Maintenance 4.0 specialist Siveco has announced the release of its standard integration module bluebee® cloud for Revit®. The integration makes all BIM (Building Information Model) data in Autodesk Revit® format available to bluebee® cloud FM (Facility Management) users.

This months tips & tricks covers the powerful “personalisation” tools of Coswin, which we use to simply the user interface of the system and prove to be immensely valuable for projects in China, where many maintenance staff may have never used a CMMS before. Customers can make further use of those tools to modify or improve their user interface in the future, without involvement from Siveco.

In this Tips & Tricks, we would like to briefly outline the Coswin 8i Scheduling tool. For more on the differences between Planning and Scheduling, see this Reliability article. Talk to your Siveco consultant for more details! There are two main ways to use this advanced scheduling tool:

This month’s Tips &Tricks gives a functional overview of our plant maintenance solution Coswin 8i, covers assets management, work management, resources management, stock management, purchase management, metrology, project management, multiple organization management and workflow management.

Coswin 8i is now accessible on tablets. In touch-screen mode, Coswin 8i screens are optimized for the tablets smaller screen format and specific touch-screen usage with fingers. Coswin 8i is certified for Windows 7 & 8 and Android 4.2 and above tablets, running Chrome version 30 or above. Screen should be minimum 7’’ (10’’ recommended).

Using BIM (Building Information Modelling) for Facilities Lifecycle Management has become a hot topic in the last few years, but it is never implemented in practice. One reason is a lack of understanding of maintenance by design institutes and BIM vendors or related company. Another reason is the lack of suitable technological tools. In this Tips & Trips, we would like to illustrate this integration using the real-life integration made between the Cadmatic design tools and our bluebee® facilities management system.