What is the Scope of NBIMS?
The NBIM Standards will cover business transactions between all actors during all phases of the facility lifecycle. While this sounds like an infinite undertaking, it has been estimated that approximately 250 to 300 transactions will describe 95% of the possible transactions with perhaps 150 of these representing the most important. Examples of typical transactions that are already in process are the exchange and capture of early design information, exchanges required to do automated code checking, and the exchange of ‘as-is’ information between the design/construction and operations phases. Additional early candidates include adopting recent industry-developed standards for structural steel and ductwork design/engineering, and pre-cast concrete design/engineering.
