BABOOM BIM Standard

One place for how the office models, draws and delivers.

The BABOOM BIM Standard is the office's rules, templates and libraries for Revit and AutoCAD work, read only for everyone.

Read the guide. BBM-BIM-STANDARD-GUIDE.pdf explains what is where and how to start, in a few pages.
Start from the office template. New Revit projects start from BBM-GEN-TMP-R23-REV04.rte; copy the project folder template from 00-FOLDER-STRUCTURE.
Work through the guides. Begin with guide 21, BIM and Revit Initiation, then take its assessment. The Office BIM Manual holds the full rules.

Family catalogue889 families

Details catalogue426 details 01Office BIM ManualV0.7 · the full rules PDFThe simple guideStart here · a few pages

Rollout to the departments

The BIM team builds the standard; every department tries it and sends feedback. One session per department: what you get, what changes for you and what to try. New staff start with the onboarding deck.

Rollout presentation

Decks, plan, feedback log

One deck for every department and one for new staff, with speaker notes, a one-page session plan and one feedback log.

Open the deck (PowerPoint)Onboarding for new staff (PowerPoint)Rollout plan (PDF)Feedback log (Excel)

Standards and manual

77 current documents. Older versions are kept in each folder's 98-ARCHIVE.

Core: start with these

Glossary, Manual, information requirements, directory, BEP and the office registers.

Office BIM Glossary

This is the office's controlled vocabulary for its information standard, manual, appointments, BEPs, delivery plans, guides and exchanges.

BBM-STD-00V0.4Open docx

BBM-STD-01 · Office BIM Manual

This manual defines the standards, methods, and governance needed to deliver coordinated, information-rich BIM across design, documentation, and handover.

BBM-STD-01V0.7Open docx HSI forms Security forms

Organisational Information Requirements

Use this OIR to identify why information is collected, who uses it, what decision it supports and how reliable it must be.

BBM-STD-02V0.4Open docx

Office Directory

BBM-STD-03-DIRECTORY-V0.3 · Office standard · Revision date 4 November 2026 · Draft for office adoption · Private restricted master

BBM-STD-03V0.3Open docx

BBM-STD-10 · Office BIM Execution Plan

A successful Project requires a smart plan, lean scope, collaborative processes, team agreement, supporting technology and solid tracking, control and verification workflows.

BBM-STD-10V0.6Open docx Forms

Office decisions log

Office defaults are decided here

BBM-STD-11V0.7Open docx

BBM-STD-12 · Basis of Design Report

The Basis of Design (BoD) translates the client brief and Owner's Project Requirements (OPR) into measurable, coordinated design requirements.

BBM-STD-12V0.3Open docx Approvals Register

Standard information system place name status record

The 4 layers of the office information system: tree, name, status (how far you can rely on it), record.

BBM-STD-84V0.1Open html

Guides 21 to 37: how to do it in Revit

One guide per office workshop. Each has a matching assessment.

BIM and Revit Initiation

Start a Revit model that the next person can understand and the delivery team can exchange.

BBM-STD-21V0.2Open docx

Work Sharing and Collaboration

Keep the workshop habit: start from the office template, link the datum and disciplines, work through your supported local session, save often, synchronise and hand over cleanly.

BBM-STD-22V0.2Open docx

Bringing in CAD Cleanly and Complex Walls

Bring a CAD reference or detail into the office workflow without polluting the live model.

BBM-STD-23V0.2Open docx

Curtain Walls and Curtain Systems

Build a curtain assembly that can be edited, counted, drawn and exchanged.

BBM-STD-24V0.2Open docx

Project Initiation: Worked Example

Read the commission before drawing.

BBM-STD-25V0.3Open docx

Introduction to Families and Parameters

Plan the family before drawing it.

BBM-STD-26V0.2Open docx

Families and Parameters in Practice

Decide type/instance behaviour from how the object is bought, built and identified.

BBM-STD-27V0.2Open docx

Documentation: Overrides, View Templates and Filters

Make drawings whose graphics communicate true, traceable information.

BBM-STD-28V0.2Open docx

Complex Geometry: Pattern-Based and Adaptive Families and Quick Renders

Read the object before modelling it: identify the module, nodes, members, rise and information needed.

