NBIMS-US V3 4.1 Introduction To IE Standards
NBIMS-US V3 4.1 Introduction To IE Standards
This section includes documents that outline information exchange standards through process modeling,
information delivery manuals (IDM), and their correlating model view definitions (MVD) developed to
guide information exchange protocols that have been tested and documented.
Information exchange occurs at many different levels and stages, from project inception through building
design and construction and into facility management. Projects utilizing BIM software applications are
particularly in demand because they permit an integrated information exchange for the centralization of
information, which can be in various formats both in modeling and team coordination practices, as well as
interoperability of the applications for efficient exchanges. This section of NBIMS-US will grow as more
portions of the building process are outlined in formats of IDM and MVD to form coordinated standard
methods and guides for better information exchanges.
Since its publication in NBIMS-US V2, the COBie user community has requested three categories of
enhancements. The first category of enhancements was to improve the precisions of the underlying
Industry Foundation Class Facility Management (FM) Handover Model View Definition (MVD). The
second category of enhancement was to add the exchange of environmental and safety related issues.
This enhancement allowed European users of COBie to apply NBIMS-US™. The third category of
enhancement was to improve mapping COBie data to XML.
The Design to Spatial Program Validation (SPV) information exchange is to provide a process using an
SPV analysis application to load into the Building Information Model (BIM) the spatial program
requirements and assess the performance of the building model in satisfying the owner's requirements.
The Design to Building Energy Analysis (BEA) information exchange provides a process using a BEA
analysis application to load additional building energy modeling data into the Building information Model
(BIM) in order to run a full building simulation of the energy that will be used by the building design.
The Design to Quantity Takeoff (QTO) information exchange provides a process using a QTO analysis
application to load into the BIM, along with a database of construction recipes.
Electrical information exchange documents the process flow and data exchange requirements for the
design of electrical distribution systems. A subsequent part of this project applies the understanding of
the process flow and exchange requirements to a “real-world” situation, examining how the information
exchanges can be handled in existing Building Information Model (BIM) software, using modified three
example BIM based on the buildingSMART Industry Foundation Class (IFC) BIM schema.
4.8 Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning information exchange (HVACie) – Edition 2013
HVAC information exchange documents the process modelling and data-exchange requirements of
HVAC engineering design practice, following Information Delivery Manual (IDM) and Model View
Definition (MVD) procedures defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and
buildingSMART.
Plumbing information exchange extends the detail described in the IFC4 specification to cover plumbing
practices in North America. Specifically, it describes how to represent domestic water systems and
sewage systems, where sourcing and treatment is provided by an external utility. It describes how to
detail physical connectivity of valves, pipes, and fixtures.