BIM Execution Plan (BEP) Explained: How to Develop a BIM Execution Plan That Drives Successful Project Delivery
Published by Beyond+ | BIM Services Singapore
A BIM execution plan (BEP) serves as the operational roadmap that defines how Building Information Modeling will be implemented throughout the project lifecycle. Download our free BEP template for Singapore projects — or read on for what each section needs to contain. For construction projects involving multiple disciplines, contractors, and project participants, a well-structured BEP makes the difference between coordinated delivery and fragmented execution.
Whether you’re new to BIM or managing complex design and construction workflows, developing a BEP ensures that everyone involved in the project understands their BIM roles and responsibilities, knows which BIM uses apply at different project phases, and follows consistent BIM processes throughout the project.
This guide explains what a BIM project execution plan actually contains, how to create a BIM execution plan that works in practice, and why effective BEP development determines project execution success in the construction industry.
What is a BIM Execution Plan (BEP)?
A BIM execution plan is a detailed document that outlines how BIM will be implemented throughout a construction project. The BEP defines BIM goals, assigns BIM roles and responsibilities, establishes BIM workflows, and specifies the BIM process needed to implement the BIM methodology effectively.
Think of the BEP as the project team’s agreement on how they will use BIM tools, coordinate models, share information, and deliver digital data across various phases of the project. It bridges the gap between BIM standards and actual project execution.
A BEP includes:
• BIM goals and BIM uses specific to the construction project
• BIM roles and responsibilities for project team members
• Detailed BIM process workflows and BIM activities
• BIM management structure including BIM manager and BIM coordinator roles
• Technology requirements and BIM use cases
• Information delivery schedule throughout the project lifecycle
• Quality control processes to ensure that the BIM process remains effective
The importance of BIM execution planning lies in establishing clarity before problems emerge. When project participants understand expectations from the start, coordination improves and BIM implementation becomes smoother throughout the project.
Beyond+ helps project teams develop a BIM execution plan that addresses real execution challenges through BIM consultancy services focused on practical implementation.
Types of BIM Execution Plans: Pre-Contract vs Post-Contract BEP
Understanding the types of BIM execution plans helps project teams know what level of detail is needed at different project stages. The BIM execution planning guide recognizes two main versions of the BEP aligned with ISO 19650 standards.
Pre-Contract BEP
The pre-contract BEP is prepared by the BIM manager during early project phases, typically as part of tender documentation. This version of the BEP outlines BIM objectives, proposed BIM uses, and the execution strategy at a strategic level.
Pre-contract BEP includes:
• High-level BIM goals for the construction project
• Proposed BIM uses and use cases
• Initial BIM roles and responsibilities framework
• Technology platform expectations
• Information requirements at various stages of the project
• Risk identification related to BIM implementation
This version helps contractors understand BIM expectations during tendering and forms the basis for detailed BIM planning after contract award.
Post-Contract BEP
The post-contract BIM execution plan is a detailed BEP that develops the BIM execution plan into a comprehensive operational document. The BEP evolves from strategic framework to detailed plan that guides actual BIM process implementation.
Post-contract BEP includes:
• Detailed BIM workflows for each project phase
• Specific BIM coordinator and BIM manager assignments
• Detailed BIM process maps showing information flow
• Model development procedures throughout the project lifecycle
• Clash detection protocols and coordination workflows
• Quality assurance processes to complete the BIM deliverables
• Technology implementation schedule and training plans
The BEP is a living document that updates as the BIM project progresses. What starts as a strategic framework becomes an operational tool used in the BIM coordination throughout the BIM execution process.
How to Create a BIM Execution Plan: Step-by-Step BIM Process
Creating a BIM execution plan requires structured thinking about how BIM will be used on the project. This guide to BIM execution provides the essential steps to develop an effective BEP.
Step 1: Define BIM Goals and BIM Uses
Start by establishing clear goals for BIM implementation. What does the project team want to achieve using BIM? Common BIM uses include design coordination, clash detection, quantity takeoff, construction sequencing, and facility management handover.
Key consideration: The BEP should include BIM uses that address actual project needs, not just check boxes. Each BIM use should connect to measurable BIM objectives.
Step 2: Assign BIM Roles and Responsibilities
The BEP clearly defines who does what related to BIM. Typical roles include BIM manager (strategic oversight), BIM coordinator (day-to-day coordination), and discipline modelers. Every project participant involved in the project should understand their BIM tasks.
