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Project BIM Requirements

5.1.5
Legal Considerations

5.1.5.1 Contract Documents

The OPR shall indicate the order of precedence Model Deliverables hold in relationship to other contract documents.

5.1.5.2 BIM Standards

The OPR shall require the use of the owner’s BIM standards and requirements for the creation of all contract documents created using BIM workflows.

5.1.5.3 Waivers

The OPR shall specify how and under what conditions project teams can request waivers from use of the owner’s BIM Requirements or parts of the owner’s BIM Requirements. For a viable BIM-enabled project, the Deliverables defined in section 5.1.1 shall not be waived.

5.1.5.4 Responsibility for Product

The OPR shall include the expectation that contributors are responsible for their contribution.

5.1.5.5 Indemnification Clause

The OPR shall include an indemnification clause regarding damages due to shared BIM data.

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