Creating a BIM Execution Plan

Explore the essential content you'll need in a BIM Execution Plan (BEP), and review the process of developing your own BEP.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Overview of the BIM Execution Plan

• Understand the need for a BIM Execution Plan (BEP)
• Document the basic project information
• Determine the core team members and model managers
• Specify project milestones

2. Identify BIM Goals and Uses

• What do we want to accomplish?
• Team collaboration
• Clash detection
• Existing conditions
• Conceptual design
• Schematic design
• Design development
• Design documents
• Construction and design
• General contractor and sub contractors
• Facilities management
• BIM uses and the objective

3. Designing the BIM Execution Process

• Decide who creates the content
• What is LOD?
• Define the LOD in the BIM Execution Plan
• Determine the information that needs to be in the model

4. Collaboration Procedures

• Define the software to be used
• Specify the file naming structure
• Coordination milestones
• Coordination meeting schedule
• Define the coordination process
• Sign off
• Document history
• Appendix

Conclusion

• Additional resources
• Next steps