Common mistake: Assuming everyone knows their BIM responsibilities without explicit documentation. This creates coordination gaps that appear later when everyone involved in the project has different expectations.
Step 3: Map BIM Process Workflows
Document the detailed BIM process for information creation, coordination, and delivery. This includes model development procedures, review cycles, approval workflows, and issue resolution processes throughout the project.
Part of the BEP: Process maps showing how models move from individual disciplines to coordinated federation, through quality checks, and into project deliverables.
Step 4: Define Technology and BIM Standards
Specify which BIM tools will be used, what file formats apply, naming conventions, coordinate systems, and level of detail requirements. The plan should include BIM standards alignment (such as ISO 19650 or Singapore BIM standards).
The BEP ensures: All project participants use compatible technology and follow consistent data structure standards.
Step 5: Establish Information Delivery Schedule
Map BIM deliverables to project milestones throughout the project lifecycle. Define what information is needed to implement the BIM plan at each project phase, who delivers it, and what format it takes.
Within the BEP: A matrix linking deliverable types to project stages ensures that the BIM process aligns with overall project execution timelines.
Step 6: Plan Quality Control and BIM Management
Define how the project team will ensure that the BIM remains accurate, coordinated, and fit for purpose. This includes model checking protocols, clash detection frequency, and issue resolution workflows.
The BEP helps identify: Quality metrics, review cycles, and responsibility for maintaining model integrity throughout the BIM execution process.
Beyond+ supports firms in developing a BIM execution plan through BIM implementation services that translate framework concepts into working project documentation.
Defining BIM Goals and BIM Uses for Your BIM Project
The value of BIM emerges when clear goals drive specific uses. Simply saying “we will use BIM” doesn’t create value—defining what the project team will accomplish using BIM does.
Common BIM Goals:
• Reduce design coordination errors by 80% before construction
• Improve construction schedule predictability through clash-free models
• Accelerate quantity takeoff and cost estimation accuracy
• Enable facility management team to manage assets digitally after handover
• Support early contractor involvement through visualization and sequencing
• Comply with regulatory submission requirements (e.g., Singapore CORENET X)
Each goal should connect to specific BIM uses. For example, if the goal is reducing coordination errors, relevant BIM uses include 3D coordination, clash detection, and design review.
Common BIM Use Cases:
• Design authoring: Creating 3D models of architectural, structural, and MEP systems
• Design coordination: Federating discipline models and resolving conflicts
• Clash detection: Automated identification of spatial conflicts throughout the project
• Quantity takeoff: Extracting material quantities directly from coordinated models
• Construction sequencing: 4D simulation linking model components to construction schedule
• Facility management handover: Asset data structured for operations throughout the building lifecycle
• Regulatory submission: Model preparation for building authority review and approval
The BEP may include multiple BIM uses, but each should connect to project goals. Including BIM uses just because they’re available creates unnecessary work without delivering value.
BIM Process Implementation Throughout the Project Lifecycle
The BIM implementation plan must address how the BIM process evolves through various phases of the project. What works during design development differs from what’s needed during construction coordination.
Design Development Phase
During design, the BIM project focuses on establishing spatial coordination, resolving major conflicts, and preparing information for regulatory submission. BIM activities center on model development and interdisciplinary coordination.
Included in the plan: Design coordination meetings, clash detection cycles, and review workflows that ensure that the BIM process supports design decision-making.
Construction Documentation Phase
As the BIM project execution plan moves into documentation, models become more detailed. The BIM process shifts toward information extraction—drawings, schedules, specifications, and quantity data.
BIM workflows: Model-to-documentation workflows ensure consistency between 3D coordination and 2D construction drawings.
Construction Phase
During construction, the use of BIM expands to include contractor coordination, fabrication support, installation sequencing, and site coordination. The detailed plan addresses how contractors will use BIM throughout the BIM execution.
Implementing a BIM: Coordination between design intent models and contractor shop drawings requires clear BIM management processes defined within the BEP.
Handover and Operations Phase
The final BIM project execution plan stage addresses information transfer to facility management. The adoption of BIM in operations depends on structured handover processes included in the BIM execution strategy.
Throughout the BIM: Asset data must be captured, verified, and structured for downstream use, requiring BIM tasks assigned throughout the project lifecycle.
A successful BIM execution plan recognizes these phase-specific needs and defines how the BIM methodology adapts while maintaining information continuity.
BIM Roles and Responsibilities: Who Does What in BIM Implementation
Clear role definition prevents coordination failures. When the BEP clearly assigns responsibility for BIM activities, coordination improves and accountability becomes transparent.
