ENG brings extensive experience implementing Building Information Modeling for Facilities maintenance purposes and implementing Digital Twin strategies for property owners. Whether you are seeking to define asset data requirements in your RFPs or tasked with delivering COBie or other asset-related BIM data, ENG provides end-to-end support to ensure FM deliverables are accurate, usable, and aligned with operational needs.
Owners frequently receive fragmented handover packages: disjointed documents, specs, equipment manuals, and semi-accurate models that fail to integrate. This often results in facilities teams manually rebuilding asset inventories, reviewing submittals, performing walk-downs, and populating EAM systems from scratch. The disconnect prevents BIM from delivering real operational value.
ENG solves this by embedding data capture and validation into project workflows. We gather, verify, and structure asset information as it’s created, then deliver it through a customized, web-based platform, giving owners immediate access to a virtual building model enriched with operational data. Our deliverables are ready for integration with any CMMS or EAM system, including IBM Maximo, SAP EAM, Infor EAM, and TMA Systems.
Usually, GCs, A/E firms and Trade Contractors have within their contract, or as part of the BIM Execution Plan or BEP, a requirement to deliver the Asset Data in a certain format as part of the Owner handover package. A typical example is to deliver COBie*, but it could be another data structure.
ENG can represent any member of the design or construction teams to fulfill these Asset Lifecycle Data Management requirements before the owner, by leveraging years of experience in Facilities information structuring and collection.
COBie (Construction-Operations Building Information Exchange) is a standardized data format that captures and records project data at the point of origin, including equipment lists, product data sheets, warranties, spare parts lists, and preventive maintenance schedules. Once the building is in service, this information is essential to supporting operations, maintenance, and asset management.
Setting up and structuring the COBie database (Excel sheet or other)
Setting up the models for COBie compliance.
Managing Data Drops at set stages of a project, through the design, construction and operation phases.
Auditing existing BIM models for the correctness of COBie and Data extraction.
Often, existing facilities do not have reliable as-built drawings or asset records, especially those that have undergone multiple remodels or expansions. As a result, facility engineers typically contact ENG for laser scanning and the creation of BIM models along with 2D as-built drawings.
Capturing and modeling these existing conditions provides significant value as a foundation for future expansion. However, software like Revit or Navisworks is not ideal for leveraging those models in day-to-day operations. ENG recommends a small additional step: implementing a digital twin using the captured data and the BIM model already created.
Hosted on the www.youbim.com platform, this solution allows end-users, for instance, to quickly locate and shut off a valve in case of a leak, or to evaluate upstream and downstream impacts when servicing specific equipment.
All our services can be performed at our own office, communicating via web-based collaboration tools, video calls and traditional phone calls.
However, we also believe that for certain endeavors a personal presence is required in order to increase communication, thereby maximizing efficiency.
ENG designed a unique On-Site support business model, where we can provide on-site support by sending our BIM professionals to work at your office or in the field for a period of time (from a few weeks, months or even years at larger projects); while the rest of the team at ENG supports you from our offices.
We also offer different types of contracts to suit your needs, such as Time and Material, Lump Sum and Full-time engagements. Please contact us to discuss your next BIM project.
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