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BIM Execution Planning

5.09
Quality Management

Defines the project team’s overall quality management plan, including a quality assurance program for model creation and a quality control plan for defining and validating model quality.

  1. Quality Management Strategy: Overall strategy to manage the quality of model and derivative information.
  2. Quality Control (QC) Activity: A table of information regarding the quality control activities on the project.
    1. Quality Control Activity Type: The type of QC activity that will be performed.
    2. Required by Contract: An indication of whether the quality check is required by contract.
    3. Activity Description: Description of the quality control activity.
    4. Responsible Party. The organization responsible for performing the quality control activity.
    5. Software Application: The software application(s) to be used to perform the quality control activity.
    6. Frequency: The frequency of performing the quality control activity.
    7. Location: The location of performing the quality control activity.
    8. Reference Document: A path to any reference documentation describing or defining the quality control activity.
  3. Model Data Accuracy: A table of information regarding the model data accuracy of the project.
    1. Discipline: The discipline that compiled the model data.
    2. Existing Conditions Data Source Name: The 547 name of the data source containing existing conditions data.
    3. Survey Data Type: The data type of the captured data, e.g., laser scan, photogrammetry, or field survey.
    4. Level of Accuracy: The level of geometric accuracy for the data source.
  4. Software Compatibility Testing: A table of tests for BIM software that will exchange files.
    1. Export Software Application: The exporting software of a software compatibility test.
    2. Import Software Application: The importing software of a software compatibility test.
    3. Test Date: The date of the compatibility test.
    4. Notes: Notes from the software compatibility test.
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