Typical BIM Elements by Discipline

  • Architectural BIM Elements
Site Model
  1. Site infrastructure within site boundary (roads, pavements, car park spaces, access and parking arrangements and surrounding land use)
  2. Surface drainage (only indication of locations necessary)
  3. External drainage & underground drainage
  4. Hard landscaped areas within site boundary
  5. Planter boxes including sub-soil drainage systems
  6. Massing of adjacent buildings relevant to project
Rooms / Spaces
Room spaces, corridors, other spaces, plant and equipment rooms (including designated use)

Walls and Curtain Walls
  1. Interior / Exterior walls / Non-structural walls / Blockwork walls (Including finishes to identify if tiled / painted / plastered)
  2. Studs and individual layers of drywall
  3. Curtain wall with mullions and transoms with true profile and window glazing units including shading devices
Doors, Windows and Louvers
  1. Interior / Exterior doors
  2. Interior / Exterior windows
  3. Louvers
  4. Ironmongery (handles, locks, hinges etc) Typically in component family
Basic structure
  1. Beams
  2. Columns
Roofs
  1. Roofs with overall thickness (including finishes & insulation) 
Ceilings
  1. Ceilings (without support sub-frames) including module arrangement, material choices and finishes.
  2. Hangars and sub-frames for ceilings
Floors
  1. Horizontal floors
  2. Sloped floors and ramps
  3. Floor finishes details including tiling, carpet, screed only
Vertical Circulation
  1. Steps & stairs including risers, threads and railings including headroom clearance requirements
  2. Elevator shafts (without fit-out installations by lift contractor)
  3. Escalators & moving walkways, not including motorized equipments inside.
  4. Access ladders and catwalks
Architectural Specialties and Casework
  1. Precast / GRC / Fibreglass facades
  2. Fixed Building Maintenance Units in their overall bulk form
Schedules
  1. Schedules allowing information to be extracted from elements
Fixtures and Equipment
  1. Loose furniture including desks and computer workstations, Casework (carpentry), including upper and lower cabinets
  2. Appliances such as in kitchen equipment
  3. Toilet fixtures, plumbing faucets

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