Building Information Management A Standard Framework and Guide to BS 1 92 Mervyn Richards Building Informa ? on Management A Standard Framework and Guide to BS 1192 Mervyn Richards First published in the UK in 2010 By BSI 389 Chiswick H igh Road London W4 4AL © Bri ? sh Standards Ins ? tu ? on 2010 All rights reserved Except as permi ?ed under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, no part of this publica ? on may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmi ?ed in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission in wri ? ng from the publisher Whilst every care has been taken in developing and compiling this publica ? on, BSI accepts no liability for any loss or damage caused, arising directly or indirectly in connec ? on with reliance on its contents except to the extent that such liability may not be excluded in law Whilst every e ffort has been made to trace all copyright holders, anyone claiming copyright should get in touch with the BSI at the above address BSI has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third- party websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate The right of M ervyn Richards to be iden ? fi ed as the author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with sec ? ons 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Typeset in Calibri by H elius, www.helius.biz Printed in Great Britain by Berforts Group, www.berforts.co.uk Bri?sh Library Cataloguing in Publica ?on Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the Bri ? sh Library ISBN 978 580 70870 Publishing and liability Th i s gu i d e i n cl u d e s n e w i n fo rm a ? i n fo rm a ? sec ? on s fro m th e a c kn o wl e d ge d o n fro m c u rre n t l e a rn i n g b y th e Co n stru c ( CP I C) a n d th e B ri Th i s re l e va n t on ? s h S ta n d a rd s I n s i s pu bl i sh ed as ? ? gro u p s , bu t o n P ro j e c t I n fo rm a ? a l so i n cl u d e s o n Co m m i ? ee t u te ( B S I ) o n a n u m b e r o f re c e n t p ro j e c ts gu i d a n c e of a ge n e l n a tu re , and th e a u t h o r a cc e p t s no l i a b i l i t y fo r a n y u s e to wh i c h i t m a y b e p u t iii Ackn owl e d ge m e n ts Produc?on Informa ?on: A code of procedure for the construc?on industry, pu bl i sh ed by CP I C ( www CP I C o rg u k) PIX Protocol Guide and Toolkit, p u b l i s h e d b y t h e B u i l d i n g Ce n tre Tru st N o w a va i l a b l e fro m t h e CP I C we b s i te ( s e e a b o ve ) Ava n ? , I CT Co l l a b o ? ve Wo rki n g: To o l ki t d o c u m e n t s Co n stru c ? n g E xce l l e n c e 04 N ow a va i l a b l e fro m t h e CP I C we b s i te ( s e e a b o ve ) M a n y o f th e i m a ge s in th i s gu i d e a re ba sed on th ose fi rst pu bl i sh e d Informa ?on: A code of procedure for the construc?on industry d o c u m e n ta ? o n o r b y M R Co n s u l ? n g Ltd in ( 00 ) CP I C ’s and BS Produc?on 1 : 007 Contents Preface xv Introduc? on Produc ? on informa ? on for the construc? on industry 2.1 Roles and responsibili ? es 2.2 Common Data Environment (CDE) 2.3 Standard Method and Procedure (SMP) 3 De fi ni ? ons 4 Roles and responsibili ? es 4.1 Design Coordina ? on M anager (also known as the 4 13 Design M anager on some contracts) 13 4.2 Lead Designer 13 4.3 Task Team Manager 14 4.4 I nterface Manager 14 4.5 Project Informa ? on Manager 14 4.6 CAD Coordinator 14 4.7 CAD Manager 15 4.8 So ? ware versions 4.9 CAD checking tools The Common Data Environment (CDE) 5.1 Func ? onal sec ? ons of the CDE 5.1.1 Work- in- progress 5.1.2 Shared 5.1.3 Published documenta ? on 5.1.4 The purpose of the ‘D’ code 16 16 17 20 20 24 28 29 v Contents 5.1.5 Archive 36 5.1.6 The distributed CDE for project and programme 5.2 BI M and the Common Data Environment Standard Method and Procedure 6.1 File naming 6.1.1 File iden ? fi ers 6.1.1.1 Document/drawing descriptor 6.1.1.2 Graphic/model fi le descriptor 6.1.1.3 All other documents 6.1.2 Field name de fi ni ? ons 6.1.2.1 Project 6.1.2.2 Originator 6.1.2.3 Zone 6.1.2.4 Level/loca ? on 6.1.2.5 File type 6.1.2.6 Role codes 6.1.2.7 N umber 6.1.2.8 File-iden ? fi er examples 6.1.3 File- iden ? fi er metadata 6.1.3.1 Status 6.1.3.2 Revision 6.1.3.3 Version 6.2 Origin and orienta ? on 6.2.1 Coordinates 6.2.2 Spa ? al coordina ? on 6.2.3 Building grids 6.2.4 Site surveys 6.2.5 Alignment of the building to real- world 40 47 47 47 48 48 49 50 50 51 52 59 60 60 63 64 65 67 67 68 68 68 69 69 70 coordinates 70 6.2.6 Example of building alignment 72 6.2.7 Dimensional consistency 72 6.3 Drawing sheet templates vi 40 73 Co n te n ts M od el ? tl e b l o ck a ? ri b u te s /ta gs tl e b l o ck D wi n g s h e e t s i ze s 77 D wi n g s h e e t s ca l e s 77 Ro l e D e s cri p ? ? fi ca ? on on ? o n /a l i a s 80 on Di m en si on s Ab b re vi a ? 82 on s 82 Sym b o l s 82 85 M a ste r s p e ci Syste m s o ? fi ca ? o n syste m s wa re 86 87 8 Implica ? ons of design management 80 81 Speci fi ca ? on 79 79 E xtra ct fro m B S 1 An n o ta 78 P re s e n ta 78 E l e m e n t/cl a s s i 4 73 74 La ye r sta n d a rd s ? D wi n g Ti m e a n d re s o u rce p ro gra m m i n g Ap p ro va l o f i n fo rm a ? on 89 90 92 Appendix A Master document index template 95 Appendix B Process maps 97 B B B B B B B B Cre a ? fi fi n g a m od el S h a ri n g a m o d e l Co o rd i n a ? le 98 le n g m od el 99 fi l es 00 Tra n sfe r o f o wn e rs h i p Cre a ? n g a d wi n g re n d i D e s i gn te a m s i gn - o ff 01 ? on p ro ce s s 02 03 Ap p ro va l ro u te – sta ge 04 Ap p ro va l ro u te – sta ge 05 vi i Contents Appendix C Consultant’s technical systems ques? onnaire 107 Appendix D Project team member ques? onnaire 109 Appendix E Drawing sheet template 111 Appendix F Measurements and bene fi ts F.1 Project results – overview report F.1.1 Introduc ? on F.2 Key measured impacts F.2.1 I nvestment required F.2.2 Return on investment F.3 Commentary F.3.1 I nvestment required F.3.2 Return on investment F.3.3 Request for informa ? on (RFI ) analysis on 115 a single core project 115 115 116 116 116 117 117 118 119 F.4 Emerging themes 120 F.4.1 Belief 120 F.4.2 Achieving payback on a single project 120 F.4.3 Fixed, single industry- wide Avan ? CDE/SMP or a fl exible approach? 121 F.4.4 Model fi les and their impacts 121 F.4.5 Level of challenge 122 F.4.6 Increase in quality of informa ? on 123 F.4.7 Consequen ? al bene fi ts 123 F.4.8 Which projects are most likely to bene fi t from Avan ? ? 124 F.4.9 Bene fi ts and risks of a