Tenant Improvements
Data Exchange Standards Activity

Furniture Fixtures and Equipment
Autodesk Internally and with content partners.
Bentley Internally and with content partners.
gbXML Can contain fixtures and equipment information.
IAI Yes. 95% All products covered to the degree info is available.
NIBS Whole Building Design Guide - Comprehensive internet-based portal to a wide range of federal and private sector, building related guidance, criteria & technology. It links information across traditional professional disciplines to encourage integrated thinking and a "whole building" approach to the project during the planning/ programming, design, use, construction, operation, and maintenance of the facility.

As a registered CES provider, the WBDG CES system is a source of AIA Continuing Education System learning units for registered architects. The courses featured offer an introduction to whole building design concepts as well as more specific applications for design objectives, building types and operations and maintenance. All courses are currently available free of charge. www.wbdg.org

buildingSMART ® - buildingSMART is the dynamic and seamless exchange of accurate, useful information on the built environment among all members of the building community throughout the lifecycle of a facility. buildingSMART is simply a smarter process for managing the project lifecycle.

In January 2007, NIBS’ Board of Directors unanimously approved the buildingSMART® Alliance charter created to spearhead technical, political, and financial support for advanced digital technology in the real property industry—from concept, design and construction through operations and management. The new public/private initiative expands on goals of the North American Chapter of the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI-NA), whose Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) have initiated open standards for national and international links among industry players, and will serve developers and users of Building Information Models (BIMs), the digital tools that are increasingly helping to share highly accurate information throughout a facility’s life cycle. www.iai-na.org/bsmart

National BIM Standard™ (NBIMS) a buildingSMART® initiative - National Building Information Model Standard, Version 1.0—Part 1
  1. Overview, Principles, and Methodologies (PDF 13.3 MB)
  2. Appendices and References (PDF 2.6 MB)
This comprehensive document developed for the past year and released in the spring of 2007 is the collaboration of over thirty subject matter experts from many areas of the capital facilities industry. There are many Building Information Modeling (BIM) issues to discuss, coordinate, and resolve, not only throughout the United States, but also with our international counterparts. It is hoped that this effort will facilitate discussion and bring to closure any areas of confusion. The NBIM committee is also finalizing their consensus process based on the NIBS NCS consensus process. Ballots will be developed for various items needing consensus voting. It is anticipated that NBIMS Version 1, Part 2 will be available near the end of 2008. www.facilityinformationcouncil.org/bim

Telecommunications
IAI Yes, telecommunication and other networks are covered. 80%.
Bentley Design for any medium – fiber, copper, coax – and to include inside plant for an end-to-end view of the network. Design for any medium using a single interface and then take the network designs into the field to support work packages, as-built validation and redlining.
NIBS Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG), buildingSMART alliance and NBIMS - see above.