Data requirements and the role of manufacturers

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Data requirements and the
role of the manufacturer
Nick Tune, CEO coBuilder UK

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About me
CEO of coBuilder UK
Former BRE Group Director - Digital & Data
UKBIM Alliance Exec
Former Board member of buildingSMART
International & UK

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18 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS -
We know the European construction industry very well
The product info hub of the Norwegian market (5000+ customers);
Over 2.5 million products in our systems;
Experts in handling EU regulations such as CPR, REACH, ROHS;
Members of CEN/TC 442 and ISO/TC 49 committees
Member of buildingSMART International
Plugins for

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Data is the raw material of the 21st century
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So what information do you need?

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So what information do we get?

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Product Information today

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What data do your customers want/need??
They want COBie
They want BIM Objects
They want PDFs
They want just specific data sets that are relevant to them
They want my data in different formats that I cannot provide right now
My clients don't come to me for information about my products

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So are required/suggested COBie properties
enough/too much?
Type

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But what about performance properties, are
these needed?

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MOJ have asked for COBie plus +

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The Plan Language Question - PLQ
I want to run my building with a
10% reduction in energy
consumption
What data do I need to do this?
From which sources (boiler,
lighting, pumps etc)
So what data do I need from my
boiler to manage it and reduce its
use or improve it efficiency?

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2 Ways of determining the data you want
1 – PLQs – What data do I need to answer a specific question. The problem, you
would need hundred if not thousands of questions per project and often you
don’t know all the questions you need.
2 – Make an educated guess of the data you think you will need e.g. I think the
client will want this data – The FM will need these COBie properties and the
contractor/client and FM will need these product performance properties – U
Value, Fire Rating etc.
Do we need a combination of both?

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So how should the data about products be
presented?
• The Product Data Template

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Manufacturers, SET YOUR DATA FREE!

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Product data – where does it come from ?
Construction Products Regulation (CPR)
CEN standards
Low Voltage Directive (LVD)
CENELEC standards
ISO standards
Environmental Product Declaration
Other
REACH, Machinery Directive, ++
Market needs
BREEAM, Color codes,
Warranty policies etc.

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What should be in the PDT and what format?
CEN 442 WG4
Product Data Should be based
on hEN and IFC

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Product Data Templates (PDT)
Moving from PDFs to data
The way to make you data available in machine readable formats
In a PDT a manufacturer could structure:
Asset Information Requirements (FM, COBie ++)
Environmental Product Data (EPD)
Data on Chemicals (SDS information)
Specifications (performance, geometry etc.)
What data is needed at different project stages
(RIBA, LOD etc.)

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The Development of the PDT - LEXiCON

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PLQs and PDTs
We have the PLQs, we have determined the products we want data for and and
we have selected the data that we believe we need for each product.
We now have our project PDTs.

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Mapping between hEN and IFC

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What if the manufacturer can’t give you the
data?

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Can I just use a BIM Object?
Ask the questions
•Will it definitely be the product that is installed?
•Does it have the data that has been asked for and in the format required?
•What level of detail is needed?
•Is the object too geometrically rich?

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The Knauf Insulation Case Study
Download at: http://gobim.com/manufacturers/
“We have been looking for a future-proof solution,
which goes beyond the 3D objects capabilities and
will help us meet the demands of our organisation
and our partners, without the need for significant
software implementation and investment. We have
found this solution with coBuilder."
- Stephen Smith, Marketing Manager Knauf
Insulation UK.

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Are you the source of your information?
Users update the data they need based on my latest brochures, websites
I have product data and documents in several databases and systems
managed by a third party, I communicate all updates to them.
My data gets separately updated in all the systems I use
All my product data gets automatically updated in
all systems that use it

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IN-HOUSE
BETTER
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT

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You can interlink all your data management
systems

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Ensure Availability

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Is your data fit for purpose?
My product data is created according to national and international standards
for construction products.
My product is not under the scope of any standards
My product data is created under a European Technical Assessment
All my data related to standards is available to my clients
I often get request for product properties that
I don't have at hand at the moment

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How do you translate & localise your data to the
different markets you target?
I employ a team of translators
My local representatives handle data translations
I don't translate/localise my data
I use a software for automatic translations

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coBuilder International
Develops product type templates based on studies in legislation and national
standards in various countries
Internationalised product data based on buildingSMART Data Dictionary
Provides quality translation services for product data in over 15 languages
Our work is supported by the following International and European
associations:
European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC)
International Union of Painting Contractors (UNIEP)
International Union of the Associations of Heating Ventilating and Air-
Conditioning Contractors and International Union of Roofing and Plumbing
(GCI-UICP)

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What new distribution chanells have you
introduced to your business in the last year?
I now offer my product data online (website/e-commerce system)
I offer my product data through merchants and wholesalers
I offer customised data offers to contractors and subcontractors
I now offer my products as BIM objects
My products are accessible through software
products my customers use
(Revit, ARCHICAD etc.)

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Distribution
Extending your product-service offer to
the systems your clients use
E-commerce
Advertising
Added Value
After-sales

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Market and measure

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Why do you think you are
a preffered partner?
I have a steady customer base and I am not expected to change the way I
deliver my product-service offer to them
My customers constantly change the way they do business themselves. I try
to keep up with those changes in my product/offer.
I am up-to-date with the latest trend within the construction sector.
Now it is all about the data.
I intend to provide my customers
with the data they need

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Marketing Intelligence

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BIM Manufacturers

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goBIM - The software that binds it all together
BIM-ify your products with
Your products stand out from your those of your
competition
Share and manage your data
You make your product data so much easier to find
Your product portfolio is fully Interoperable/ compatible with
REVIT, ARCHICAD, IFC, COBie, Navisworks
Gain market intelligence on who is using your products

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Register – It is free!

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How to create a Product Data Sheet?
In order to create your own Product Data Sheet for a specific product, go to the
Products tab in goBIM, then click the Add product button.

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First select the product type and
Classification system
This loads the Product Information Toggle – here you can enter information
about your product. Start with the mandatory fields.

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Create a well-documented product by
Attaching files
goBIM also allows you to attach your 3D objects to your ‘Product Data Sheet’

@coBuilderUKNow you can start digitizing your product’s
Properties - neatly allocated in six main
sections
This is where you can also create a Product Data Sheet for the product, using
coBuilder's predefined Product Data Templates filters.

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Define your products’ properties based on The
standards they are tested against and enter the
correct values.
If your product can be tested according to multiple test methods or is defined by
different stages (environmental properties), please choose one option from the
drop down menu.

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Creating PDS in goBIM

@coBuilderUKOnce you have filled in all necessary data, you can
save the information by clicking the Save and Close
button:
Once your data is saved:
Under Products Tab you can see all the
products you have created in our system.
Under Documents Tab you have an
overview over all your documents available in
the system.

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A Detailed Product View is then accessible for you
to Update and Expire your product’ digital passport
The product view contains the same information as the Products Tab plus the
Harmonized standard the product is related to and a definition describing the
product type.

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To ensure interoperability, your PDT is
Mapped to different classification systems.
Click on the Classifications-tab to view our mapping.

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Your Digital Product Data Sheet can be now
viewed and shared by the supply chain.
Share your data through:
Web link
COBie
Excel
Revit
PDF
Plugins developed for
-ARCHICAD
-Navisworks

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Clients and Contractors - Data collection validation
and export

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Distribution of data - ProductXchange

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Distribution of data – Revit plugin

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Distribution of data - Revit Plugin

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Attribute the data directly to IFC
Data can be exported to any system supporting IFC !

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