Key BIM Roles:
BIM Manager
The BIM manager develops the BIM execution plan, establishes BIM standards, oversees BIM implementation, and manages strategic BIM objectives. This role typically sits at project leadership level.
Prepared by the BIM: Manager, the pre-contract BEP sets project-wide BIM direction and execution strategy.
BIM Coordinator
The BIM coordinator handles day-to-day coordination, manages model federation, runs clash detection, facilitates coordination meetings, and ensures discipline models align. This operational role keeps BIM workflows moving smoothly.
Understanding of BIM: Coordinators need both technical modeling skills and coordination process knowledge to implement BIM effectively.
Discipline Modelers
Architects, structural engineers, MEP engineers, and other specialists create and maintain discipline models according to BEP requirements. They respond to coordination issues and update models throughout the BIM process.
BIM execution plan can ensure: Each discipline understands their modeling responsibilities and coordination obligations.
Project Participants
Contractors, consultants, and project stakeholders all have defined BIM responsibilities related to BIM deliverables they produce or consume. The BEP should include expectations for all project team members.
When developing a BEP, assign specific names to key roles rather than leaving them generic. “The BIM coordinator will…” becomes “Sarah Chen (BIM coordinator) will…” This creates clear accountability.
Common BIM Execution Plan Challenges (And How Good BIM Execution Addresses Them)
Even when teams create a BIM execution plan, implementation challenges appear. Understanding these patterns helps develop an effective BEP that works in practice.
Challenge 1: The BEP Becomes a Shelf Document
Many teams develop detailed project execution plans but never reference them during actual work. The BEP sits in a project folder while teams figure out coordination through ad hoc conversations.
Solution: Make the BEP a working tool. Reference it in coordination meetings. Update it when processes change. Use it to resolve disputes about responsibility. The BEP is a living document, not a deliverable to file and forget.
Challenge 2: Generic Templates Without Customization
Teams download a BIM execution plan template and fill it in without thinking about project-specific needs. The result is a BEP that describes ideal BIM rather than how this project team will actually implement BIM.
Solution: Customize the BEP for actual project conditions. What BIM uses make sense for this project? Who are the real people in BIM roles? What are the actual milestones and deliverables?
Challenge 3: Unclear BIM Process Workflows
BEPs often describe what should happen (“models will be coordinated”) without explaining how it happens (“every Tuesday, discipline leads meet, review clash reports, and assign resolution responsibility”).
Solution: Include process maps and workflow diagrams that show information flow. Define meeting cadence, decision points, and approval authority. Make the BIM process concrete and actionable.
Challenge 4: Disconnection from Overall Project Execution
Sometimes BIM execution planning happens in isolation from broader project execution plans. BIM deliverables don’t align with project milestones, creating confusion and schedule pressure.
Solution: Integrate the BEP with overall project planning. BIM milestones should map to design phases, tender events, construction stages, and handover requirements. This guide to make BIM work means making it work within project reality.
Beyond+ helps project teams develop effective BEP through BIM management consulting that turns BIM execution plans into operational project tools.
BIM Execution Plan and ISO 19650 Alignment for Successful BIM Implementation
ISO 19650 provides an international framework for information management using BIM. Understanding how a successful BIM execution plan aligns with ISO 19650 helps teams structure their BEP effectively, and where the alignment needs to be formally demonstrated rather than asserted, our ISO 19650 consultancy takes teams through it.
ISO 19650 Key Concepts in BEP Context:
Information Requirements
ISO 19650 defines organizational information requirements (OIR), asset information requirements (AIR), and project information requirements (PIR). The BEP translates these into specific deliverables and BIM tasks.
Information Delivery
The standard establishes information delivery cycles throughout the project lifecycle. The detailed BIM process within the BEP maps how information moves from creation to approval to integration.
Collaborative Production
ISO 19650 emphasizes collaborative workflows where multiple parties contribute to shared information models. The incorporation of BIM workflows in the BEP ensures everyone understands their contribution to collaborative delivery.
Information Management
The standard requires structured approaches to information naming, storage, and retrieval. A good BIM execution plan includes these information management protocols as part of overall BIM implementation planning.
Teams working on projects requiring ISO 19650 compliance should ensure their BEP addresses standard requirements explicitly. This might mean adopting standard terminology, following prescribed information delivery patterns, or structuring roles according to ISO definitions.
