Project BIM Requirements
2Terms 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]
Attribute
A single unit of data that in a certain context is considered indivisible.
[Source: ISO/TS 21089:2018(en), 3.44, modified from term 'data attribute' to 'attribute']
BIM Deliverable
Data and/or model information to be provided to a party in connection with a BIM Use.
[Source: NBIMS-US™ Version 3, modified – revised "a BIM - related service over the facility's life-cycle" to "BIM Use"]
[Also known as Data Deliverable or Model Deliverable]
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 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]
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.
Component
The individual instances of the products and equipment defined in the Type data table.
[Source: COBie Module, NBIMS-US™ V4]
Delivery Phase
Part of the life cycle, during which an asset is conceived, designed, constructed, and commissioned.
[Source: ISO 19650-2:2018(en), modified - added ‘conceived’]
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.
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 Accuracy
A specification or method to define how close the geometric asset and spatial information is to an actual or planned requirement.
Information Detail
A specification or method to define the extent and granularity of the required geometric asset and spatial information.
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’]
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.
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 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"]
Quality Management
A set of processes that involve Quality Planning, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control as applied to the management of information.
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
