Projects need standards, not just common use but explicit and written standards. Without some standards a little bit of chaos starts to derail a project as information starts to become difficult to interpret and responsibilities begin to blur.

The intention of this standards is to define the method for the project team to operate in a collaborative design environment driven by the benefits of BIM. By way of this standards, the roles, responsibilities, interactions, and expected dependences of each organization relative to the BIM data and model are established. This BIM Standards is intended to support all BIM work undertaken collaboratively between the design team members and coordinators. The BIM Standards shall take precedence over other BIM and CAD documents. It is not the intention of this standards to state how each organization will implement BIM with their respective organizations but organizations are encouraged to ensure that their internal procedures support this BIM document in the interest of project quality control and improving collaborative processes. 

The objectives are:

• To maximize production efficiency through adopting a coordinated and consistent approach to working in BIM.

• To define the standards, settings and best practices that ensure delivery of high quality and uniform drawing output across an entire project.

• To ensure that digital BIM files are structured correctly to enable efficient data sharing whilst working in a collaborative environment across multidisciplinary teams both internally and in external BIM environments.

When working as a project team, communication is paramount. This BIM Standards looks to ensure that all parties speak the same language.