The document discusses the benefits of using a common data environment (CDE) with collaborative BIM. It explains that a CDE allows all project data to be captured in a standardized way in a single source of truth that can be accessed by the entire project team. The CDE facilitates open data standards like IFC and COBie that ensure interoperability between teams and into the future for facilities management. The software discussed, Project by Viewpoint, provides a CDE that supports these open BIM standards and workflows to efficiently deliver construction projects.

1. The benefits of collaborative BIM using a common data environment
John Adams BA(hons), MArch, PGDip,
Architect / BIM Product Manager / #

2. Introduction to BIM
There are any number of definitions for
BIM… None are perfect as what BIM means
is different from each perspective.
From a Viewpoint perspective BIM is about;
Capturing all of the project data in a
standardised approach to create a single
source of truth of the project which is
curated and accessed through a Common
Data Environment (CDE).
This is something other industries have
achieved using databases for many years but
the unique nature of construction projects
has delayed adoption in the construction
industry.

3. Introduction to BIM
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team
Client
Deliverables
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Documents
3D Model
Data
Technology
Process
Standards
The Perfect BIM Project
Project
Information
Model (PIM)
Asset
Information
Model (AIM)
ContractLine/InformationExchange

4. Construction 2025 – UK Government Targets

5. How do they plan to hit these targets?
2016 Mandate

6. It’s not just the UK
Nation BIM Standards Including COBie?

7. Where do Viewpoint fit in?

8. The Common Data Environment (CDE)
& Why is this so important?
Client
Architect
Engineer
Project
Manager
Facilities
Manager
Sub-
Contractor
Main
Contractor
Supplier
Client
Architect
Engineer
Project
Manager
Facilities
Manager
Main
Contractor
Supplier
Sub-
Contractor CDE

9. The Common Data Environment (CDE)
& Why is this so important?
= Common Data Environment
= Common Data Environment

10. Open BIM & why we love it.
Non- propriety formats.
Interoperable.
Free to use.
Internationally recognised.
Our CDE

11. Open BIM is a universal approach to the
collaborative design, realization and operation of
buildings based on open standards and
workflows.
16 Regional Chapters Including….
IFC - Industry
Foundation
Classes
IFD - International Framework for Dictionaries
IDM - Information Delivery Manual
MVD - Model View Definitions
bSDD - BuildingSMART Data Dictionary
BCF – BIM Collaboration Format (Candidate)
Open BIM & why we love it.

12. Open BIM & why we love it.
MONTY Pythons flying
model view definition grinder
Organised standardised
handover pack

13. Open BIM & why we love it.
Why COBie?
Once a validated COBie dataset has been
delivered to the building operator matching
the built asset; all operations and
maintenance data can be interrogated from a
single place.
Meaning this
type of
information
about built
assets…
…Instead of this

14. Open BIM & why we love it.
Why IFC? Single Design Models
SDMs
Master Design Model
MDMs

15. Strategic partnerships like Solibri.
Solibri are the first of many as they fit our criteria
• They are an OPEN BIM platform
• They actively promote OPEN BIM
• They offer functionality complimentary to ours.

16. Strategic partnerships like Solibri.
We hold the models, we sort the data, and
we are the people you come to when you
want to get the data, models or both. We
know what data we have and what data
we need to be fully stocked. We are the
OPEN BIM Warehouse
Solibri check the models and the data for
quality, when they find mistakes the
capture them or fix them so models and
data can be returned to the warehouse
improved and checked. Issues detected by
Solibri are resolved in the CDE. They are
the OPEN BIM Lab.
By working together we will improve each others
software and prove OPEN BIM to be an increasingly
attractive approach to delivering projects. We are
always looking for new OPEN BIM Team recruits.

17. So what about our software?
Model
viewer with
zero install
Easy to use
toolbar
Information
panel
Edit, extract
and export
COBie data

18. So what about our software?
Create and
assign tasks
Easy to use
mark up
tools

19. So what about our software?
Information
quality
checks
Status
driven
workflows
Model and
data federation
tools
Contained
with the
project data
structure

20. So what about our software?
Configurable
project
information
requirements

21. Key Messages

22. Key Messages
4Project by Viewpoint is a Common Data Environment
based on OPEN BIM Standards and international best
practice

23. Key Messages for customers and prospects.
The OPEN BIM standards of IFC and COBie don’t ‘decay’
like proprietary file formats and will serve as useful
knowledge sources for managing facilities and future
projects for years to come.

24. Key Messages for customers and prospects.
COBie isn’t just for the UK Government, anybody who
wants structured information about their asset at
handover should consider COBie.

25. Key Messages
BIM is about processes, technology and standards being
used together to efficiently deliver projects in a predictable
and repeatable way.

26. Key Messages
Our CDE is being used in practice on £/$/€ millions of live
projects today.

27. Key Messages
We work with international bodies of excellence in BIM
like Building Smart International to ensure our products
are globally relevant.

28. Key Messages
Zero install access to the models and data for the whole
project team from their browser.