Automated and interconnected facility management system: An open IFC cloud-based BIM solution

Anecdotal evidence from industry and research studies acknowledges the shortcomings of current frameworks tools, such as COBie add-ins made available by major BIM tool vendors. A primary challenge is that tools heavily rely on manual data entry. Manual input time-consuming prone to human errors or omissions. Very few open IFC web-based exist support information exchange for facilities management eliminate excess redundancy input. This paper adopts a software development process create an prototype bridge gap in existing semi-automated COBie. The created was tested using three case studies. Findings test revealed challenges prototype's application highlighted need replicating extracted cloud server via linked servers SQL. Finally, future work proposed, delineating necessity simplifying proposed system integrating desktop services into one integrated system.