Learn how to implement LOD (Level of Development / Detail / Definition) the right way on your projects. Discover more about: - What is LOD? - History of LOD - Challenges with LOD - Solutions to LOD Challenges Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Owners (AECOs) are following US and UK BIM standards and implementing better BIM planning using a simple, flexible and OpenBIM framework. Watch the recorded webinar here: https://www.lodplanner.com/bim-webinar-recordings

1. What is LOD? 🤔
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2. Webinar
Agenda
1. LOD History
2. Challenges:
3. Solutions
Q&A
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3. Image courtesy of Trimble
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Three great BIM’s - but which meets the planned BIM Use?

4. History for Level of…
Detail, Development, Definition, Information, Geometry, Coordination, Accuracy...
Image courtesy of Marzia
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5. POLL
What do you think is the most common
misunderstanding when using LOD definitions?:
- The specific element scope required?
- Amount of geometric detail actually needed?
- Amount of information to be included?
- Level of accuracy of modeled elements?
- Maturity of elements?
- Exact BIM Use for modeled elements?
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6. “We find most BIM Standards overly
complex and difficult for our teams to
implement”
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Situation:

7. Many Standards To Follow1
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8. “Some areas there’s too much detail,
some content is non-existent,
standards took years to be useful -
either way we can’t practically use
most standards on real projects”
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Situation:

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Complexity
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10. “Standards seem to be too fixed - we
have found it a real challenge to
implement without the flexibility for us
to fill in the gaps”
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Situation:

11. One Fixed Number To Define:
Maturity
● Preliminary?
● Proposed?
● Coordinated?
● As-built?
Geometry
● Symbolic?
● Generic?
● Detailed?
● Fabrication?
Elements
● Too many?
● Too few?
● Gaps?
● Overlap?
Information
● IFC?
● Software Parameters?
● Equipment Specifications?
● Owner Manuals?
● Warranty information?
Purpose
● Quantities / Cost Estimating?
● Design
● Documentation?
● Coordination?
● Facilities?
● VR?
Accuracy
● 100mm / 5”?
● 50mm / 2”?
● 15mm / 5/8”?
● 5mm / 1/4”?
● 1mm / 1/16” ?
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12. “LOD 500 was specified because the
owner wanted information added to
elements for FM - we wasted time
modeling way too many elements that
were not important for the owner”
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Situation:

13. 100
200
300
400
500Scale Geometry InformationAccuracy
What is LOD 500?4
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14. “To win the project we agreed with the
owner that we could provide LOD 400
plus COBie data”
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Situation:

15. LOD 400 + COBie
Architect
Contractor
Design / Modeling Team
BIM Manager
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Education for BIM planning:
Owner
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16. “We like using the images with
standards but you need two monitors -
one screen to see the spec and
another to see the excel sheet”
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Situation:

17. Disconnected (scope + spec):
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18. Misunderstanding
These 6 challenges (and more) results in:
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20. BIM Blame
The implication of poor BIM Planning:
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21. What if we can eliminate all of these challenges with technology?
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22. Cross mapped framework for current standards 22

23. PLAN
SCOP
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Make it simple
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24. Make it flexible 24

25. Define as-built accuracy 25

26. Use plain language 26

27. Integrated + Visual BIM Scoping 27

28. 1)OpenBIM Framework
2)Simple
3)Flexible
4)Defined
5)Plain Language
6)Visual
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Solutions:

30. Announcing our:
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31. Q&A
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