BBM-STD-29V0.2Open docx

Setting Up a Building File: URS, Levels, Links and Plug-ins

Set up a building model from the office template and link it to the URS (Unique Reference System): the office reference model for the site, plot boundaries and approved shared coordinates.

BBM-STD-30V0.2Open docx

Enhanced Workflow: Daily Progress, Clean Data and Productivity Plug-ins

Keep the daily workshop habits: organise site photos so modellers can follow them, show progress openly, balance work across assigned buildings, and use small tools to remove repetitive...

BBM-STD-31V0.2Open docx

Rooms, Areas and Model Quality Control

Finish a useful existing-condition baseline across the assigned buildings before design relies on it.

BBM-STD-32V0.2Open docx

Finishes with Plug-ins, Phases and Getting Ready for Design

Model the core first, check rooms, then add finishes.

BBM-STD-33V0.2Open docx

Railings, Stairs and Ramps

Build railings, stairs and ramps with simple, controlled components, then measure the actual circulation route.

BBM-STD-34V0.2Open docx

Importing Families from Outside

Outside families bring their own geometry, patterns, styles, materials and parameters.

BBM-STD-35V0.2Open docx

Data Control with Schedules

Every modelled element carries data: category, family/type, material layers, levels, constraints, phase, workset, marks and other required properties.

BBM-STD-36V0.2Open docx

Building a Family: Worked Example: a Chair

Build one reusable chair rather than redrawing a detail group in every project.

BBM-STD-37V0.2Open docx

Library standards

How families, details, materials and parameters are made and released.

Family authoring native library and release

Content curator owns admission/release and dependency history

BBM-STD-69V0.2Open docx Forms

Detail library and coordinated specification

Technical design lead owns detail adequacy and coordinated specification

BBM-STD-70V0.2Open docx Forms Sample

Material definitions and native library control

Material curator controls the reusable definitions and release manifest

BBM-STD-71V0.2Open docx Forms

Properties shared parameters and classification

Maintain one property dictionary connecting requirements, native bindings, tag/schedule presentation and receiving schemas.

BBM-STD-72V0.3Open docx Forms

Discipline, delivery and specialist standards

Modelling by discipline, exchanges, quality, handover and the rest.

Architect of Record and consultant-of-record services

This standard fixes one office way of acting as Architect of Record.

BBM-STD-13V0.1Open docx

Office clash matrix and coordination test register

Use this register to plan, run and evidence model coordination across the office delivery team and its supply chain.

BBM-STD-50V0.4Open docx Workbook

Office standards register naming and rights

Use one controlled office register to select current standards, resolve dependencies, validate container identities and establish permission to use software, content and licensed...

BBM-STD-51V0.4Open docx Forms

Asset information requirements template

Define asset information requirements (AIR) from operational decisions and organisational information requirements (OIR), then allocate appointment-specific exchanges.

BBM-STD-52V0.3Open docx Forms

Project information requirements template

Project information requirements (PIR) describe the information the appointing party needs at project decision points.

BBM-STD-53V0.2Open docx Forms

Exchange information requirements and purpose-led LOIN

Define LOIN for each purpose, delivery time, actor/recipient and object scope.

BBM-STD-54V0.2Open docx Forms

Roles organisation and information responsibilities

Allocate information-management activities and information production separately, with one accountable function for each discrete activity and an identifiable producer, independent...

BBM-STD-55V0.2Open docx Forms

Information protocol and appointment annex review standard

It is an appointment-annex checklist and particulars template, not operative legal terms or legal advice.

BBM-STD-56V0.2Open docx Forms

Jurisdiction codes and authority submission register

Determine the actual project jurisdiction and applicable instruments before setting design criteria or releasing a submission.

BBM-STD-57V0.3Open docx Forms

Architectural and space modelling

The architectural discipline lead owns the architectural model and space brief

BBM-STD-58V0.2Open docx Forms

Structural modelling and analysis exchange

The structural discipline lead allocates physical modelling, analysis, design review and specialist detailing by element, purpose, stage and exchange

BBM-STD-59V0.2Open docx Forms

MEP discipline modelling annexes

Mechanical, electrical and public-health/fire competent design leads retain their design/calculation duties

BBM-STD-60V0.2Open docx Forms

Landscape modelling and external works

Use BoD, EIR and LOIN, survey/civil, templates, dictionary and federation.

