Your client's requirements
Every client's BIM rules cover the same four things. Here's how the two main systems compare.
Whichever applies, we turn it into one set of project rules your whole team follows.
From plan to setup
Set the rules at kickoff, and every submission starts from them.
The shared setup every discipline's model is built on.
Seed files and workspace settings, set once and locked for your whole team
Every discipline models on the same grid and floors.How every model, drawing and document is named and filed.
Folder structure and naming rules set up in ProjectWise
Every new file goes in the right folder and follows the naming convention.How models are split by discipline and area, and how they reference each other.
Model files split and linked as references
Each discipline works in its own files and sees the latest version of everyone else's.The family, part and attributes each element has to carry.
Catalog items with the required attributes, placed with the right family and part
Required data comes with each element when it's placed.How far each element has to be developed at each submission.
An LOD table for each submission
Your modelers see which elements reach which LOD, and when.The file types, sheets and exports each submission needs.
A submission checklist and export settings for every package
Each package goes out in the formats your client asked for.Before each submission
Issues found and fixed with your team before the package goes out.
The models and drawings going into this package.
BEP review
Checked and ready for your client's review.
From tender to handover
12+ years of Bentley expertise, built into every project setup.
STEP 01
We read the client's BIM requirements and help your team prepare the BIM sections of your proposal.
STEP 02
We read every BIM document in your contract and list what your team has to deliver, then help your team prepare its BEP sections.
STEP 03
We set up the coordinates, naming and data rules in your workspace and ProjectWise, share the LOD table, then walk each discipline lead through it all.
STEP 04
We review models and drawings against the plan, list what needs fixing, help your team answer the client's review comments, and update the rules when the plan changes.
STEP 05
We check the record models and handover files against what your client asks for at handover.
An industry expert who works on live rail and transit projects today, so every rule is set up the way your team will use it.
Experience with US owner BIM requirements, including the MTA's, and with ISO 19650 delivery plans on UK rail projects.
We set the plan up in the Bentley software your team models in, so naming, coordinates and element data come with every file your team creates.
Each discipline lead is walked through the rules at kickoff, so your whole team works to the same plan from the first file.
Who it's for
You're a design firm working to an owner's BIM requirements or ISO 19650, often for the first time, and every model and drawing has to follow the project's BIM Execution Plan.
Your team delivers one discipline on a large project and needs a BIM lead to read the requirements, set up the rules and review each package.
You lead the project's information management and want every firm on your team set up to your BIM Execution Plan from kickoff.
Your main contractor sets the project's BIM Execution Plan, and every firm on the team delivers to it. We set up your team's side: we list what the plan asks your firm to deliver, set up the coordinates, naming and data rules in your workspace, share the LOD table, and review your work against the plan before each submission.
Your client's. On MTA projects, that means the MTA's BIM Execution Plan and what it asks of each deliverable. On UK rail projects for TfL, HS2 and Network Rail, it means ISO 19650 and the client's information requirements, as on other ISO 19650 projects worldwide. On other US projects, we work to the owner's own BIM standard, which is usually based on the National BIM Standard (NBIMS-US) and the BIMForum LOD Specification.
On ISO 19650 projects, the client's Exchange Information Requirements (EIR) set out what information it needs, when and in what form. The BIM Execution Plan is the delivery team's answer: how it will produce that information, who is responsible for each part and which standards it follows. A pre-appointment BEP goes in with the tender and is confirmed after appointment.
Yes. We read your client's requirements and help your team prepare the BEP sections that cover your work. Your BIM lead reviews and signs off the final document.
LOD stands for Level of Development: how far each element in the model can be relied on at a given stage. It is set element by element, so one model can hold columns at one level and finishes at another. Our LOD table sets out which elements reach which LOD at each submission, so your modelers build what each stage asks for.
Yes. If a submission has come back with comments on naming, data or LOD, we compare your current files with the plan, list what has to change and who changes it, and set up the rules for your next submission.
Through kickoff and coordination meetings with your discipline leads, held online, and directly inside your ProjectWise where the project allows it.
Every engagement is scoped first, then quoted. Cost depends on your client's requirements, the size of your team, the number of submissions and whether we join at tender, at kickoff or partway through the project.
Bentley consulting
The workspace and library your project rules live in.
We turn your project's standards into one ProjectWise workspace that loads the same on every computer.
View service → ConsultingWe build the catalogs, steel shapes and cells your team models with, shared with every user through your workspace.
View service → SupportBook a call with a Bentley expert. We find the cause with you and work through the fix, or tell you what it will take.
View service →Live 1-on-1 and group ProjectWise Fundamentals training: folder structure, check in and out, document attributes, workflows and best practices.
Tell us what your client requires.
Share your client's BIM requirements, where your project is now and your submission schedule. We'll ask a few questions, then send a quote.
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