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Asset Data
Management
Delivering comprehensive, COBie-compliant asset data to optimise facility management, integrated with your operational systems from handover through to ongoing lifecycle use.
COBie-compliant asset data that integrates with your operational systems, from handover through to ongoing lifecycle use.
COBie-ready from day one of operation
Authored throughout the build, not after
All staff DBS-checked
What we do
Structured, compliant data ready for the day one of operation
DEW delivers comprehensive asset data to optimise facility management, creating structured and compliant COBie, NRM and Uniclass deliverables that facilitate seamless handovers rather than retrofitted, last-minute data dumps.
Asset data is authored throughout the build stage and linked with your operational tools to support ongoing facility maintenance, so your FM team receives clean, structured data from day one rather than added retrospectively at handover.
We provide insights and updates to maintain asset performance over time, supporting lifecycle management long after practical completion.
At a glance
- COBie-compliant deliverables
- Data authored throughout the build
- Direct integration with FM systems
- Ongoing lifecycle performance updates
Standards
COBie structured asset data
NRM & Uniclass classification
ISO 19650 information management
Core capabilities
Three areas of focus within every asset data engagement
COBie Deliverables
Structured, compliant handover data
Creating structured and compliant data to facilitate seamless handovers.
Clean data from day one of operation
Data Integration
Linked with your operational tools
Linking models with operational tools to support ongoing facility maintenance.
Compatible with your FM systems
Lifecycle Management
Maintaining performance over time
Providing insights and updates to maintain asset performance over time.
Ongoing support beyond handover
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Their expertise in delivering COBie is the best out there. DEW always deliver for our projects.
Digital Lead
– Balfour Beatty
Project Case Study
Overview
Key Deliverables
- Laser scanning and BIM coordination
- COBie compliant delivery
- HS2 standard compliant
Services Utilised
Common questions
FAQ
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What is COBie and do we need it?
COBie is the industry-standard way of handing over building asset information – things like equipment details, warranties, spare parts and maintenance schedules – in a structured format that's kept separate from the 3D model geometry itself. It grew out of UK government BIM policy and is now built into how ISO 19650 projects are expected to exchange non-graphical data. Whether you specifically need it comes down to your project's Employer's Information Requirements: public sector or ISO 19650-compliant projects will very likely mandate it, and even where it's optional, it makes the data your facilities team inherits far more usable.
Which FM systems can you integrate with?
Any mainstream platform. We've delivered asset data into CAFM systems including IBM Maximo, Micad, Archibus, Concerto and MRI Evolution, and into handover platforms such as Dalux. Because our deliverables follow the COBie, NRM and Uniclass standards, they're structured to import cleanly into any modern CAFM or IWMS – and we work with your FM operator early to agree exactly what the destination system needs, so handover data drops straight in.
When should asset data work start on a project?
From the start of the build stage – not at handover. Asset data authored progressively throughout construction is checked, complete, and cheap to maintain; data compiled retrospectively in the final weeks is expensive, error-prone, and usually late. It's the single biggest factor in whether your FM team gets usable data on day one.
Can you deliver a digital twin?
Yes. A digital twin starts with exactly what we produce: a coordinated, data-rich model linked to structured asset information. We can deliver the foundation – the Asset Information Model with COBie, NRM and Uniclass data – and connect it with your operational systems so the model stays a live, useful representation of the building rather than a static handover file.
What if our building has no BIM model or asset data?
Not a problem – it's a common starting point for existing estates. Our reality capture team can laser scan the building to create an accurate as-built model, and we then structure the asset data on top of it. You end up with the same quality of information a new-build handover would produce, for a building that's been operating for decades.
Do you support asset data after handover?
Yes. Asset data isn't a one-off deliverable at handover – we provide ongoing insights and updates to help maintain asset performance over the building's lifecycle, so the data stays useful for facilities management well beyond practical completion.
Related services
Services that complement Asset Data Management
Reality capture
Laser scanning & scan to BIM
Accurate existing conditions from laser scanning and drone surveys – feeding directly into the BIM coordination workflow before design begins.
4D Planning & Scheduling
Programme certainty in BIM
Construction timelines embedded directly into the coordinated BIM model – visualising programme and resolving sequencing conflicts before they reach site.
BIM / AIM Coordination
COBie, Digital Twins & FM handover
The coordinated model that every fabrication drawing is checked against.
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