BIM Model Compliance Checker
Scale your BIM delivery with compliance
Our BIM Model Compliance Checker eliminates the hidden cost of non-compliant BIMs by enforcing standards automatically. It helps owners, PMCs, EPCs, designers, and operations teams to handover quality models, ensure governance, deliver reliable asset data and digital twin readiness.
BIM Model Compliance Checker
CCTech’s BIM Model Compliance Checker can be used in two ways:
- As an enterprise compliance checker tool across the organization for multiple projects/vendors
- As a managed BIM compliance service (pilot → rollout → governance)
It’s useful for:
- Clients/developers ensuring BIM compliance across the projects.
- PMCs and BIM managers oversee BIM governance and acceptance steps.
- EPCs who need to put together work from many different trades and handover models.
- Designers who need dependable QA/QC before they submit work.
- Operations teams require reliable asset information for handover/digital twin readiness from the BIM model.
What it achieves
- Better submissions – Fewer issues for owners’ review
- Quicker acceptance – Lesser back and forth and resubmissions using automated compliance checker validation.
- Consistent governance – Same rules applied to everyone and every part of the project through BIM governance.
- Evidence for audits – Proof of BIM compliance at each stage of submission.
- Handover preparation – Improved asset data for operations and digital twin projects.
Evaluation Criteria
Information Completeness & Data Quality
- Required parameters specific to each object type or trade
- Classification validations (UniClass/OmniClass/custom codes)
- Asset information necessary for handover processes
- Verification of IFC properties regarding PSET presence and essential fields
Standards Compliance (Naming & Structure)
- Adherence to naming conventions for views, sheets, worksets, levels, and grids
- Consistency in family/type names and associated parameters
- Trade separation rules within model construction
- Submission guidelines for file types, folders, and versioning
Coordinates, Levels & Coordination Readiness
- Validation of shared coordinates and origin points
- Level height and grid alignment checks
- Identification of duplicates or overlaps for compliance rules
- Assessment of model complexity affecting performance
Model Health & Readiness
- Summary of warnings with BIM model limits
- Detection of missing or broken links/references
- Recommendations for cleaning unused or bloated families
- Publication readiness assessment
Submission Gate Assessment (Pass/Fail + Scoring)
- Pass/fail thresholds per trade or package
- Compliance reports tracking changes over time
- Controlled exception management within rule libraries
Enterprise Tool Capability
CCTech has the capability to develop and implement an end-to-end compliance checker that serves as a comprehensive solution for the entire organization, featuring:
Rule Library & GovernanceCustomizable rule sets with varying severity levels, thresholds, and exception management supporting BIM governance.
Automated RunsConducting checks on demand along with scheduled assessments aligned with submission phases.
Dashboards & Evidence PacksGeneration of reports and trend analyses, complete with audit-ready documentation for compliance checker outputs.
Workflow IntegrationFacilitating issue tracking by assigning tasks to individuals, conducting re-evaluations, and monitoring resolution rates for BIM models.
Role-Based Access ControlPermissions tailored to meet the requirements of owners/PMCs/EPCs/designers based on their responsibilities.
Deployment FlexibilityOptions for cloud-based solutions or installation on client servers in accordance with their IT policies.
Autodesk Integration and Compliance Framework
Autodesk often serves as the principal system, yet it can also be integrated into other systems utilized by clients.
Supported Standards and Rule Sources:
- Requirements for BEP / MIDP / TIDP submissions.
- Client-specific BIM standards encompassing naming conventions, parameters, and classifications.
- Information management protocols aligned with ISO 19650 wherever applicable.
- IFC requirements including property sets, classifications, and mandatory fields
- Checklists for handover preparation assessing asset list completeness along with O&M details.
Tool Ecosystem Overview
- Model Sources: Autodesk Revit (RVT), Navisworks (NWC/NWD), IFC formats such as IFC2x3/IFC4
- Automation Layer: Autodesk Platform Services (APS) complemented by custom validators from CCTech
- CDE & Workflow Management: Utilizing Autodesk Construction Cloud tools like Docs/Issues or client’s proprietary systems
Deliverables Scope
Establishment of Rule Library
- Gather requirements from stakeholders, including those responsible in conjunction with the Business Execution Planning group.
- Organize these needs into structured rule library sets categorized by subject matter pertaining to various BIM models.
- Define severity levels correlating scores triggering actions based on compliance status; establish who is authorized to bypass rules while documenting any deviations noted during oversight.
- Deliverables: Rule matrix, rule library, thresholds, governance policy.
Pilot Testing Phase
- Conduct trials applying established rules across a representative array of models ensuring accuracy in functionality accompanied by correct reporting outputs.
- Fine-tune scoring mechanisms aligning them more closely with manual verification expectations encountered during reviews.
- Deliverables: Pilot compliance report, baseline score, calibrated rules.
Automation Of the Submission Process and Reporting:
- Integrate automated rule evaluations throughout submission of workflows using the compliance checker.
- Facilitate automatic generation compliance reports accompanying every submitted package.
- Visual dashboards summarizing weekly/monthly adherence, collected through ongoing monitoring efforts
- Deliverables: submission gate workflow, scorecards, reporting packs.
An issue tracking system, while not mandatory, is highly beneficial:
- It provides automatic notifications for failed checks, detailing the nature and severity of the issue, as well as its precise location within the project files.
- Issues are directed at the relevant team leaders responsible for that segment of the work, allowing us to estimate resolution times and assess how effectively the revised work performs upon resubmission.
A strategy for implementing this across the entire organization for all projects
- Ensure uniformity in rules across all projects and suppliers, guaranteeing consistent adherence to legal requirements globally.
- Maintaining a transparent record of changes facilitates open management of alterations and allows for regular evaluation of whether our fundamental strategies are effective
- Deliverables: A comprehensive toolkit for company-wide implementation, a schedule for governance reviews, and visual representations showing the progress of various projects.
Common Use Cases
- The person in charge wants the same BIM standards from all EPCs and consultants.
- The PMC needs a way to measure whether submissions are okay before accepting them
- An EPC wants repeated QA/QC checks using a compliance checker on models from different subjects.
- The handover team needs to know all the asset information is there for running things and for a digital twin.
Engagement Options
- Rule Library Setup (a short piece of work)
- Project Pilot + Compliance Gate Setup
- Enterprise Tool Development + Multi-Project Rollout
- Managed Compliance Service (monthly scoring + rule control)
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What our customers achieve with us
The collaboration between Bureau Veritas Construction and CCTech on the icheck for Building project exemplifies a successful partnership driving BIM technology and control in construction. Bureau Veritas Construction created the icheck for Building, a BIM-based solution automating control processes throughout the project lifecycle, with CCTech contributing essential BIM data management expertise, enhancing control processes through automation and improved verification accuracy.
