DGS/DCS Evolution – A Retrospective

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This blog discusses the evolution of our DGS-DCS and the journey to develop a way of clearly defining and specifying requirements for design and construction teams to enable the definition and management of all data and document handover requirements for Facilities Management.

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Data and Document Collection for FM Handover

We have recently published a series of blogs all focused around the need to provide, at handover, a rich, robust, reliable data set to support Owners through the entire life cycle of the facility.  These three blogs, Level of Information Need, Data Quality, and Digital Twins highlight the steps needed to establish goals and uses…

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Same or Similar? Specifying a Digital Twin

Same or Similar? Specifying a Digital Twin

How do you respond to a client who asks for a Digital Twin as a deliverable in the Architectural Engineering, Construction, Owner Operator (AECOO) Industry? In the following blog, we set out the major aspects that need to be understood, defined, and addressed. Firstly, what is the Client’s understanding of a Digital Twin? Do they…

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The 5 BIMandments of COBie

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For ten years, Summit BIM Consulting has been working with owners to achieve a fully digital handover, including data collection and transfer to CMMS. Moving into the world of COBie, and digital project delivery it’s easy for even the smartest of project teams to lose sight of the basic principles that guide the process of…

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