Method for propagating information between a building information model and a specification document

A computer-aided method for propagating information between a building information model (BIM) and a specification document associated with a project, comprising:

• parsing, by a computer system, the specification document to identify a set of units and values that is associated uniquely with a known element listed in the specification document;
• receiving, at the computer system, data exported from the BIM, the exported data indicative of a plurality of unique sets of units and values, each one of the plurality of unique sets of units and values associated with a different element of a plurality of elements that is defined in the BIM;
• automatically searching within the exported data for a set of units and values that is a match to the set of units and values that is associated uniquely with the known element;
• and
• when a result of the searching does not identify a set of units and values within the exported data that is a match to the set of units and values that is associated uniquely with the known element, registering an inconsistency between the specification document and the BIM, the inconsistency relating to the known element.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for implementing a method for propagating information between a building information model (BIM) and a specification document associated with a project, the method comprising:

• receiving data exported from the BIM, the exported data indicative of a first plurality of sets of units and values, each one of the first plurality of sets of units and values being associated uniquely with a different element that is defined in the BIM;
• parsing the specification document to identify a second plurality of sets of units and values, each one of the second plurality of sets of units and values being associated uniquely with a different element that is listed in the specification document;
• comparing the first plurality of sets of units and values to the second plurality of sets of units and values;
• based on a result of the comparing, automatically identifying a set of units and values that is a member of only one of the first plurality of sets of units and values and the second plurality of sets of units and values;
• and
• automatically registering an inconsistency between the elements that are listed in the specification document and the elements that are defined in the BIM, the inconsistency relating to a known element that is associated with the identified set of units and values.