Methods and systems for generating user interface for processing building information modeling (bim)- based data

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

• at a client computing device, accessing over a network a graphical user interface (GUI) executed in a BIM server, the GUI simultaneously displaying a 3-dimensional rendering of a building model, a hierarchical structure of building model data, and a Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) spreadsheet, the building model, hierarchical structure of building model data, and a COBie spreadsheet being associatively linked.

A building information modeling (BIM) system comprising:

• a BIM server configured to generate a network-based BIM engine accessible by a plurality of client computing devices over a network, the network-based BIM engine generating a graphical user interface (GUI) including a building model, a hierarchical structure of building model data, and a Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) spreadsheet, the building model, hierarchical structure of building model data, and a COBie spreadsheet being associatively linked;
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• a client computing device in electronic communication with the BIM server via the network and configured to access the GUI to simultaneously display the building model, the hierarchical structure of building model data, and the COBie spreadsheet.