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BIM Execution Plan Template for Singapore Projects
A 9-page working template you can fill in section by section — structured to ISO 19650-2 and the Singapore BIM Guide, mapped to the CORENET X Gateway Processes, and current with URA circular DC26-08 (23 July 2026). Each section carries a short note on what a reviewer looks for and what usually goes wrong.
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BIM Execution Plan Template: What Each Section Must Contain
Most teams do not need a blank page — they need to know which sections a BEP is expected to carry and what a reviewer looks for inside each one. The structure below follows ISO 19650-2 and the Singapore BIM Guide, and maps to what a CORENET X submission will eventually need. Use it as the section list for your own BEP template.
1. Project information and team directory
Project name, address, reference numbers, GFA, project stage, and the appointing party. The GFA matters more than teams expect in Singapore — it determines whether CORENET X Gateway Processes apply at all. Include a named contact and role for every organisation in the delivery team, not just company names.
2. BIM goals and BIM uses
What the model is actually for on this project, in priority order — regulatory submission, clash avoidance, quantity take-off, 4D sequencing, asset handover. A BEP that lists every possible BIM use commits the team to none of them. Three or four ranked uses beat a list of twelve.
3. Roles, responsibilities and authority
Under ISO 19650 this means naming who holds the information management function, who leads each task team, and — the part most often left vague — who has authority to reject a model that fails validation. Write the escalation path, not just the org chart.
4. Information delivery milestones (MIDP and TIDP)
The Master Information Delivery Plan sets what is delivered when across the whole project; each Task Information Delivery Plan breaks that down per discipline. Tie these dates to the regulatory gateways rather than to internal design milestones, because the gateway date is the one that cannot move.
5. Level of information need
Geometric detail, alphanumeric information and documentation required at each milestone, per element type. State it as what the receiving party needs to make a decision — not as a blanket “LOD 350 at Construction Gateway”, which forces over-modelling on elements nobody reviews.
6. Model structure, origin and coordinates
How the project is split into models, and the shared coordinate system every discipline works to. Agreeing a single project base point and survey point at the outset prevents the single most common and most expensive coordination failure — models that will not federate because two teams set origin differently in month one.
7. Naming conventions and the common data environment
File, model and container naming, plus how information moves through the CDE states — Work in Progress, Shared, Published, Archive — and who authorises each transition. The naming convention needs to be written out with worked examples, not referenced as “per ISO 19650”.
8. Software, versions and exchange formats
Authoring tools and exact versions per discipline, the federation and clash tool, and the exchange format. Pin versions: a mid-project upgrade by one consultant is a recurring cause of geometry and property loss on export.
9. Coordination and clash management
Clash test matrix (which discipline against which), tolerances, meeting cadence, and how issues are tracked and closed. Define what counts as resolved — a clash marked “approved” without a model change is not resolved, and that ambiguity surfaces later as a site instruction.
10. Quality assurance and model validation
The checks a model must pass before it leaves a task team: schema validity, naming compliance, classification, parameter completeness, and coordinate integrity. On a CORENET X project this section carries real weight, because validation happens at upload whether or not your BEP planned for it.
11. Regulatory submission mapping
Which model, in which format, at which gateway, prepared by whom, and by when. This is the section a generic international BEP template will not have, and the one Singapore projects most need.
12. Deliverables schedule and handover
Final model deliverables, formats, asset information requirements and the handover route to the operator. Agree the handover format at the start; converting an as-built model to an unfamiliar asset schema at project close is avoidable rework.
BIM Execution Plan for Singapore Projects: CORENET X and IFC+SG Requirements
An ISO 19650-aligned BEP is a good starting point, but it is not sufficient on its own for a Singapore project that will submit through CORENET X. A generic template will not tell your team which model goes to which gateway, or that the file has to validate against IFC+SG before an agency ever opens it. These are the additions a Singapore BEP needs.
Does CORENET X apply to your project?
Submission through CORENET X Gateway Processes became mandatory on 1 October 2025 for new projects with GFA of 30,000 sqm and above. From 1 October 2026 that extends to all new projects with GFA of 5,000 sqm and above. Projects below 5,000 sqm GFA are not required to onboard the Gateway Processes and may continue submitting through CORENET 2.0 for now, per URA circular DC26-08 / BCA APPBCA-2026-12 dated 23 July 2026. Record the answer in section 1 of your BEP, because everything downstream depends on it — and note that the threshold has already been revised once, from 30,000 sqm down to 5,000 sqm.