BBM-STD-61V0.2Open docx Forms

Interiors and fit out modelling

Extend architectural modelling rather than creating another room/area authority.

BBM-STD-62V0.2Open docx Forms

Survey coordinates and civil modelling

P1 establishes survey acceptance and the single controlled coordinate baseline before federation.

BBM-STD-63V0.2Open docx Forms

Federation reference links and model boundaries

The BIM Coordinator owns the declared federation baseline and run

BBM-STD-64V0.2Open docx Forms

Native templates view assets and software release

The BIM Manager owns the supported configuration

BBM-STD-65V0.3Open docx Forms

CAD authoring resources and plotting

The CAD lead owns the layer/resource catalogue, discipline leads own drawing content and the production lead owns plotting/recipient checks.

BBM-STD-66V0.3Open docx Forms

Drawings sheets annotation and issue outputs

The documentation lead maintains one project drawing index

BBM-STD-67V0.2Open docx Forms

Office quality management plan checks and corrective action

It uses BEP V0.5, EIR and LOIN, responsibility and appointment, BoD and existing MIDP/TIDP commitments.

BBM-STD-68V0.5Open docx Forms

Automation, add-ins and AI safe use

The BIM automation owner controls tool admission and intended model/data effects

BBM-STD-73V0.2Open docx Forms

OpenBIM exchange profiles and interoperability qualification

Use this pack to specify an exchange and prove that its intended recipient can use it.

BBM-STD-74V0.2Open docx Forms

Asset handover and maintained asset information

Deliver usable, verified operational information and assign its continuing update custody.

BBM-STD-75V0.3Open docx Forms

Records retention archiving and recovery

Preserve Manual V0.5 sections 9.4, 12.2 and 12.5, office register and responsibilities as the existing controls.

BBM-STD-76V0.2Open docx Forms

Survey and point cloud capture to model

Define the capture decision before commissioning a sensor or modelling a cloud.

BBM-STD-77V0.2Open docx Forms

Quantity take-off, 5D and cost-model control

The quantity surveyor (QS) owns measurement interpretation and independent reconciliation

BBM-STD-78V0.2Open docx Forms

4D planning and progress simulation

The appointed planner owns schedule logic, calendars and baseline/forecast

BBM-STD-79V0.2Open docx Forms

Visualisation, rendering and review outputs

The visualisation lead controls scene/output production

BBM-STD-80V0.2Open docx Forms

Analysis, performance and sustainability exchanges

Each analysis has an AnalysisID/revision, intended decision, criterion/source/clause and unit, scope/period, methodology/edition and responsible competent specialist.

BBM-STD-81V0.2Open docx Forms

Office training competence and assessment

Provide a controlled route from assigned office tasks to demonstrated competence and scoped authorisation.

BBM-STD-82V0.2Open docx Forms

KPI, dashboard lineage and benefits review

The practice operations lead owns operational decisions and benefits reviews

BBM-STD-83V0.2Open docx Forms

UAE authority and submission annex

This annex holds the UAE requirement detail that the set applies to authority submissions: the Dubai Municipality (DM) BIM permit profile, the Dubai Building Code, the Dubai building...

BBM-STD-85V0.3Open docx

Coordinates and georeferencing register

Every project names its coordinate reference system (CRS), vertical datum and units before the first shared exchange, and every model and IFC export carries them.

BBM-STD-86V0.2Open docx

Security-minded information management

It owns the security triage form and the security management plan (SMP).

BBM-STD-87V0.1Open docx

Health and safety information

This standard applies ISO 19650-6:2025 (edition 1, published 13 Jan 2025

BBM-STD-88V0.1Open docx

Level of information need to IDS

Information requirements are specified in level-of-information-need (LOIN) terms per ISO 7817-1:2024 (which replaces EN 17412-1:2020

BBM-STD-89V0.1Open docx

Records retention and personal data

This standard is the one owner of the office retention schedule and of personal-data handling rules for BIM and project information.

BBM-STD-90V0.1Open docx

Software supported releases

The Manual V0.5 §11.3, BEP V0.5 §9.2/9.2.1, BBM-STD-65, BBM-STD-69, BBM-STD-70, BBM-STD-73 and BBM-STD-74 keep a pointer to this matrix and their own project/asset records only.

