Introduction to COBie
Learning Units: 2.0 LUPrerequisites: None
HSW: No
Acknowledgements
This class was developed by the buildingSMART alliance, a council of the National Institute of Building Sciences.
Funding for this class was provided by ACAI Associates. Many of the graphics in the class were also provided by ACAI through in-kind support.
In-kind support was provided by Birgitta Foster with ACAI Technologies; Dr. Kerry Joels with TMA Systems; and Angela Lewis, Jim Whittaker, Kelsey Powers and Jeremy Stombaugh with Facility Engineering Associates; Facility Engineering Associates also wrote the script under contract with the buildingSMART alliance.
Many industry members helped to inform the class content through participation in calls to define and review the class content, including:
Keith Beck, Wisconsin Department of Administration
Mark Kalin, Kalin Associates
Mike Koenig, TMA Systems
Haden Smith, Haden D. Smith, AIA, Architect LLC
Igor Starvok, EcoDomus Inc.
Paul Teicholz, Founder and Former Director, Center for Integrated Facility
Engineering (CIFE) at Stanford University
Jacob Terry, Cx Alloy
Industry voices heard during the class include:
Keith Beck, Bureau of Building Management, Division of Facility Management,
Department of Administration, State of Wisconsin
Bill Brodt, NASA
Adolfo Cotilla, ACAI
Bill East, USACE Engineering Research and Development Center
Birgitta Foster, ACAI Technologies
Mike Koenig, TMA Systems
Kris Lengieza, Stiles, Inc.
John Messner, Penn State University
Deke Smith, buildingSMART alliance
John Smith, TMA Systems
Igor Starkov, EcoDomus, Inc.
Paul Teicholz, Founder and Former Director, Center for Integrated Facility
Engineering (CIFE) at Stanford University
Jim Whittaker, Facility Engineering Associates, P.C.
Narrators:
Rich Fanelli, Fanelli McClain
Kerry Joels, TMA Systems
Mary Power, Celtic Partners
Caitlin Behm, Facility Engineering Associates
Susan Grunin, Think Strategic Consulting