Construction-Operations Building information exchange (COBie) is a data schema for the publication of a subset of building model information focused on asset data for preventative maintenance. COBie is the standard data format that will be required for UK Government publicly procured projects from April 4th 2016. This page aims to provide useful links for consultants, contractors, sub-contractors, clients and facilities managers wishing to gain a greater understanding of this schema.

General

• About COBie (Wikipedia)
• COBie (Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG), National Institute of Building Sciences, USA)
• COBie LinkedIn Group (private group)
• COBieLite: A lightweight XML format for COBie data (National Institute of Building Sciences, USA)
• National BIM Standard – United States (NBIMS-US) V3 – Section 4.2 COBie Version 2.4 (National Institute of Building Sciences, USA)
  • Annex A – COBie Mapping Rules
  • Annex B – Life Cycle information exchange (LCie) for Product and Product Type Data Exchanges

Articles/blogs

• BIM, COBie Make A Powerful Team (Angela Lewis; Facilities.net)
• BIM and COBie: Taking CMMS to Next Level (Angela Lewis and Birgitta Foster; Facilities.net)
• BIM explained (part four): What is COBie? (Michael Smith; NBS)
• COBie 2.4, BS 1192-4:2014 and ARCHICAD 18/19 – Part 1: Instruction, Contact, Facility and Floor (Rob Jackson; Bond Bryan BIM Blog)
• COBie 2.4, BS 1192-4:2014 and ARCHICAD 18/19 – Part 2: Space and Zone (Rob Jackson; Bond Bryan BIM Blog)
• COBie 2.4, BS 1192-4:2014 and ARCHICAD 18/19 – Part 3: Component (Rob Jackson; Bond Bryan BIM Blog)
• COBie 2.4, BS 1192-4:2014 and ARCHICAD 18/19 – Part 4: Type (Rob Jackson; Bond Bryan BIM Blog)
• COBie 2.4, BS 1192-4:2014 and ARCHICAD 18/19 – Part 5: System, Assembly, Connection, Spare, Resource, Job, Impact, Document, Coordinate, Attribute and Issue (Rob Jackson; Bond Bryan BIM Blog)
• COBie and Autodesk Revit (Brian Renehan; BIM Fix Blog)
• COBie in the UK (Adjacent Digital Politics Limited; Nick Nisbet)
• COBie Offers Easier Way To Manage Asset Data (Angela Lewis; Facilities.net)
• COBie-capable Software Provides Standardized Asset Management (Angela Lewis; Facilities.net)
• COBie: The data debate steps up (Tim Aikin, timaikin.co.uk)
• COBie is not what you think it is (Antony McPhee, practical BIM blog)
• Coping with COBie – think “well appointed suitcase” to underpin data sharing (Nick Nisbet; Infrastructure Intelligence)
• Focus COBie Benefits for Effective Use of CMMS (Angela Lewis and Birgitta Foster; Facilities.net)
• My Top 10 COBie myths (Tim Aikin, timaikin.co.uk)
• Products: CMMS (Facilties.net)
• Resources For Learning About COBie in Depth (Angela Lewis; Facilities.net)
• The problem with COBie (AEC Magazine)
• Tips on Maximizing Your CMMS (Angela Lewis and Birgitta Foster; Facilities.net)
• to COBie or not to COBie (Antony McPhee, practical BIM blog)
• To COBie or not to COBie, this is the question?? (Adrian Soper, CAFM Best Practices)
• What is COBie? (Dr Stephen Hamil, NBS)
• Why is COBie relevant to Building Owners? (Tim Aikin, timaikin.co.uk)

Books

• Delivering Construction-Operations Building information exchange (COBie) in GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD (E. William East and Robert Jackson)
• Delivering Construction-Operations Building information exchange (COBie) using Autodesk Revit (E. William East, Shawn O’Keeffe, Richard Kenna and Emma Hooper)
• Construction-Operations Building information exchange (COBie) Quality Control (E William East and Alfred C. Bogen)

Case Studies

• COBie Case Studies (National Institute of Building Sciences, USA)

COBie UK 2012

• BS 1192-4:2014 Collaborative production of information. Part 4: Fulfilling employer’s information exchange requirements using COBie – Code of practice (FREE)
• COBie UK 2012 (BIM Task Group) – See “Responsibility Matrix” – which can be downloaded at the bottom of the page – for Team Responsibility, Deliverable Requirements and Spreadsheet Schema
• COBie Data Drops (BIM Task Group) (note: Data Drops are now referred to as Information Exchanges)

Courses

• Introduction to COBie (Building Sciences Online Academy)

Presentations

• Managing Digital Hand-over (Doug Wood; IBM Corporation)

Reports

• IFC/COBie Report 2012 (NBS)

Sample Models

• East Dormitory Project (Architecture) (February 2016) – Created by Bond Bryan, Prairie Sky Consulting, Chris Bogen and Leon Van Berlo.

