Quality Management

BIM EXECUTION PLANNING

5.09 QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Defines the project team’s overall quality management plan, including a quality assurance program for model creation and a quality control plan for defining and validating model quality.

Quality Management Strategy: Overall strategy to manage the quality of model and derivative information.
Quality Control (QC) Activity: A table of information regarding the quality control activities on the project.
1. Quality Control Activity Type: The type of QC activity that will be performed.
2. Required by Contract: An indication of whether the quality check is required by contract.
3. Activity Description: Description of the quality control activity.
4. Responsible Party. The organization responsible for performing the quality control activity.
5. Software Application: The software application(s) to be used to perform the quality control activity.
6. Frequency: The frequency of performing the quality control activity.
7. Location: The location of performing the quality control activity.
8. Reference Document: A path to any reference documentation describing or defining the quality control activity.
Model Data Accuracy: A table of information regarding the model data accuracy of the project.
1. Discipline: The discipline that compiled the model data.
2. Existing Conditions Data Source Name: The 547 name of the data source containing existing conditions data.
3. Survey Data Type: The data type of the captured data, e.g., laser scan, photogrammetry, or field survey.
4. Level of Accuracy: The level of geometric accuracy for the data source.
Software Compatibility Testing: A table of tests for BIM software that will exchange files.
1. Export Software Application: The exporting software of a software compatibility test.
2. Import Software Application: The importing software of a software compatibility test.
3. Test Date: The date of the compatibility test.
4. Notes: Notes from the software compatibility test.

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