Thursday, March 01, 2012

Level of Development

James wrote a nice post about this subject. It is seductively easy to simplify the concept to just be equivalent to the design process, you know...SD, DD, CD. While you get a quick acknowledgement, "Oh I see...", it doesn't really explain the intentions of the phrase (acronym LOD). In his post he offers these reference descriptions. He also wrote that he is searching for another description for LOD100.

LOD100 = Interpolated calculations (estimates)
LOD200 = Specify it
LOD300 = Buy it
LOD400 = Build or install it
LOD500 = Operate or maintain it

The first thing that came to mind (based on the list) for LOD100 is "Discuss it".

Check out his post and weigh in.


2 comments:

Brian Payne said...

Good article, but I'm still not in total agreement with LOD500 being "operate or maintain it". A coffee pot that looks like a cube with an attached pdf manual can be operated and maintained, but could never be built. So does a LOD100/200 Revit family automatically become a LOD500 when you attach a pdf? According to E202, LOD500 includes everything before it.

Valkin said...

With that thinking LOD100/200 does become 500 when you add a PDF along with the manufacture's information, the make and model of the components inside the component not just an attached pdf.