DE2T: Employer's Information Requirements Template: Digital Engineering Series
DE2T: Employer's Information Requirements Template: Digital Engineering Series
DE2T: Employer's Information Requirements Template: Digital Engineering Series
Engineering
Series
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Publication history
First published – September 2016
Redesigned – May 2017
Foreword
This template is intended for those that generate, complete and review BIM Execution Plans (BEPs). It is based on
PAS 1192-2:2013 and provides guidance to users of BEPs as to how information may be sought, generated and
reviewed, so as to add value to the employer.
It is not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive document and it will be necessary for users of the guidance given
to exercise their own professional judgement when deciding whether to abide by or depart from it.
The concept of the BIM Execution Plan is that it is a response to an Employer’s Information Requirements document
(EIR), setting out the proposals for how a project can be delivered digitally.
For the writers of BIM Execution Plans, it is important to understand what your employer, or prospective employer,
needs to know and what they will understand from your responses. It is important to give clear and concise answers
to the EIR and that these are verified by including examples, certificates and other supporting documentation.
The BEP process is there to make the information exchanges between the design teams, construction teams and
their employer predictable and well defined, using formats that are interoperable between the various software
platforms used.
Table of Contents
Foreword..................................................................................................................................................iii
Introduction..............................................................................................................................................1
Scope........................................................................................................................................................3
Use of this Template.................................................................................................................................3
1. Project information............................................................................................................................4
2. Information required by the EIR.........................................................................................................5
2.1 Technical..................................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Levels of definition...................................................................................................................................6
2.3 Standards.................................................................................................................................................8
2.4 Roles and responsibilities.........................................................................................................................9
2.5 Planning the work and data segregation.................................................................................................10
2.5.1 Model management...............................................................................................................................10
2.5.2 Volumes, zones and areas......................................................................................................................11
2.5.3 Naming conventions...............................................................................................................................12
2.5.4 Publishing processes..............................................................................................................................13
2.6 Security..................................................................................................................................................14
2.7 Coordination and clash detection...........................................................................................................15
2.7.1 Process overview....................................................................................................................................15
2.7.2 Clash resolution process.........................................................................................................................16
2.7.3 Technical query workflow......................................................................................................................16
2.7.4 Tolerance strategy..................................................................................................................................16
2.8 Collaboration process.............................................................................................................................17
2.8.1 Form of sharing......................................................................................................................................17
2.8.2 Extent of model......................................................................................................................................17
2.8.3 Frequency of information exchange.......................................................................................................17
2.8.4 Details of model review workshops.......................................................................................................17
2.9 Health and Safety/ CDM.........................................................................................................................18
2.10 Systems performance.............................................................................................................................19
2.11 Compliance plan.....................................................................................................................................19
2.12 Delivery strategy for asset information...................................................................................................19
2.13 Data drops and project deliverables.......................................................................................................20
2.14 Client’s strategic purposes......................................................................................................................21
2.15 BIM competence assessment..................................................................................................................22
2.15.1 Level 2 BIM Competence........................................................................................................................22
2.15.2 BIM capability and experience...............................................................................................................23
2.15.3 Evidence of BIM execution planning......................................................................................................24
2.15.4 Workload and resourcing.......................................................................................................................24
2.15.5 Principal supply chain.............................................................................................................................27
2.15.6 Supply chain assessment process...........................................................................................................27
2.16 Project metrics.......................................................................................................................................28
2.16.1 Building design parameters....................................................................................................................28
2.16.2 Space design parameters.......................................................................................................................29
Appendix 1 – Further Reading.................................................................................................................32
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Introduction
Use of Employer’s Information Requirements (EIRs) is a fundamental part of the UK Government’s BIM Level 2 mandate.
For any project to claim compliance with this mandate there must be an EIR, which is a pre-tender document setting out
the information to be delivered, and the standards and processes to be adopted by the supplier as part of the project
delivery process.
The EIR should enable a potential project team to develop a BIM Execution Plan (BEP) describing how they will provide or
exchange information through the stages of the project from initial design to operation.
It is, in effect, the digital aspect of the wider Employer’s Requirements set of documents and should not replicate
information found elsewhere in this set.