Map deliverables to the gateways, not to design stages
CORENET X organises approval around coordinated submission points. A Pre-Submission Consultation can be used to seek agency guidance or waivers before any formal submission. The Design Gateway carries the coordinated design submission and absorbs most of the preparation effort. The Piling Gateway is optional, for teams that need piling works to start ahead of full design clearance. The Construction Gateway clears main works, and the Completion Gateway covers as-built models and occupation certification. Submissions with no multi-agency dependency follow the Direct Submission Process instead. Where a team wants the gateway mapping and the submission itself handled rather than learned on a live project, our CORENET X BIM e-submission service covers preparation through to upload. Your MIDP should name these gateways explicitly — see our CORENET X requirements and timeline guide for the full structure.
Specify IFC+SG export configuration, not just “IFC”
IFC+SG is Singapore’s localisation of the openBIM IFC standard, and default export settings almost never produce a compliant file. The BEP should state the mapping between native authoring parameters and IFC+SG parameters, the export settings each discipline uses, and who owns the mapping file. Treat this as a named deliverable with an owner rather than an assumed step — our guide to common IFC+SG validation errors covers what typically fails and why.
Put validation before the submission date
Models are validated at upload. A BEP that schedules the export for the submission deadline leaves no room to fix what validation returns, and failures tend to arrive in volume rather than one at a time. Schedule a validation pass far enough ahead that a failed check is a working problem rather than a missed gateway, and name who is responsible for clearing the findings.
Develop a BIM Execution Plan That Actually Works
Creating a BEP is different from creating a BEP that drives successful BIM implementation. Beyond+ helps construction teams develop BIM execution plans that work in practice, not just on paper.
Our BEP development services include:
• Customized BIM execution plan development for construction projects
• BIM process workflow design and BIM management structure
• BIM roles and responsibilities assignment for project teams
• ISO 19650 alignment and BIM standards integration
• BEP implementation support and training throughout the project
Contact Beyond+ about BEP development support or discuss your BIM implementation needs.
Frequently Asked Questions About BIM Execution Plans
Q: What is a BIM execution plan?
A: A BIM execution plan (BEP) is a detailed document that defines how Building Information Modeling will be implemented throughout a construction project. It includes BIM goals, BIM uses, BIM roles and responsibilities, BIM process workflows, and information delivery schedules.
Q: Who creates the BIM execution plan?
A: The BIM manager typically develops the BIM execution plan, often with input from BIM coordinators, discipline leads, and project stakeholders. The pre-contract BEP may be prepared by the client’s team, while the post-contract BEP is often developed by the contractor’s BIM manager.
Q: What’s the difference between pre-contract and post-contract BEP?
A: The pre-contract BEP is a strategic framework prepared during tender that outlines BIM objectives and approach. The post-contract BIM execution plan is a detailed operational document that defines specific BIM process workflows, responsibilities, and deliverables for project execution.
Q: How does a BEP relate to ISO 19650?
A: ISO 19650 provides an international framework for information management using BIM. A BIM execution plan aligned with ISO 19650 addresses information requirements, delivery cycles, collaborative workflows, and management protocols defined in the standard.
Q: What BIM uses should be included in a BEP?
A: Common BIM uses include design coordination, clash detection, quantity takeoff, construction sequencing, facility management handover, and regulatory submission. The BEP should include BIM uses that address actual project needs rather than every possible use case.
Q: Can Beyond+ help create a BIM execution plan for my project?
A: Yes. Beyond+ provides BEP development services, BIM implementation support, and training to help construction teams create and execute effective BIM execution plans for design and construction projects.
Conclusion: The Importance of BIM Execution Planning
A BIM execution plan transforms BIM from abstract concept to concrete implementation. Whether you’re new to BIM or managing complex projects throughout the project lifecycle, the BEP ensures that everyone involved in the project understands their roles, follows consistent BIM processes, and works toward shared BIM goals.
The difference between a successful BIM implementation and fragmented execution often comes down to execution planning quality. Teams that develop a BIM execution plan collaboratively, customize it for project-specific needs, and use it as an operational tool throughout the BIM project achieve better coordination, clearer communication, and more reliable delivery.
Beyond+ helps construction teams move from BEP documentation to BEP implementation. Whether developing your first BIM project execution plan or improving BIM execution planning across multiple projects, we work alongside your project team to ensure the BEP drives real coordination improvement rather than sitting as a compliance exercise.
Contact Beyond+ to develop a BIM execution plan for your project.
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