BIM Execution Planning
3Terms and Definitions
Appointed Party
The entity that is contracted for and provides information concerning works, goods, or services.
[Source: ISO 19650-1:2018(en), modified – added ‘the entity that is contracted for and provides’]
[Also known as contractor, designer, consultant, architect, engineer, subcontractor, subconsultant]
Appointing Party
The entity that holds the contract and receives information concerning works, goods, or services.
[Source: ISO 19650-1:2018(en), modified – added ‘the entity that is contracted for and receives’]
[Also known as owner, client]
Appointment
An agreed instruction for the provision of information concerning works, goods or services.
[Source: ISO 19650-1:2018(en), modified – added the word ‘An’ at the beginning]
Note 1: This term is used whether or not there is a formal contract or agreement between the parties.
Appointment BIM Execution Plan
A plan that explains how the information management aspects of an appointment will be carried out by the delivery team.
[Source: ISO 19650-2:2018(en), 3.1.3.1, modified – revised to add ‘A’ as the first word and revise ‘the appointment’ to ‘an appointment’]
BIM Execution Plan
A plan that explains how the information management aspects of a project will be carried out by the project team.
[Source: ISO 19650-2:2018(en), 3.1.3.1 – modified ‘delivery team’ to ‘project team’]
See Appointment BIM Execution Plan (ABEP) and Project BIM Execution Plan (PBEP).
BIM Execution Planning Procedure
A process that a team or party uses to develop a BEP.
BIM Process Diagram
A graphical representation of a Building Information Management (BIM) process for a project.
[Source: BEP Module, NBIMS-US™, V4]
BIM Use
The purpose for applying BIM. BIM Use includes name, definition, and related terms.
[Source: BIM Use Definitions Module, NBIMS- US, V4]
BIM Use Case
A specific methodology and outcome achieved when applying a BIM Use on a project(s) or within an organization(s). A BIM Uses Case includes a BIM Use name, followed by the method, followed by the outcome.
[Source: BIM Use Definitions Module, NBIMS-US, V4]
BIM Use Process Diagram
A graphical representation of a Building Information Management (BIM) process for a specific BIM Use.
Building Information Management
Functions of controlling the acquisition, analysis, retention, retrieval, and distribution of built environment asset information all within an information processing system.
[Source: ISO/IEC 20944-1:2013(en), modified term – added “building” to specify information about built environment assets, and modified the definition – added ‘built environment asset’ to the definition of Information Management to clarify the specific management of ‘building’ information.]
Note: Within the term, ‘building’ refers to the process of building a built environment asset, not a specific type of facility. BIM is a function that can be implemented across all types of built environment assets, including buildings, bridges, highways, tunnels, process plants, landscape, and other infrastructure and facility types.
Building Information Model
A shared digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a built environment asset.
[Source: NBIMS-US™ Version 3, modified – added the word ‘shared’ and added the words ‘and built asset’– see Note 2 and Note 3]
Note 1: NBIMS-US™ Version 3 also included “As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility, forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onwards.”
Note 2: Added the word ‘shared’ to the definition to be more consistent with ISO/TS 12911:2012(en) definition. The ISO definition uses the term ‘built object’ instead of ‘facility’ and adds facility types including ‘buildings, bridges, roads, process plant’.
Note 3: Added the words ‘built environment assets’ to specify that a building information model can include representations of buildings, roads, bridges, plants, and other built assets.
Building Information Modeling
Generating and using a shared digital representation of a built environment asset to facilitate design, construction, and operation processes to form a reliable basis for decisions.
[Source: ISO 19650-1:2018(en), 3.3.14, modified – revised ‘Use’ to ‘Generating and using’]
Common Data Environment
An agreed source of information for any given project or asset, for collecting, managing and disseminating each information container through a managed process.
[Source: ISO 19650-2:2018(en), modified - added ‘An’ as the first word]
Note: A CDE workflow describes the processes to be used and a CDE solution can provide the technology to support those processes.