BBM-STD-91V0.1Open docx

AI governance

This standard governs every use of AI and large language models (LLMs) on office and project information: chat assistants, code and script generation, model checking, image generation,...

BBM-STD-92V0.1Open docx

Code dictionary

This is the ONE office code dictionary.

BBM-STD-93V0.2Open docx

Licence and credential register

One register of every software, content, data and publication licence the office relies on, and of where each credential is held.

BBM-STD-94V0.1Open docx

Office design system

This standard sets how everything BABOOM issues looks: drawing sheets and title blocks, sheet and report covers, Word documents, slides, the BIM standard pages and guides, and email...

BBM-STD-95V0.1Open docx

Office quality management system manual and policy

This manual describes how BABOOM plans, delivers, checks and improves its services so that every proposal, design, specification, submission and site decision meets the client's...

BBM-STD-96V0.2Open docx

Office quality procedures

Each procedure is one office process with one owner.

BBM-STD-97V0.2Open docx Word

Office quality objectives and KPIs

These KPIs are the quality objectives of the office QMS (BBM-STD-96 §6).

BBM-STD-98V0.1Open docx

Project trackers and registers

Every project keeps one set of trackers: the indexes of every submittal, RFI, authority submission, drawing issue, site instruction, inspection, nonconformity, variation, meeting action,...

BBM-STD-99V0.1Open docx

MIDP

Office Master Information Delivery Plan (MIDP)

The MIDP coordinates the information deliveries promised by the task teams of one delivery team.

MIDPV0.3Open docx Workbook

TIDP

Office Task Information Delivery Plan (TIDP)

Use one TIDP for each task team's appointed information production scope.

TIDPV0.3Open docx Workbook

Templates and CAD

How to use them (PDF). Previews are read from each file. Rules: BBM-STD-65 Templates and release, BBM-STD-66 CAD standard.

BBM-GEN-TMP-R23-REV04

Revit templateRevit 2023 · REV04

The office Revit template for every discipline (architecture, structure, MEP): start every new Revit project from this file. Families and details are loaded from the family and details libraries (MEP fittings, profiles and railing parts with the ribbon's Load discipline kit). Older templates are retired to 98-ARCHIVE.

Open file

DWSno preview

BABOOM layers

CAD standards filev02

Layer system: attach in AutoCAD Standards to check drawing layers.

Open file

DWTno preview

BABOOM template

AutoCAD drawing templatev02

Start new AutoCAD drawings from this template.

Open file

LINno preview

FENCE LINE

Linetypev01

Office linetype definition.

Open file

CTBno preview

11 structural plot styles

Plot styles (STR)v01

The structural team pen settings (A2, A3, piles, boreholes, with architecture), copied in for checking against BBM-STD-66.

Open folder

CTBno preview

PLOT66

Plot stylev01

Office plot style (BBM-STD-66 SYN-PLOT66: fixed weights by colour, black): copy it into your AutoCAD Plot Styles folder.

Open file

Libraries

Revit families

889 families

Doors, windows, furniture, MEP and annotation families with previews, search and filters.

Open the family catalogue How to use it (PDF)

Construction details

426 details

AutoCAD details filed by CSI MasterFormat, plus a Revit file of drafting views.

How to use it (PDF)Open the details catalogue Read me

Codes and regulations

1286 entries

Building codes, authority regulations and design codes (such as parking design) by jurisdiction, with source and retrieval date.

How to use it (PDF)Codes index (Excel)Read me

Shared parameters

248 parameters

The office shared parameter file, workset list and model-check rules.

How to use it (PDF)Parameter catalogue BBM-SHARED_PARAMETERS.txt Workset list Model check rules (.xml)

Scripts

8 Dynamo, 33 LISP

Dynamo graphs (worksets, materials, thresholds, notes translator) and AutoCAD LISP routines.

How to use it (PDF)Scripts catalogue Open the scripts folder

Plug-ins

29 approved

Approved installers for Revit and visualisation add-ins. Ask the BIM team before installing; other software: ask IT.

How to use it (PDF)Plug-ins catalogue Open the plug-ins folder

Materials

2 files

Office material library. Nothing is published here yet; see BBM-STD-71 for how materials are added.

