Acronyms
Visualizations
Coordination
Laser Scanning
100

What does VDC stand for?

Virtual Design and Construction

100

Where do trade partners place their material on a site?

Material Laydown
100

Which document is used to outline the protocols, standards, and responsibilities for a BIM project?

BIM Execution Plan

100

This type of scanner is mounted on a stationary tripod to capture highly detailed scans of buildings and indoor spaces.

Terrestrial Laser Scanner

200

What does BIM stand for?

Building Information Modeling

200

What pursuit deliverable incorporates time as an element?

4D Schedule

200

Which software is primarily used for clash detection and construction coordination?

Revizto or Navisworks

200

Unlike traditional photography, laser scanning creates highly accurate, millions-of-dots 3D datasets known by this term.

Point Cloud

300

What does DBS stand for?

Digital Building Solutions

300

This technology uses filament to create objects.

3D Printing

300

Which of the following pipe type is the highest priority in coordination: Mechanical, Domestic Water, Fire Protection, Sanitary

Sanitary

300

This term, which is an acronym for "Light Detection and Ranging," is often used interchangeably with laser scanning in airborne or mobile mapping contexts.

LiDAR

400

What does LOD stand for?

Level of Development

400

What element is added in a 5D schedule?

Cost/Money

400

What is the final BIM schedule milestone?

Sign-Off

400

To ensure accuracy across a massive site, surveyors tie the scan data into these known, permanent geographic coordinates using a total station.

Survey Control/Control Points

500

What does LOA stand for?

Level of Accuracy

500
This document highlights what technologies will be used on a project.

Tech Assessment

500

What technology allows you to see the model overlayed onto real world conditions?

Augmented/Mixed Reality

500

This random, grainy variation in point cloud data is often caused by workers moving around or scanning surface textures that slightly scatter the laser signal.

Noise