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NBIMS-US™ V4 - REFERENCES

PROJECT BIM REQUIREMENTS (PBR) STANDARD

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BIM Execution Plan Standard Version 4, U.S. National BIM Standard, 2023
BIM Use Definitions Standard Version 4, U.S. National BIM Standard, 2023
COBie, Version 3, U.S. National BIM Standard Version 4, 2023
ISO 19650-1: Organization and Digitization of Information about Buildings and Civil Engineering Works, Including Building Information Modeling (BIM)-Information Management using Building Information Modeling. Part 1. (ISO 2018a)
ISO 19650-2: Organization and Digitization of Information about Buildings and Civil Engineering Works, Including Building Information Modeling (BIM)-Information Management using Building Information Modeling. Part 2. (ISO 2018b).

PROJECT BIM EXECUTION PLANNING (BEP) STANDARD

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NBIMS-US BEP Template (Excel) The BEP Template is an excel spreadsheet that is used to create project specific BEPs. Download
NBIMS-US BEP Template (PDF) This is the PDF version of the NBIMS-US BEP Template Download
NBIMS-US BEP Standard Tables The NBIMS BEP Standard Tables is a compilation of the tables from the BEP Standard in excel format. They are provided for ease of use and adoption among project teams. Download
NBIMS-US BEP Model Element Template (MET) - Buildings The Model Element Table documents the necessary geometry and non-graphic data of individual model elements use in an Information Exchange for buildings. Download
NBIMS-US BEP Model Element Template (MET) - Infrastructure The Model Element Table documents the necessary geometry and non-graphic data of individual model elements use in an Information Exchange for infrastructure. Download
RFP BEP JSON Schema A JSON data schema file containing all required BEP elements for the Owner RFP BEP and all other optional elements. Download
Proposal BEP JSON Schema A JSON data schema file containing all required Proposal BEP elements for the proposal BEP and all optional elements. Download
Project BEP JSON Schema A JSON data schema file containing all required Project BEP elements for the project BEP and all optional elements. Download

BIM USE DEFINITION (BUD) STANDARD

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BIM Execution Plan Standard, Version 3, U.S. National BIM Standard, 2015 (NIBS 2015)  
Computer Integrated Construction Research Program. BIM Project Execution Planning Guide—Version 2.1. University Park, PA, USA: The Pennsylvania State University, 2011.   Download
ISO 19650-2, Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM) — Information management using building information modelling — Part 2: Delivery phase of the assets  
ISO 29481-1:2016, Building information models — Information delivery manual — Part 1: Methodology and format  
ISO 29481-3:2022, Building information models — Information delivery manual — Part 3: Data schema   Download
Ralph Kreider and John Messner (2013). The Uses of Building Information Modeling, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.   Download
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (November 12, 2020). Digital Delivery Directive 2025 Final Strategic Plan, Harrisburg, PA.   Download
Ralph Kreider (2013). An Ontology on the Uses of Building Information Modeling. PhD Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, University Part, PA.  
"Project Structure - Tetralogy of BIM." National BIM Standard — United States, 2013.   Download
Sacks, R., Eastman, C., Lee, G., & Teicholz, P. (2018). BIM handbook: A guide to building information modeling for owners, designers, engineers, contractors, and facility managers. John Wiley & Sons.  

CONSTRUCTION TO OPERATIONS BUILDING INFORMATION EXCHANGE (COBIE) V3

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NBIMS-US COBie v3 Spreadsheet - Blank A template for delivering COBie in one of the approved formats, SpreadsheetML, which is the same format utilized by Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Download
NBIMS-US COBie v3 JSON Schema A template for delivering COBie in one of the approved formats, JSON. Download