How to use it (PDF)Open the materials folder

References

40 documents

ISO 19650 guidance, RIBA Plan of Work, LOD specification, MasterFormat and BEP examples.

How to use it (PDF)References catalogue Open the references folder

Specifications

557 master sections

Office master specifications by MasterFormat division and building type, MasterFormat and NBS references, approved vendor lists.

How to use it (PDF)Specifications catalogue Index (CSV)

Document control forms

25 forms

Transmittal, RFI, site observation and the site supervision forms: submittals, inspection requests, NCR, handover certificates, VO.

How to use them (PDF)Forms catalogue

Post-production

3 file

Brushes and resources for image post-production.

How to use it (PDF)Open the folder

AI and render farm

guide

Office AI on our own PCs: ComfyUI renders, the render farm, the LM Studio assistant, which model to use and the rules. How we use AI at work, with real project examples: the AI use guide.

AI use guide (PDF)Read the guide (PDF)Render farm set-up AI model catalogue

Training and assessments

Each workshop has its recording, its written guide and an assessment. The training agenda: 00.TRAINING_AGENDA.docx. Assessments are marked by the BIM team. Revit ribbon: BABOOM Tools tutorial and guideline (every button, step by step).

No.	Workshop	Guide	Assessment	Recording
01	BIM and Revit Initiation2024-10-31	Guide 21	Assessment	Recordings
02	Work Sharing and Collaboration2024-11-04	Guide 22	Assessment	Recordings
03	Bringing in CAD Cleanly and Complex Walls2024-11-05	Guide 23	Assessment	Recordings
04	Curtain Walls and Curtain Systems2024-11-07	Guide 24	Assessment	Recordings
05	Project Initiation: Worked Example2024-11-12	Guide 25	Assessment	Recordings
06	Introduction to Families and Parameters2024-11-13	Guide 26	Assessment	Recordings
07	Families and Parameters in Practice2024-11-14	Guide 27	Assessment	Recordings
08	Documentation: Overrides, View Templates and Filters2024-11-18	Guide 28	Assessment	Recordings
09	Complex Geometry: Pattern-Based and Adaptive Families and Quick Renders2024-11-19	Guide 29	Assessment	Recordings
10	Setting Up a Building File: URS, Levels, Links and Plug-ins2024-11-20	Guide 30	Assessment	Recordings
11	Enhanced Workflow: Daily Progress, Clean Data and Productivity Plug-ins2024-11-21	Guide 31	Assessment	Recordings
12	Rooms, Areas and Model Quality Control2024-12-04	Guide 32	Assessment	Recordings
13	Finishes with Plug-ins, Phases and Getting Ready for Design2024-12-10	Guide 33	Assessment	Recordings
14	Railings, Stairs and Ramps2024-12-18	Guide 34	Assessment	Recordings
15	Building a Family: Worked Example: a Chair2025-02-13	Guide 37	Assessment	Recordings
16	Importing Families from Outside2025-02-17	Guide 35	Assessment	Recordings
17	Data Control with Schedules2025-05-19	Guide 36	Assessment	Recordings

QA/QC: quality management

One office quality system for every discipline and stage. Start with the QMS guide (PDF). Rules: BBM-STD-96 QMS manual, BBM-STD-97 procedures, BBM-STD-98 KPIs; BIM checks: BBM-STD-68 and Manual section 9. Copy a checklist into the project QA folder before use.

BBM-STD-68-CHECKLIST-V1.0

01-BIM · Excel checklist

Sheets: Read me, Model health, Information container, Drawings & sheets, Data & IDS, ARC, ID, LSC, STR, MEP coordination, Authority submission, Issue sign-off

Open checklist

BBM-STD-97-DESIGN-REVIEW-CHECKLIST-V1.0

02-DESIGN-REVIEW · Excel checklist

Sheets: Read me, General, ARC, INT, LSC, STR, MEP, FLS, Coordination, Constructability, Sign-off

Open checklist

BBM-STD-97-PROPOSALS-CHECKLIST-V1.0

03-PROPOSALS · Excel checklist

Sheets: Read me, Go-no-go, Scope and contract, Fee basis, Bid risk, Proposal QA, Subconsultants, Sign-off

