National Institute of Building Sciences - NIBS
Data Exchange Standards Activity

Planning
Programming 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
Pre-Project Planning Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - see above.

Design
Design Project Management Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - see above.
Design U.S. National CAD Standard® (NCS) Version 4.0 (January 08) is a consensus standard incorporating industry publications - (2D Drafting) in conjunction with AIA & CSI (PDF Document on CD-Rom). Includes Foreword, Administration, AIA Layer Guidelines, Drawing Set Organization, Sheet Organization, Schedules, Drafting Conventions, Terms & Abbreviations, Symbols, Notations, Code Conventions and Plotting Guidelines.

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

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
Analysis Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - see above.
Code Compliance NCS V4 see above.
LEED Compliance Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - see above.

Preconstruction
Cost Estimating Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - see above.

Construction
Procurement Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - see above.

Tenant Improvements
Furniture Fixtures and Equipment Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - see above.

Closeout
Commissioning Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - see above.

Ongoing Operations
Asset Management Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - see above.
Maintenance Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - see above.