The Swedish industry organisation of timber manufacturers and wholesalers, Swedish wood, has reached an important milestone in their digital journey. ‘In the past few years, we have done a lot of talking about digitalisation. Now it is time for action’, says Christer Green, Product Information Specialist at Swedish Wood.
What is ‘context’ in the world of construction product data? Do you use the same language to describe something delightful to your colleagues as you do to describe the same thing to your kids? [...]
Cobuilder and CRB launch the SBS Tool at Switzerland's Biggest Buildig Trade Event: Swissbau 2018 This year Switzerland's Biggest Building Trade Event: Swissbau is all about Collaboration. Are we doing it [...]
From BIM to DATA Management Among the people who live and breathe in the BIM world it is very easy to fall in what we call ‘The Great Black Hole of [...]
Similarities for efficient Information Management Most manufacturing businesses manage their products by grouping them according to functional, design and market similarities. These groupings are normally called ‘product lines’ or ‘product ranges’. Generally, [...]
goBIM-the eBay of construction things? In 2017 it has become obvious that construction manufacturing businesses across the globe are on the move towards digitalisation. Industrial machines are [...]
WITH DATA WE REACH FOR THE STARS What does Cobuilder have in common with NASA? Well, the PDS of course. Although the abbreviations denote different things, there is one thing in [...]
BIM Interoperability - the 'I' in BIM as a process of collaboration One of the main issues with the “I” in BIM is that the type of information in BIM is [...]
BIM 3D objects, PDTs and COBie: Lessons learned In June 2015 I left BRE after 10 years and set up Cobuilder UK. I saw that if there was a company that [...]
What is a Product Data Template? A product data template is a way of stating the data properties that are required for individual products by all interested parties. Practically, a product data template [...]
