BIM Quality Assurance and Validation Checklist

This Building Information Modelling (BIM) Checklist is designed to serve as a reference for project stakeholders wishing to adopt BIM/VDC in a design-build project. Because integration and communication are critical to design-build project delivery, this checklist assists users in determining which BIM capabilities should be considered for all main project phases. The checklist discusses how each BIM feature may enable each of the top ten Design Build Benefits for any particular project.

Why Use a BIM Quality Assurance/Quality Control Checklist? 

The BIM QA/QC checklist is nothing more than a tool that will assist you in creating an organized process, maintaining repetitive activities, fostering a good design habit supporting team members in memorizing work sequences in a Quality Assurance procedure, among other things, inside the project team. 

We have given you a simplified BIM QA/QC checklist that you can use to streamline your BIM QA/QC process. Depending on your project, the checklist may differ somewhat from the example below.

List of BIM Quality Assurance and Validation Checklist

General Examine 

1. Visual inspection of the model 
2. Positioning of the origin point 
3. Project, site, and building names 
4. Building story naming 
5. Mapping of IFC classes for all objects in the model 
6. Tagging all objects and using the LOD parameter correctly 
7. Room naming in the model 

Check Your Space 

1. Examining the available space inside the error range 
2. Examining each floor space 
3. The space program's space number and name are being confirmed. 
4. space numbers' unique identifiers in BIM data being checked.

Design Review 

1. Compare architectural and civil property lines. 
2. Match architectural building measurements with structural Definitions of certain kinds and needed qualities such as item material.

MEP Check 

1. The MEP plan corresponds to the architectural and structural plans. 
2. Every piece of equipment is depicted on the plans.
3. The schedules display all of the equipment. 
4. Coordination of MEP clashes 

Construction Check

1. Conflict coordination between various architectural objects such as beams, columns, and beams.
2. Coordination issues between similar types of construction objects.

Model Improvement 

1. Errors and clashes should be avoided. 
2. Ensure that all requirements are followed. Ensure that there are enough geometric components, that they are in the proper place, and that they are functional. 
3. Confirm that the client's criteria have been satisfied. 
4. Remove any unneeded perspectives and plans. 
5. Remove any unneeded groupings. 
6. Check work sets.
7. Audit file purged.

Benefits of BIM QA/QC Design Model Validation

1. Validation of Design Models: By guaranteeing that the 3D BIM model is flawless and can be used as a reference during construction, the QA/QC analysis is made simple. 
2. Risk Mitigation: The future risk associated with a 3D BIM Model that has not been quality checked, such as unanticipated design conflicts, may be resolved in the model beforehand. 
3. Cost Control: Accurate clash-free 3D BIM models reduce material waste and hence save money on materials. 
4. Restores the Company's Reputation: Errors in the BIM model might have a negative impact on the company's reputation. It is critical to do QA/QC on the BIM model before making it available for building. 

Conclusion

BIM (Building Information Modelling) is now an unavoidable need in the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) business. Using BIM Modelling, Revit BIM models from several disciplines may be integrated into a single data model. Architecture, structural engineering, and MEP engineering are examples of such fields. A clash-free and coordinated BIM model for the building construction process may be generated utilizing a checklist for BIM Quality Assurance and Quality Control. Because construction contractors need the exact data given by these models to build the structure, quality assurance is essential in the AEC industry. Project faults may have an influence on cost, timing, and even corporate reputation.