Version 3 Updates

COBIE

1.5 VERSION 3 UPDATES

V3 of the COBie standard incorporates 58 different updates grouped into four categories.

Ease of Use

More concise documentation
Removal of tables rarely used
Renaming of fields and headers to better understand their purpose
Resorting of headers to better group them
New “Title Block” section

Modernization

Removal of personally identifiable information fields
Replacing “Floor” table with “Level” table to better accommodate infrastructure projects
Support for JSON format for machine-to-machine exchanges

Capabilities

Adding new “PartOf“ field on asset tables to better understand relationships
Adding fields that accommodate classifying and geo-locating projects
Adding a new “SpaceType” table to better organize Spaces

Workflow

Adding tables to better document the activities of a facility (especially useful for handover between owners)
New “Package”, “Event”, and “Risk” tables to go along with the existing “Job” table

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