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Understanding COBie

Course Cost £175 +VAT
Duration ½ DAYS
  • COBie simplifies asset data delivery in a structured format.
  • Course focuses on understanding COBie's impact on projects.
  • Intended for project managers, designers, and contractors.
  • Learn practical COBie creation and data verification.
  • Gain insights on managing COBie in BIM-led projects.

Overview

The Online COBie Training Course focuses on understanding Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) as a non-proprietary data format for asset data in BIM projects. The course covers COBie principles, spreadsheet structure, and practical applications through case studies. It is designed for project managers, designers, and contractors to grasp COBie requirements and implementation. Participants will gain insights into COBie's role in project management, data exchange, and its alignment with ISO 19650 procedures. Upon completion, attendees receive a BIM Academy certificate accredited by Northumbria University.

Who should attend

Client, Designer, Contractor

Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) is a non-proprietary data format for the publication of a subset of BIM information, focused on delivering asset data in non-geometric form. This may sound complex, but the principles of COBie are straight forward.

COBie is a clear format for delivering assets’ data. It is typically a spreadsheet file with some rules on the structuring and content of the provided data. The COBie spreadsheet contains several tabs which list information on the assets facilities, floors, spaces, systems, installed equipment, documents etc. Every entry in the worksheet is connected with another one from another worksheet. It is intended to work as a convenient reference on information that is otherwise hidden in the large amount of drawings and files generated on a project.

This Understanding COBie training course will cover how key information is presented in a COBie format and how it can influence different aspects of the project. This course takes a hands-on approach to how COBie works, demonstrated through case studies and live projects.

This course will be delivered live by your BIM Academy instructor over our virtual learning platform.

Who should attend this course?

This Understanding COBie training course covers strategic considerations, management and implementation, therefore is intended for those managing the project from client, through to designer and contractor.

Any project team member who wants to understand what information is required by COBie and who is responsible to provide it should attend this course.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Introduction to COBie.
  2. What is COBie and how is it used.
  3. Outline of ISO 19650.
  4. How COBie fits within ISO 19650 procedures.
  5. COBie in detail: what do all those spreadsheet tabs mean?
  6. How COBie can be created: software exports and merging COBie files.
  7. How COBie fits in with the Digital Plan of Work and Uniclass.
  8. How to ensure your data requirements are met.
  9. Verification, checking your data requirements are delivered.
  10. Learn from practical examples and case studies.

Key Takeaways

You will learn the difference between documentation and data. As well as how COBie can influence the exchange of information (recorded) at a management level, plus gain a detailed understanding of what is COBie, how to manage it effectively as well as how to apply to your own BIM-led projects.

Certification

On completion of this course, you will be awarded a BIM Academy BIM-training certificate, accredited in association with Northumbria University.

Duration: 3 hours

Cost:£175 + Vat

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Course hours completed

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Expert trainers

CITB, APS, IEMA

Accreditation training centres

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The course was exceptional, well run in terms of delivery of information, IT online course but seamless. Very interesting examples of temporary works failures applicable to the businesses we worked in. Break out activities / group examples worked very well and were again well managed by the trainer. Fantastic course, I will recommend to others! Best course I have attended in years!

CITB Temporary Works Co-Ordinator

Black & Veatch

The trainers knowledge was excellent and I liked his examples and how he could relate them to every day relatable examples that we could all understand. Coming from different industries and sectors his examples were a common ground. It was handled very well virtually and the engagement worked with his questioning and answering

Contract Management

The Pension Regulator

The training was very interactive and the tutor was excellent in engaging every course attendee and ensuring that the course content was tailored to each attendees Organisation and Company requirements

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