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Board committee flags sealing, liability concerns as 3D models and BIM become construction deliverables
Summary
The engineering committee reviewed Federal Highway Administration guidance aiming for 3D models as contract deliverables by 2031, and raised unresolved questions about signing/sealing, ownership, and the inability to 'lock' 3D models in the same way PDFs are signed.
The Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners' engineering committee discussed how the rise of 3D design models and building information modeling (BIM) could affect professional sealing, liability and document control.
Committee members reviewed a Federal Highway Administration roadmap that encourages state departments of transportation to adopt 3D models as construction deliverables, and noted FHWA's stated implementation goal of 2031. Committee member Jason Carter summarized published guidance but said it is intentionally high level…
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