FDV – Facility Data Management

Data Packaging & Handover

“Data Packaging & Handover” is a key feature in Cobuilder Collaborate that helps optimize construction data workflows and ensure project success.

Why It Matters

  • Export structured, verified documentation packages for project completion and FM handover.
  • Ensure all required data is included and compliant with project and regulatory needs.
  • Support ESG reporting, digital twin models, and lifecycle management.

Lifecycle Data Management

“Lifecycle Data Management” is a key feature in Cobuilder Collaborate that helps optimize construction data workflows and ensure project success.

Why It Matters

  • Maintain continuity of product and asset data throughout the entire building lifecycle.
  • Enable operations and maintenance teams to access verified data after project completion.
  • Support long-term planning, renovation, and decommissioning with structured documentation.

FAQ

FDV is the Norwegian term for Forvaltning, Drift og Vedlikehold – Management, Operation and Maintenance. It is the documentation, product data and routines a building owner needs to operate and maintain a building throughout its lifecycle, bridging project delivery and daily operations.

A typical FDV handover includes product data, data sheets and certificates, operation and maintenance instructions, BIM models and as-built drawings, warranties, HSE documentation, and energy and environmental data (BREEAM, carbon accounting). Requirements usually follow NS 3456 and ISO 19650.

 
 

Operations account for up to 80% of a building’s lifetime cost. Without structured FDV, owners lose time and money every day: maintenance becomes reactive, warranties are lost, and energy and BREEAM reporting becomes manual. When FDV is delivered as structured, machine-readable data (BIM/IFC), it flows straight into FM systems and digital twins – becoming an active resource in operations, not a binder on a shelf.

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