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Project BIM Requirements

5.2.4
Collaboration Requirements

5.2.4.1 Specification of Collaboration Requirements

The OPR shall specify the owner’s collaboration requirements. Also, the OPR shall require the delivery team member(s) to specify any collaboration requirements.

5.2.4.2 Collaboration Procedures Documentation

The OPR shall require all collaboration procedures and meetings to be recorded in the BEP.

5.2.4.3 Information Exchange Procedures

The OPR shall specify procedures for sharing and using the following types of information:

5.2.4.4 Kick-Off Meeting

The OPR shall require delivery team member(s) to take part in a Kick-Off Meeting(s) for the purpose of gathering the information necessary to create the BEP.

5.2.4.5 Team Co-location

The OPR shall indicate if delivery team member(s) are required to co-locate on the project.

5.2.4.6 Coordination Meetings

The OPR shall require the delivery team to regularly meet to conduct BIM coordination and quality checks

5.2.4.7 Quality Control Activities

The OPR shall require that the delivery team member(s) must define and perform focused, scheduled quality checks throughout the project delivery process.

5.2.4.8 Required Quality Control Documentation

The OPR shall require the delivery team to document quality control activities of the team in the BEP.

5.2.4.9 Quality Control Report

The OPR shall require the delivery team member(s) to deliver a Quality Control Report (QCR) in conjunction with the delivery of any deliverable required.

5.2.4.10 Constructability Checks

If within the scope of the project, the OPR shall require the delivery team to conduct constructability reviews of their contributions prior to their submission.

5.2.4.11 Coordinate Design and Construction Checks

The OPR shall require the delivery team to coordinate models prior to their submission.

5.2.4.12 Model Integrity Checks

The OPR shall require the delivery team member(s) to conduct model integrity checks to ensure the model has no missing, undefined, incorrectly defined, or underdeveloped elements. The delivery team member(s) shall be required to document all elements in the QCR that are found to be noncompliant.

5.2.4.13 Metadata

The OPR shall require the delivery team to append metadata to all files stored in the CDE. The metadata shall be defined using either an industry standard format or a format defined by the owner or the Project Team.

5.2.4.14 Federated Model Checks

The OPR shall require that the delivery team is responsible for the review of the model(s) provided for federation. Federated model checks are used to ensure the model(s) have no misaligned or duplicated elements. The responsible party for the review should be defined in the BEP.

5.2.4.15 Data Compliance Checks

The OPR shall require the delivery team to conduct reviews of the data standards and their application to Model Deliverables and Data Deliverables. The delivery team member(s) shall be required to document all compliant/noncompliant elements in the QCR.

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