Software and COBie

• COBie Toolkit for Autodesk REVIT (Autodesk) – see also videos below
  
• Graphisoft ARCHICAD 16 and COBie (PDF documentation provided by Graphisoft on where to place data within an ARCHICAD 16 model)
• Graphisoft ARCHICAD 17 and COBie  (PDF documentation provided by Graphisoft on where to place data within an ARCHICAD 17 model)
• Graphisoft ARCHICAD 18 and COBie (PDF documentation provided by Graphisoft on where to place data within an ARCHICAD 18 model)
• Graphisoft ARCHICAD 19 and COBie (PDF documentation provided by Graphisoft on where to place data within an ARCHICAD 19 model)
• opensourceBIM / COBie plugin – COBieToolkit (GitHub)

Trials/Tests/Challenges

• buildingSMART alliance January 2014 Challenge (buildingSMART alliance)
• Open BIM / COBie Field Trials – Industry Feedback – presentation downloads (buildingSMART UK)
• Open BIM / COBie Field Trials – Industry Feedback – video presentations (buildingSMART UK)

Videos

• COBie Attribute Worksheet (Bill East) – October 10th 2014 [ 7:18]
• COBie Document Worksheet (Bill East) – September 9th 2014 [5:39]
• COBie Job Worksheet (Bill East) – September 4th 2014 [6:42}
• COBie Resource Worksheet (Bill East) – August 26th 2014 [2:34]
• COBie Spare Worksheet (Bill East) – August 21 2014 [4:19]
• COBie Connection Worksheet (Bill East) – August 19th 2014 [3:42]
• COBie Assembly Worksheet (Bill East) – August 6th 2014 [2:47]
• COBie System Worksheet (Bill East) – August 6th 2014 [3:10]
• COBie Component Worksheet (Bill East) – July 28 2014 [5:06]
• COBie Type Worksheet (Bill East) – July 27 2014 [4:48]
• COBie Zone Worksheet (Bill East) – July 22 2014 [2:19]
• COBie Space Worksheet (Bill East) – July 22 2014 [4:07]
• COBie Floor Worksheet (Bill East) – July 22 2014 [2:58]
• COBie Facility Worksheet (Bill East) – July 21 2014 [5:11]
• COBie Contact Worksheet (Bill East) – July 16 2014 [3:53]
• COBie Spreadsheet Conventions (Bill East) – July 15 2014 [8:41]
• COBie and IFC (Bill East) – June 10 2014 [6:29]
• Structure of COBie (Bill East) – May 29 2014 [8:07]
• History of COBie (Bill East) – May 28 2014 [6:08]
• Why COBie? (Bill East) – May 24 2014 [4:58]
• COBie 4 Owners (Bill East) – May 23 2014 [8:24]
• COBie 4 Contractors (Bill East) – May 21 2014 [5:04]
• COBie 4 Designers (Bill East) – May 20 2014 [7:37]
• COBie Toolkit for Autodesk Revit (Rich Mitrenga and T.J. Meehan) – May 19 2014 [33:46]
• Getting the most from Open-Standard BIM (Bill East) – May 09 2014 [5:25]
• COBie College – COBie-Class1-Overview-Part 1 (Bill East) [8:55]
• COBie College – COBie-Class1-Overview-Part 2 (Bill East) [9:36]
• COBie College – COBie-Class1-Overview-Part 3 (Bill East) [10:26]
• COBie College – COBie-Class1-Overview-Part 4 (Bill East) [8:03]
• COBie College – COBie-Class1-Overview-Part 5 (Bill East) [7:43]
• COBie College – COBie-Class1-Overview-Part 6 (Bill East) [7:43]
• COBie College – COBie-Class2-HowToCreateCOBieFiles-Part 1 (Bill East) [7:30]
• COBie College – COBie-Class2-HowToCreateCOBieFiles-Part 2 (Bill East) [6:05]
• COBie College – COBie-Class2-HowToCreateCOBieFiles-Part 3 (Bill East) [9:00]
• COBie College – COBie-Class2-HowToCreateCOBieFiles-Part 4 (Bill East) [9:08]
• COBie College – COBie-Class2-HowToCreateCOBieFiles-Part 5 (Bill East) [1:43]
• COBie College – COBie-Class3.1-Worksheets-Instruction-Part 1 (Bill East) [9:44]
• COBie College – COBie-Class3.1-Worksheets-Instruction-Part 2 (Bill East) [9:36]
• COBie College – COBie-Class3.2-StandardColorLayout-Part 1 (Bill East) [9:22]
• COBie College – COBie-Class3.2-StandardColorLayout-Part 2 (Bill East) [8:13]
• COBie College – COBie-Class3.3-Worksheets-Contact-Part 1 (Bill East) [9:26]