Delivery Team
The collection of entities who are contracted or appointed for works, goods, or services.
[Source: NBIMS-US™ V3, modified – added “or appointed” and the note]
Note: Delivery team includes all appointed parties for the planning, design, and construction of a project.
Delivery Team Member
The entity that is contracted for and provides information concerning works, goods, or services.
Facility
A physical structure(s) or installation(s), including related site works, serving one or more main purposes.
[Source: ISO/TS 12911:2012(en), 3.9, modified - added ‘A’ as the first word and ‘(s)’ to structure and installation]
Note: Examples of physical structure(s) or installation(s) can include buildings, bridges, highways, tunnels, process plants, and other infrastructure and facility types.
Federated Model
A system of models consisting of linked but distinct components derived from multiple data sources that do not lose their identity or integrity.
Information Exchange
Act of satisfying an information requirement or part thereof through storing, accessing, transferring, and archiving information.
[Source: ISO 19650-1:2018(en), 3.3.7 – added ‘through storing, accessing, transferring, and archiving information’]
Information Management
Concepts and principles used across the built environment sector to support the management and production of information during the life cycle of built assets.
[Source: ISO 19650-1:2018(en)]
Information Requirement
A specification for what, when, how and for whom information is to be produced.
[Source: ISO 19650-2:2018(en), modified - added ‘A’ as the first word]
Level of Accuracy
A specification defining the level of geometric accuracy of the data source.
Level of Development
A specification defining the reliable geometric information used to represent model elements.
Level of Information
A specification defining the reliable information that should be connected to model elements.
Metadata
Data that defines and describes other data.
[Source: ISO 1087-1:2000, 3.2.18]
Model Element
A portion of the model(s) representing a component, assembly, or construction entity (part) which, in itself or in combination with other parts, fulfills a predominating function of a construction entity.
Model Element Author
The party responsible for creating or updating any given model element.
Owner
The entity that holds the contract and receives information concerning works, goods, or services.
[Source: ISO 19650-1:2018(en) defined as appointing party, added ‘the entity that is contracted for and receives’]
[Also known as appointing party*]
*Note: NBIMS-US™ recognizes the term appointing party, but uses the term owner in the standard documents as it is recognized as the common term used in the US market. These should be considered interchangeable.
Owner Project Requirements
A written document that details the ideas, concepts, and criteria required by the appointing party, and the requirements upon which works, goods, and services are based.
Note: Appointing Party's Project Requirements (APPR) is an alternative term.
Process
A sequence or flow of activities in an organization with the objective of carrying out work.
[Source: Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) Version 2.0.2, Object Management Group, December 2013]
Project BIM Execution Plan
A collaborative plan that explains how the information management aspects of the project delivery process will be carried out by the delivery team.
Note: Adapted from ISO 19650 definition for BIM Execution Plan to describe the collaborative plan at a project level, instead of an appointment level plan.
Project Goals
Desired and measurable outcomes to achieve project success that add value to the project.
Project Milestone
A discrete point in time associated with a project outcome.
Project Team
Owner [Appointing Party] and all delivery teams.
[Source: ISO 19650-1:2018(en), added “owner”]
Proposal BEP
A plan that explains how the information management aspects of an appointment are proposed to be carried out by the delivery team.
Quality Management
A set of processes that involve Quality Planning, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control as applied to the management of information.
Reference Coordinate System
Underlying global rectangular Cartesian coordinate system to which all geometry refers.
[Source: ISO 13584-101:2003, 3.28]
Request for Proposal BEP
A plan developed by an owner that explains the minimum requirements for the information management aspects of a scope of work for a project.
National BIM Standard-United States® (NBIMS-US™) Version 4
The NBIMS-US™ v4 is a consensus-based national-level standard focused on defining standard approaches and guidelines to defining requirements, planning BIM adoption, and exchanging information between project team members. MORE
