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A BEP (BIM Execuction Plan) requirement is not useful if nobody can clearly check it.
In this article I want to talk about a practical skill that saves BIM Coordinators a lot of time. It is the ability to turn requirements from the BEP or EIR into rules that produce a clear pass or fail result.

I want to talk about something that has bothered me for a long time:
– the ripple effects of poor coordination in multi-disciplinary teams,
– why often “coordinated” BIM model might be a ticking time bomb,
– and how a 20cm mistake in the design phase snowballs into millions $ USD in project losses.

You’re in a coordination meeting.

Your federated model is on the big screen, glowing with red, green, and yellow clashes. An hour passes. Then two. The conversation goes in circles, architects debating with engineers, electricians “blaming” plumbers. You click through hundreds of clashes, each one a tiny battle in a war you feel you’re losing.

If you coordinate BIM projects in Revit, IFC links have probably been a pain.

I speak with many BIM coordinators and managers who work in Revit. Many deliver openBIM projects where IFC is the standard exchange format.