Electrical engineering
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Building information modelling (BIM)
The use of a shared digital representation of a built asset — its geometry, properties and related documents — to support design, construction and operation decisions with reliable information.
Clash detection
The automated checking of a federated model to find places where elements conflict physically, violate required clearances or conflict in time.
Principal-in-charge (PIC)
The senior partner or principal of a consulting firm — typically architecture or engineering — who carries overall accountability for the firm's performance on a project and is the client's top-level contact.
Trade contractor
A specialist firm that performs one part of the work — such as mechanical, electrical, masonry or curtain wall — under a contract with a general contractor, construction manager or owner.
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Commissioning (Cx)
A quality-focused process that verifies and documents that a building's systems are designed, installed, tested and able to operate as the owner requires, and that operators are trained to run them.
Level of development (LOD)
A numbered scale (LOD 100–400, plus 500 in some frameworks) describing how far a model element's geometry and information have been developed — and therefore how much other team members can rely on it.
Task information delivery plan (TIDP)
A task team's schedule of the information containers it will produce, with responsibilities and delivery dates, for one appointment.