Open checklist

BBM-STD-97-SPECIFICATIONS-CHECKLIST-V1.0

04-SPECIFICATIONS · Excel checklist

Sheets: Read me, Set-up, Section content, Coordination, Sustainability, Issue, Sign-off

Open checklist

BBM-STD-97-SUSTAINABILITY-CHECKLIST-V1.0

05-SUSTAINABILITY · Excel checklist

Sheets: Read me, Estidama design, Estidama construction, Al Sa'fat, LEED, Sign-off

Open checklist

BBM-STD-97-AUTHORITY-SUBMISSIONS-CHECKLIST-V1.0

06-SUBMISSIONS · Excel checklist

Sheets: Read me, Common, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Civil Defence, Sign-off

Open checklist

BBM-STD-97-SITE-SUPERVISION-CHECKLIST-V1.0

07-SUPERVISION · Excel checklist

Sheets: Read me, Mobilisation, Submittals, Inspections, NCR and RFI, Completion, Sign-off

Open checklist

BBM-STD-97-DOCUMENT-CONTROL-CHECKLIST-V1.0

08-DOCUMENT-CONTROL · Excel checklist

Sheets: Read me, Register, Transmittals, Incoming, Records, Sign-off

Open checklist

BBM-STD-96-QMS-AUDIT-CHECKLIST-V1.0

09-AUDIT · Excel checklist

Sheets: Read me, Internal audit, Management review, Client feedback, NC and lessons, Project quality plan, KPI register, Sign-off

Open checklist

Brand and design system

Use these for every drawing sheet, document, slide and email. Rules: BBM-STD-95 Office design system.

Office design system

BBM-STD-95

Logo, colours, type, spacing, signature, documents and page rules for everything the office issues.

Read the guide (PDF)Read me

Logos

PNG

Colour, white and black logo and the calligraphy mark, cut from the office logo. Never redraw or recolour it.

Open the logos folder

Email signature

Outlook

The office signature with its logo and web icon. Put in your own name, title and mobile.

Signature template How to install it

Document templates

Word, HTML

The office Word template and the HTML page kit these pages are built from.

Word template Page kit (HTML)

Brand manual and logo sources

PDF, AI

Brand Manual 1.0, the vector logo (Illustrator and PDF) and the full 2025 logo set. Use the vector files for print and signage.

Brand Manual 1.0 (PDF)How to use them (PDF)Vector logo (.ai)Open the sources folder

Office stamps

Controlled

IFC and tender stamps and the borehole title template. Only on drawings the responsible engineer approved for that issue.

Open the stamps folder Rules (PDF)

Design tokens

CSS, JSON

Colours, fonts, sizes, spacing and lines for anyone building a page, sheet or tool.

tokens.css tokens.json

What is where

00-FOLDER-STRUCTUREThe project folder template of Manual 12.1 (00-PIM with 01-WIP, 02-SHARED, 03-PUBLISHED, 04-ARCHIVE; 01-ADMIN, 02-REG, 03-EI, 04-DOCS) and its place-name record.open

01-TEMPLATESThe office Revit template plus the structural and MEP discipline templates (under audit), the AutoCAD template, layers, linetype and plot styles; 03-BRANDING holds the logo, brand manual, stamps and design system; 04-DOCUMENT-CONTROL the transmittal, RFI and supervision forms and the 13 project trackers (03-TRACKERS).open

02-LIBRARIESFamilies, details, materials, references and codes, parameters, scripts, plug-ins, specifications. Each 99-INTAKE holds items waiting for BIM team review.open

03-TRAININGWorkshop recordings and the training agenda.open

04-DOCUMENTSThe standards: Glossary, Manual, BEP, requirements, registers and discipline standards.open

05-METHODOLOGIES-AND-GUIDELINESGuides 21 to 37: step-by-step Revit methods.open

06-ASSESSMENTSOne assessment per guide.open

07-QA-QCQuality management: the QMS guide and one checklist workbook per area, 01-BIM to 09-AUDIT.open

08-PRESENTATIONThe rollout to every department and the onboarding deck for new staff: decks, one-page plan, feedback log.open

09-AIAI models used by the office tools.open

98-ARCHIVESuperseded and retired files. Read only; never work from here.open