Public Entities Requiring BIM and have Standards

The AEC industry is seeing more clients requiring Building Information Modeling (BIM) on projects.  Some clients have very detailed standards and expectations for the BIM process, and some clients say that they want BIM but have not idea what they really desire or how to get BIM.  And then, there are clients that fall somewhere between those two types.  Many clients (especially in the private sector) that have BIM standards in place have not publicized their standards, but will provide it to the design/construction team for specific projects.  However, there are public entitites that have established BIM standards and have posted those standards on the internet and are accessible to anyone with internet access.  Since it is nice to reference those BIM standards, I thought that I would list various public entities which have BIM standards that you can reference.

The following is a listing of various public entities with publicized BIM standards along with the URL to the information and a bit of additional information that you may find interesting or helpful about each one.

University of Southern California

• http://www.usc.edu/fms/documents/cad_web_links/BIMGuidelines_VS1_6_2012.pdf
• Document is dated April 18, 2012
• The document contains very detailed information about the BIM process and requirements and standards for the model.
• Requirements include conduit 3/4″ and greater to be modeled, as well as clearance zones to be modeled
• Authoring software is limited to Autodesk Revit.

Indiana University

• http://www.indiana.edu/~uao/iubim.html
• Document is dated June 21, 2012
• The document contains detailed information about the BIM process and requirements and standards for the model.
• Requirements include conduit 3/4″ and greater to be modeled, as well as clearance zones to be modeled
• Authoring software is limited to Autodesk Revit.

Penn State University

• http://Bim.psu.edu
• http://www.opp.psu.edu/planning-construction/design_and_construction_standards/division-00-procurement-and-contracting-requirements#section-20
• This site contains multiple documents for usage in the BIM process.
• Primary document is dated June 21, 2012
• Authoring software is limited to Autodesk Revit.

Los Angeles Community College

• http://standards.build-laccd.org/projects/dcs/pub/bim%20standards/released/content.html
• http://bimlaccd.blogspot.com/p/standards.html
• Document is dated June 29, 2011
• The document seems to utilize some leftover CADD standards in the BIM requirements, such as each building floor level is to be a separate file.
• Architecture authoring software is Autodesk Revit Architecture, Bentley BIM, ArchiCAD, Tekla or equal.
• MEP authoring software is Autodesk Revit MEP, Autodesk AutoCAD MEP, Bentley BIM, CAD-Duct, CAD-Pipe, AutoSprink, PipeDesigner 3D, or equal

State of Wisconsin

• ftp://doaftp1380.wi.gov/master_spec/BIM%20Guidelines%20&%20Standards/BIM%20Guidelines%20and%20Standards%20for%20AE%20%207-1-12%20Final%20DRAFT%207-26-12.pdf
• Document is dated July 1, 2009
• There is a general amount of detail in the document.
• Authoring software is Autodesk Revit, Bentley Architecture, Graphisoft ArchiCAD, Nemetschek AllPlan, and Tekla Structures.

State of Texas

• projects.buildingsmartalliance.org/files/?artifact_id=3365   (copy/paste to your browser)
• Document is dated January 15, 2010
• The document covers both CADD and BIM standards, although projects are to utilize BIM unless specifically allowed.
• Authoring software is limited to Autodesk Revit.

State of Ohio

• http://das.ohio.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=JVVZlVN5ZRY%3d&tabid=705
• The document contains general information not contain a lot of detail, but does require LOD 400 for multiple components.
• The BIM authoring software shall be compliant with the latest release of the IFC and does not specify specific software packages.

New York City

• http://www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/downloads/pdf/DDC_BIM_Guidelines.pdf
• Document is dated July 2012
• The document contains detailed information about the BIM process and requirements and standards for the model.
• LOD 400 is required for most categories of elements.
• Architecture authoring software is Autodesk Revit, Bentley Architecture, Graphisoft ArchiCAD, and Nemetschek Vectorworks Architect.
• MEP authoring software is Autodesk Revit, Bentley Building Mechanical Systems, and Graphisoft MEP Modeler.

U.S. General Services Administration

• http://www.gsa.gov/bim
• http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/103735
• The GSA encourages the use of open standard for information exchange, so no
  standard software is widely supported.

Please note that the information above is my understanding and opinion of the data.  Please review the websites and documents to confirm accuracy of my statements and actual requirements.