Methods and systems for processing building information modeling (BIM)-based data

A building information modeling (BIM) system comprising:

• a BIM server including a BIM engine configured to:
• receive a data alteration request from a client computing device over a network for altering data in one of a building model, a hierarchical structure of building model data, and a Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) spreadsheet, where the building model, the hierarchical structure of building model data, and the COBie spreadsheet are simultaneously displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) generated by the BIM server and are mapped via a common identifier included in each of the building model, the hierarchical structure of building model data, and the COBie spreadsheet;
• automatically determine a validity of data in the data alteration request, where automatically determining the validity of the data in the data alteration request includes actively enforcing referential integrity of the data through use of a validation lookup list, and where actively enforcing referential integrity includes requiring a value of an attribute in the data alteration request to match a value of an attribute in the validation lookup list;
• when it is determined that the data in the data alteration request is valid, permit the data alteration request based on a predetermined permission of the client computing device, where permitting the data alteration request includes permitting data alteration in each of the building model, the hierarchical structure of building model data, and the COBie spreadsheet;
• and
• display an indication of an error count in the COBie spreadsheet of the GUI based on the determined validity of the data in the data alteration request.

A method for operating a building information modeling (BIM) system, comprising:

• at a BIM server, receiving a data alteration request from a client computing device for altering data in one of a building model, a hierarchical structure of building model data, and a Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) spreadsheet, where the building model, the hierarchical structure of building model data, and the COBie spreadsheet are simultaneously displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) generated by the BIM server;
• automatically determining a validity of data in the data alteration request;
• when it is automatically determined that the data in the data alteration request is valid, permitting the data alteration request based on a predetermined permission of the client computing device;
• and
• displaying an indication of an error count in the COBie spreadsheet of the GUI based on the determined validity of the data in the data alteration request.