BIM Reality Check

A 15-min BIM self-assessment for Appointing and Appointed Parties

Identify hidden BIM risks before they cost time, money or credibility.

Commissioning or delivering BIM often feels under controL, until late changes, unclear responsibilities or poor handover expose gaps that were always there?

This free tool helps you see those gaps early.

What is the BIM Reality Check?

The BIM Reality Check is a role-based self-assessment tool designed to help organisations understand how effective their BIM process really is, beyond software and models.

It focuses on:

  • Governance

  • Information Requirements

  • Common Data Environment oversight

  • Delivery responsibilities

  • Outcomes at handover

This FREE tool is NOT an audit, certification or compliance check.

It is a structured way to reveal blind spots before they become project problems.

Who this tool is NOT for?

  • Revit only workflows

  • Template collectors

  • Students or entry-level learning

  • Anyone looking for shortcuts instead of accountability

This tool is for professionals involved in real construction projects with real risk.

What you’ll receive?

  • One Excel-based assessment tool

  • Two role-specific tabs:

    • Appointing Party

    • Appointed Party

  • Around 15 minutes to complete

  • Automated outcome:

    • Controlled

    • Exposed

    • High Risk

    Clear explanation of what your result means

What this tool reveals?

The BIM Reality Check highlights common but costly issues such as:

  • unclear Information Requirements

  • weak governance and oversight

  • confusion over responsibilities

  • information delivered but not validated

  • handover data that is unusable for operations

These are process failures, not software problems and they are the root cause of most BIM frustration.

Why BIM KARELA created this?

Most BIM problems are discovered too late:

  • at handover

  • during disputes

  • when data cannot be used

  • when trust is already damaged

This tool exists to shift that moment earlier, when problems are still easy and cheaper to fix.

What happens after you complete it?

Nothing is required.

However, if the results raise uncomfortable questions, that is usually a sign that:

  • assumptions were made

  • responsibilities were unclear

  • Information Management was under-defined

  • teams were not fully aligned on expectations

How those gaps are addressed depends entirely on your situation.

Some organisations use the outcome as a starting point for:

  • Independent BIM Audits to objectively assess compliance and risk

  • Information Management support to define, structure or realign Information Requirements and BIM processes

  • BIM Training to ensure teams understand not just what is required, but why and how to apply it consistently

The BIM Reality Check does not prescribe a solution.
It simply clarifies where attention is needed.

Download the BIM Reality Check

Understand BIM risk from your function’s perspective before it impacts your project.

Who this tool is for?

Appointing Parties

  • Clients

  • Developers

  • Asset Owners, Estate Owners

  • Project Sponsors who commission BIM and want confidence that it is being used properly and not just “done”

Appointed Parties

  • Architects, Engineers, other Designers

  • Contractors,

  • Consultants

  • BIM Leads responsible for delivering information in line with project requirements