AN EASY TO USE APPLICATION FOR PRODUCING COBIE INFORMATION, ROOM DATA AND A GEO-CODED ASSET DATABASE FOR YOUR BUILDING PROJECT.

eRDS is a cloud-based application for producing and managing asset databases for building projects. It conforms to the COBie schema and provides a single point of truth for management information that can be relied upon.

‘Our software is intended for use from initial design through construction, handover, and throughout a building’s life-cycle. It’s an on-line, multi-user system comprising a SQL database that can be interrogated and which incorporates the tools required for managing building assets on any size project’.

DEFINE.

Define a comprehensive building database for all BIM and room data assets in compliance with COBie in an organised and structured environment.

ENRICH.

Enrich BIM models with completed COBie information and add the missing FFE. Apply geo-referenced asset coding to every building asset. Maintain an up-to-date master asset database with COBie compliant as-installed information.

MONITOR.

Put your asset information to work and interrogate the database and monitor fit-out progress through eRDS checklists. Synchronise information captured from site with the master asset
database and view your data in BIM through 3D Asset.

POPULATE.

Populate every asset with COBie compliant as-built information and geo-referenced asset codes. Export the asset database with everything needed to populate BMS, FM and CMMS systems with validated information.

OUR PRODUCTS.

Our two core products eRDS Cloud and eRDS Field provide everything you need for defining and managing a building asset database.

They bring together asset information created in BIM as 3D objects, and non-modelled information only assets defined as room data, into a single COBie complaint resource.

Our solutions are designed for all project stages from the design phase through construction fit-out, and onward into facilities management.

Create and manage your building asset database in an organised multi-user environment using structured workflows. eRDS Cloud is fully integrated with BIM and allows all assets not included in the models to be created as COBie compliant room data. The result is a single source of information for all building assets that can be relied upon.
Put your room data to work on-site in a mobile checklist application pre-loaded with information from the master database. As well as dealing with all BIM assets, eRDS Field lets you manage the information for all finishes, fittings, mechanical spec’s and components. Capture the information required by COBie directly from site into the application and synchronise it with eRDS Cloud for efficient COBie handover.

BIM PLUGINS

We provide all the plugins necessary for integrating BIM with room data in an asset database.

IFC ASSET MANAGER PLUGIN.

Identify maintainable assets from IFC architectural & MEP models to populate the eRDS rooms database.

eRDS MANAGER FOR REVIT

Extract building information from Revit to set up your eRDS Cloud project with all necessary levels, zones and rooms in accordance with COBie. Identify all maintainable assets from architectural and MEP models, import them with their GUIDs into the master asset database and allocate to the correct rooms.

Write enriched COBie information back to the original objects in a few key clicks. Enrich the BIM with non-modelled information-only assets defined as room data and written onto the spaces or FM placeholders as new Revit parameters. Automatically create 3D FM placeholders in your Revit model for improved visualisation in various viewing and FM applications.

FEATURES.

CLOUD BASED.

Access eRDS Cloud from any computer device that has an internet connection and web browser.

MULTI-USER.

Manage huge amounts of COBie compliant asset information from a central source designed to be accessed by multiple users and stakeholders.

ORGANISED & STRUCTURED

eRDS is designed by industry professionals with years of BIM and room data experience. That knowledge has been translated into a structured approach for creating and managing building assets with the simplest and intuitive user interface possible.

BIM ENABLED

eRDS Cloud & Field are fully integrated with Revit and IFC BIM models. There is no need to learn a visual programming language to get the job done and you won’t need extended training courses to understand and run the bi-directional integration between BIM and the master asset database.

FIELD APPLICATION.

eRDS Field is a unique solution for checking that assets installed on-site conform to specification, and that the quality of fit-out and finishes have been carried out to desired standards. It provides the means to capture the information required by COBie using organised and structured workflows.

BENEFITS.

A SINGLE POINT OF TRUTH.

eRDS Cloud is a window into a buildings room database and being a multi-user system, it allows a wide range of professions to access building information from a single source that can be relied upon and in the knowledge that it’s the latest information available.

COBie INFORMATION.

eRDS provides a common-sense approach to managing and producing COBie information. It is a realistic and viable alternative to handling vast amounts of building information using the spreadsheet method.

ASSET DATABASE FOR BIM OR EXISTING BUILDINGS.

Although eRDS is fully integrated with BIM, BMS and BIM-FM, it’s also designed for the real world where existing buildings or refurbishments may only have a set of 2D drawings. In either scenario eRDS can be used to create a comprehensive asset database of COBie compliant building information.

BETTER COLLABORATION.

Efficient collaboration is possible when the latest information is held in a central location.

Our online software allows the project team to share information and take decisions with the certainty that everyone is working from the same data set.

INFORMATION THAT CAN BE INTERROGATED.

eRDS holds your COBie compliant building information in an on-line SQL database. It provides the tools and functionality to get at the information in a way that’s not possible or practical with spreadsheets.

MULTIPLE PROJECTS.

You can use eRDS on as many projects as you wish without any additional cost.

There is no practical limitation on the amount of data or size of building so you can use it on any sized project from a single residential dwelling through to large construction redevelopments.

AFFORDABLE & SCALABLE.

eRDS provides an excellent return on investment at a price your project can afford.

We price by the user and not by the size of your building project, so scaling up or down to meet your workload is easily accomplished.

Additional users can be added for short-term projects or to give stakeholders and owners access to their building information.

ONLINE OR ON YOUR DESKTOP.

Our desktop version is an affordable method of transferring building information to the owner / operator after handover.