What is an AIA E203 document?

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When we say, hey, we're doing BIM on this project,

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that statement needs to be in writing and

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part of the project's request for proposals.

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That means that we need to have some legal documentation upfront

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that is included in the contract that goes with any project.

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It's like acting as if we're serious about doing them.

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This is the start of organizing and overstating

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that there is a requirement that each

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firm has a specific responsibility to adhere to

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and to participate in.

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So what is the E203?

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Well, it's a legal document published by the AIA

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that serves as an exhibit to the project documentation.

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This AIA document serves as a guide to

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other AIA documents which drill down into specifics.

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And also of course, the project BIM execution plan.

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I like to say those other documents are for the technical folks

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and the E203 is for the legal folks.

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So let's take a look.

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So what is the AIA E203?

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It's a seven page document which I like - short documents - that

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serves as an attachment or exhibit to the project bid documentation.

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As I mentioned, it acts as a guide to other project BIM documentations

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and it specifies intended level of development.

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If we look at the document here, we'll see, I have a sample here

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and we can fill it out per project. Table of articles,

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legal talk.

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So when we read through it, this is completely modifiable to your project.

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Authorized users, model elements,

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project agreements, and modifications.

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Everything gets filled out in here before the project starts.

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We'll look at digital data protocols, G201

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and we scroll down to G202

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and we look at LOD.

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Notice that it spells out origin point,

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everything we need to have to kick a project off.

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Now, it's only seven pages.

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So all of the information is not included in here,

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but this is the legal document that's added to our upfront bid.

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But this is the legal document that kicks off our entire BIM execution plan.

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So in conclusion,

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I know a lot of other so-called official documents are out there.

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This is the one we should be using.

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If we start adopting every document

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du jour

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that crops up,

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we are adding unnecessary confusion and are opening ourselves up to litigation

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and worse: legal ways to get out of using BIM.