Generically a BIM Management Plan, sometimes called a BIM Execution Plan, sets out how design team participants will manage the exchange of BIM information.
A BIM Management Plan should generally not include software specific settings, naming conventions, set-up information etc. This information belongs in the Revit Project Manual.
The BIM Management Plan is primarily about high level agreement on who provides what and when.
WHAT IS MEANT BY THE BIM MODEL?
Generic BIM Management Plans are predicated on the idea that there is a single BIM project model. In reality this is rarely the case during the design stage of a project.
Therefore the BIM Management Plans talk about component BIM models, models that contribute to a single project BIM model.
In Revit these are the Architectural, Structural and MEP models.
WHAT IS MEANT BY BIM OBJECTIVES?
BIM objectives only relate to what each party expects to get out of BIM models. It is NOT about expectations for documentation - i.e. Drawings, schedules and specification.
Documentation may or may not come from BIM models, and should only be included in objectives if the BIM model will be used for producing documentation.
Any party that does not author its own BIM model, such as the Client, and Contractor if novation occurs, must always have objectives described in terms of deliverables.
Parties that create their own BIM model describe the objectives they expect from their own BIM model.
The objectives for each authored BIM model, and required deliverables, are then used to negotiate the Project BIM objectives.
WHAT IS MEANT BY LEVEL of DEVELOPMENT (LOD)
LOD levels are a way of describing how accurate information is, and therefore what is can be reliably used for.
It is NOT a measure of the amount of information. There may be way more information in a BIM model than an LOD level indicates, but that information has not been checked and verified, therefore should not be used.
LOD levels apply to elements of a building (e.g. Floors, ducts etc), NOT the whole building or all of works within a discipline.
Sometimes the same element is created by more than one party. For example the architect may model structural elements that the structural engineer also models.
When this occurs choose which model is either the official element for a combined project BIM model, or describe what each author's work can be used for.
For example the architect's structural elements may be used for location (dimension) purpose, the structural engineer's model for specification - type, size etc.
HOW TO CREATE A PROJECT BIM EXECUTION PLAN
Start with the latest standard plan. Don't use another project's plan, it will undoubtedly be out of date.
Edit default text, delete default text and add new text to make it specific to your project.
Don't worry about filling everything in. Just do what you can at the time. The BIM Management Plan is supposed to be a record of agreement, so is expected to change during the project.
It should always be drafted in consultation with other consultants, not presented to them as afait accomplis.
Ideally the requirement for, and compliance with, BIM execution plan should be included in any consultant agreement.
STANDARD BIM MANAGEMENT PLAN
BIM Management Agreement
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