1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Overview

In conjunction with its Sustainable Building Program, the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is committed to utilizing the tools of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to execute the design, construction and management of its new High Performance buildings, and the upgrade of its existing facilities and infrastructure to achieve a carbon neutral footprint for its nine campuses. The LACCD BIM Standards have been developed to define a process and establish requirements, procedures and protocol for the utilization of BIM in the various stages of our projects. These Standards are based upon the National Building Information Standards (NBIMS) and reference the current technology Standards developed by the General Services Administration (GSA), the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Industry Foundation Class (IFC) by the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI), and OmniClass Construction Classification (OmniClass) as developed by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).