The Employer’s Information Requirements will, in essence, ask the questions of the suppliers, be they consultants,
contractors or manufacturers, that are responded to by the BIM Execution Plan (BEP).
The drive for an EIR should come from an employer’s Operational (or Organisation) Information Requirements (OIR), which
is what an employer needs to know about their built assets to effectively run their business. In practice, not many
employers have an OIR on which to draw, but this does not mean that an EIR cannot be produced.
Figure 1 - Hierarchy of Information Requirements
This has been written with reference to PAS 1192-2:2013 and should be read in conjunction with this freely available
document. This document and other British Standards Institute (BSI) standards and specifications that surround BIM Level 2
are available for download at bim-level2.org.
This template is not intended to be exhaustive, but a useful starting point. Each employer and each project will have a
unique set of circumstances that need to be addressed and these should be considered at the EIR stage, as far as this is
possible or practical.
Many of the tables have generic data added, these may be added to or removed as the project requires.
This template can be used as a starting point for a BIM Execution Plan (BEP), or have tables copied into the BEP, as the BEP
does require extra data that is not covered by an EIR. CIBSE are providing a BEP template that will be pre-populated with
the tables shown below.
1. Project information
Employer to provide project details and reference information that is available to the project team to assist in preparing
their tender information.
1.6 Town
1.7 County
Walls Architect
External
Walls Architect
Internal
Floors Architect
Roofs Architect
Columns Structures
Beams Structures
Slabs Structures
Ventilation Services
Cooling Services
Heating Services
Rainwater Services
Drainage
System Owner Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 7
LoD LoI LoD LoI LoD LoI LoD LoI LoD LoI LoD LoI LoD LoI
Waste Services
Drainage
Electrical Services
Distributio
n
Lighting Services
Roads, Landscape
paths and
paving
External Landscape
planting
Irrigation Landscape
systems
Fencing Landscape
and railings
Street Landscape
furniture
Water Landscape
features
Table 2.2 – Levels of definition
2.3 Standards
Employer to define which standards are to be employed or ask the tendering team to provide proposed standards to which
they will work.
Term Definition
Arch Architectural model clash rendition
Struc Structural model clash rendition
MEP Building services model clash rendition
Fed Mod Federated model
Clash Check Use designated software to check for clashes
Resolve Resolve clashes as team
Report Create and keep report of clashes and their resolutions
BCF Export clashes that require rework to BIM Collaboration Format
2.7.2 Clash resolution process
Provide detail of the proposed clash resolution process. Some points to consider are shown in the table below:
Point Considerations
Type of Clash Actual clash, Allowable clash, Not a clash
Resolution Visual impact, Engineering impact, Cost impact
Visual impact Fit with architecture
Engineering impact Best solution, installation, maintenance
Cost impact Design, Procure, Install, Run, Maintain
Reference may be made to the clash review process and how this is to fit into the model review.
2.9 Health and Safety/ CDM
Provide details of the BIM related approach to health and safety and construction design management processes. Also,
include a schedule of deliverables against the work stages, an example is shown below:
The period of aftercare for the model, maintaining its currency, should also be stated.
Reference Purpose
P01 Register of assets
P08 Operations
P10 Replacement
P12
2.15.5.3 Structures
2.15.5.4 Landscape
2.15.6.3 Structures
2.15.6.4 Landscape
Type 1
Type 2
Type 3
Type 4
Type 5
Type 6
Type 7
Type 8
Non-seasonal Variables
2.16.2.4 Internal °C
summer design
dry bulb temp.
2.16.2.5 Internal %
summer design
relative
humidity
2.16.2.6 Internal kg/kg
summer design
moisture
content
2.16.2.7 Infiltration rate ACR/hr
in summer
Space Types
Ref: Parameter Unit
Type 1
Type 2
Type 3
Type 4
Type 5
Type 6
Type 7
Type 8
2.16.2.8 Occupant W/person
summer
sensible
2.16.2.9 Occupant W/person
summer latent
Type 1
Type 2
Type 3
Type 4
Type 5
Type 6
Type 7
Type 8
2.16.2.17 Fabric W/m²
conduction
heat loss
Ventilation requirements
2.16.3
2.16.4
2.16.5
2.16.6
2.16.7
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