COBie Master Class from Bill East

I recently wrote an article touching on what the COBie data format was:
http://www.thenbs.com/topics/BIM/articles/whatIsCOBie.asp

For those wanting to watch a master class from Bill East on COBie then I would highly recommend the youtube videos below. There is a series of five videos that are linked from the first one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKdjdc2IxfE

And a few screeengrabs from it:

Screengrab 1 - The digital model sure looks pretty!

Screengrab 2 - But where is the information about the valves and pipes?

Screengrab 3 - And the entire HVAC system is in a single room the size of the building!

Screengrab 4 - how do we turn all of this paper into rich digital information?