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Level of Development (LOD)

Level of Development (LOD)

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Level of Development (LOD)

- Understanding the level of development is critical to the outcome of your project. It's important to understand that most of the errors that happen in the field can be avoided if the correct information is included in the model from the start. Designers and construction teams produce information at different stages with different levels of detail. These details inform the construction process and the location of the elements within the building and can play a critical role as the project progresses forward. Level of development is a method for assessing the quality of the content within the model. More information can be found at this website, bimforum.org. But generally speaking, there are levels that range from 100 to 500, 100 being the most basic information that you can have in a model: walls, floors, roofs and their sizes. 500 represents a model that has been verified after the end of construction that is exactly what is contained in the model to the highest level of detail…

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