The BIM Execution Plan (BAP) acts as a groundbreaking document for effective BIM-based collaboration. It outlines organizational structures, clarifies responsibilities and uses a clear matrix to assign roles and responsibilities. The BAP forms the framework for BIM services, defines processes, workflows and requirements for collaboration between those involved in the project with clear responsibilities.
To standardize models and processes, the BIM execution plan harmonizes structures, elements and information. It determines project-related characteristics, depth of information and detail as well as qualities. As the project progresses, the BAP is continuously updated by the project team. The BAP should be firmly established as the contractual basis between the client and project participants, with the AIA (client information requirements) taking precedence over the BIA (operator information requirements).
The BAP is a concrete project set of rules that integrates the AIA and the BIA. In BIM projects it is used continuously from planning to construction completion. The AIA and the BAP cover topics such as project information, general specifications, model-specific requirements, project organization and use cases. The AIA specifies the information needs of the client, while the BAP specifies these requirements in accordance with ISO 19650.
Topic areas include project information, general specifications, model-specific specifications, project organization and use cases. The BAP defines names/competencies of the roles, information delivery strategies and quality control in accordance with ISO 19650. A colloquium with key project participants at the start of the project promotes successful collaboration and enables the BPS (BIM project management) to check the level of knowledge of those involved on the topics of an openBIM project.