What is an AIA G202 document?

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More legal documentation.

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Yep,

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I know I keep saying we need less words

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and more action and I stand by that statement.

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However,

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we need to be careful when it comes to something that is

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generally interpreted as a bunch of drafters trying to make themselves important.

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I'm serious about that sentiment.

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People do think that about BIM.

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That's why I love having documents that a lawyer signed off on.

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This keeps our BIM ambitions safe from dying on

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the vine like our CAD standards did - remember those?

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So let's look at the G202 document.

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This is the document from the AIA that drills in the projects specifics.

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Since it's called out directly from the E203, it's legally binding.

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So what is the AIA G202?

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Well, it's the project billing information modeling protocol form.

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It's a specific document that calls out modeling protocols, such as how many trade

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models there will be and what the level of detail is within those models.

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It includes collaboration protocols.

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Who, when, and where.

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Who's doing it, when is it due, and where are they gonna put it?

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Technical requirements.

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Collaboration protocols.

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Who's responsible?

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When is it due?

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And where do these models go to be shared?

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Drills in the technical requirements, what software, and what version.

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Can't be more specific than that.

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It also calls out if training is needed and who provides it.

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Project standards.

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I know I just laughed at CAD standards but they are still alive and well,

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and they live inside of these documents.

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We do want our drafting standards to be adhered to legally

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and it calls up the all important BIM execution plan.

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That will be the document that guides us through the entire project

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and is brought up in every BIM meeting.

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Let's take a glance at the document

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again. Similar to the E203,

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It's completely modifiable for your project.

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Fill up the project name,

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then you just go down through,

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start listing the managers here, contact information.

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Hopefully, it's more than just a blank chart.

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I've seen this document issued completely blank just like this.

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Don't be the person that does that.

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All this gets filled out.

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Collaboration, technical training, and support.

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The reason it's here,

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and the reason it's not that long of a document, it's only five pages,

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is because again,

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people need to get these items in their quote.

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If you have to provide training for someone, you got to build that into your costs.

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Model standards - I love it.

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Now we go right through and add all of this information to this document, if we can.

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If we don't know it yet, we can say NA.

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The next chapter,

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I'm going to actually pull a project together

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with some information that I'm not sure of,

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but we can put in this chart exactly what

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information we have and what information we're waiting for.

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That's fine, as long as it's up front and clear to everyone.

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And it calls up the level of detail -

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I'm sorry, the level of development - for each stage.

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Scroll down through

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and we get to our model element table

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who's responsible for what element

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and what level of development at what project milestone.

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Hopefully there's not six project milestones, but there might be,

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it depends on the client.

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So that's it for studying BIM documentation.

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Look at it this way,

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this is the legal way to specify BIM on our projects.

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This is also the best way to put our focus on our BIM execution plan.

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This also means that the firm issuing this mandate satisfies

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the qualifications by providing guidance and hosting weekly BIM meetings.