BIM HARMONISATION GUIDELINES

FOR WORKS DEPARTMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. 1
1.1. BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................. 1
1.2. OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................................. 1
1.3. HARMONISATION APPROACH.................................................................................................... 1
2. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXCHANGE ............................................................ 4
2.1. INFORMATION OWNERSHIP ....................................................................................................... 4
2.2. IT ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................................ 5
2.3. BIM FILE SIZE................................................................................................................................ 7
2.4. LEVEL OF INFORMATION NEED (LOIN) GAP ANALYSIS........................................................ 7
2.5. INFORMATION EXCHANGE FORMATS AND MECHANISM .................................................... 9
2.6. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS .................................................................................................... 9
3. FEDERATION AND NAMING ................................................................................................... 10
3.1. PRINCIPLE ................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2. INFORMATION CONTAINER IDENTIFICATION FIELDS ........................................................ 11
3.3. FEDERATION STRATEGY .......................................................................................................... 17
3.4. MODEL NAMING......................................................................................................................... 18
3.5. NAMING OF DRAWINGS GENERATED FROM BIM MODEL .................................................. 18
3.6. NAMING OF BIM OBJECTS ........................................................................................................ 18
4. LEVEL OF INFORMATION NEED (LOIN) IMPLEMENTATION......................................... 19
4.1. ALIGNED BIM STANDARDS ...................................................................................................... 19
4.2. BEP................................................................................................................................................ 19
4.3. BIM MODELLING SETTING ....................................................................................................... 19
4.4. LOD-G ........................................................................................................................................... 19
4.5. LOD-I ............................................................................................................................................ 21
4.6. BIM OBJECTS............................................................................................................................... 21
4.7. APPEARANCE .............................................................................................................................. 23
5. FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS.................................................................................................... 25
5.1. ANNUAL REVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 25
5.2. UPKEEPING.................................................................................................................................. 25
5.3. CODIFICATION MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................... 25
5.4. PROJECT CLOSE-OUT PROTOCOLS.......................................................................................... 25
5.5. BIM / GIS INTEGRATION ............................................................................................................ 27
5.6. DEPARTMENTAL TRANSITION ................................................................................................ 27
5.7. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ 28
5.8. ACHIEVING BUSINESS LAYER ................................................................................................. 29

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