management," says
Andy ... a reality could lay the foundation for a building information model
(BIM), ...
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AIA Cincinnati - Chapter Meeting

Building Information Modeling (BIM)and Facilities Management Controls.
Building Information Modeling (BIM) will change the way buildings are
operated and ...
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BIM (Building Information Modeling) Update

With all the benefits of a BIM process, why are some firms hesitant to
change ... to automatically populate IAI IFC-compliant facility management
software. ...
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AECCafe Weekly : Paving the Way to BIM - March 13, 2006

Bhatt said that Autodesk was extending the data underneath BIM to
extend to other disciplines. For example, facilities management needs access
to ...
www10.aeccafe.com/nbc/articles/ view_weekly.php?articleid=250978 -
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[PDF] Microsoft PowerPoint - Federal Owners and BIM March 2006.ppt

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
covered will include; downstream benefits of BIM like cost. estimating
and facilities management, best practices in getting. BIM deliverables from
A&E's, ...
https:/.../symposium/2006/
Wednesday%5C109%20wed%20pm%5CFederal%20Owners%20and%20BIM%20March%202006.pdf
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[PDF] "The Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Construction ...

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Specific benefits of BIM to Sydney Opera House include:. n. faster and
more effective facilities management where information can easily be shared
and re- ...
www.construction-innovation.info/
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Jordani Consulting Group

April 2006 BIM for FM Opportunities for Building Information Modeling
in Facilities Management COFES 2006 - Congress on the Future of Engineering
Software ...
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Interior Designers on Squidoo

This month I'll focus on how interior designers can use BIM to capture
and ... International Facility Management Association (IFMA): IFMA is the
largest and ...
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AEC From the Ground Up-State of the AEC Industry 2006 - BIM ...

BIM solutions are changing the AEC landscape. ... Autodesk and Bentley
offer FM (facilities management) solutions (but surprisingly, Graphisoft
discontinued ...
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BIM Mission Statement

At the present time, BIM technology is not fully developed. ... that
blur the traditional separation of design, construction and facilities
management. ...
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[PDF] 1 To: Don Young and Heather Wiederhoeft From: Eric Teicholz, IFMA ...

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the near term future of technology and facility management. ...
Information Modeling or BIM) and their potential impact on building owners.
...
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[PDF] THE BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL IN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT by Ronald ...

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
literature review, a case study, and interviews with facilities
management personnel of. four Worcester area universities, it was found that
use of the BIM ...
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etd-050406-153423/unrestricted/RMendezETD.pdf - Similar pages


[PDF] Barriers to BIM

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
construction into facilities management. Performance criteria for
design deliverable. will include their use during facilities operation.
BIM-based building ...
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"melanie stone" wrote in message
news:5105248@discussion.autodesk.com...
saw this on facilityblog
http://facilityblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/national-building-information-model.html

more info...
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-45,GGLD:en&q=NIBS+NBIMS

~sigh~ even I'm getting tired of the acronyms...

The National Institute of Building Standards (NIBS) through its
Facility Information Council (FIC) has formed a committee to create the
National Building Information Model Standard (NBIMS). The Standard is
considered to be a critical element in reforming business practices in the
capital facilities industry and recapturing at least $15B annually lost due
to inefficiencies.

The NBIMS team is actively soliciting participation from public and private
organizations and individuals and, to date, 26 organizations representing
most aspects of the facility lifecycle and many types of associated
businesses have signed the Committee charter and over 80 individuals,
overseen by an executive committee, are actively participating on NBIM
working groups.

The NBIMS Project Committee seeks to facilitate integration by providing a
common language for describing facility information, common views of
information based on the needs of businesses engaged in all aspects of
facility commerce, and common standards for sharing data between businesses
and their data processing applications. Use of common language and practices
is expected to reduce building costs, insurance liability, construction
schedules, and operating expense while increasing building performance,
safety, building life and occupant efficiency.

To further rapid development and wide acceptance, the Committee is
partnering with international standards organizations and leveraging
existing initiatives. Organizations include the Open Standards Consortium
for Real Estate (OSCRE), the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.® (OGC),
International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) International, and
FIATECH - a private standards consortium. In addition, the Committee is
seeking and receiving active participation by professional organizations
such as the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Building Owners &
Managers Association (BOMA), Construction Specifications Institute (CSI),
Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), International Facilitates Management
Association (IFMA), Mortgage Bankers Association, etc.

Recent announcements by the US General Services Administration (GSA), US
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the US Coast Guard (USCG) are an
indication of rapid and immediate evolutionary pressures in the capital
facilities industry. These government agencies and, similarly, private
organizations, now require integrated service delivery approaches, use of
'virtual building models' to reduce errors and omissions, and the use and
delivery of digital datasets for facility operations, maintenance and
renewal; which support improved service delivery, enhanced emergency
planning, management and response. Without a standard this is a risky
endeavor.

Release of the first version of the NBIM Standard is planned for December
2006