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.............................................................................................................................................2  \n2 Data Management Requirements ....................................................................................................................3  \n2.1 General ....................................................................................................................................................3  \n2.2 Project Folder Structure ...........................................................................................................................3  \n2.3 Model Division..........................................................................................................................................5  \n2.4 Information Exchange Formats ................................................................................................................5  \n2.5 General Naming Conventions ..................................................................................................................5  \n2.5.1 Model File Naming ...............................................................................................................................6  \n2.5.2 View Naming ........................................................................................................................................8  \n2.5.3 Drawing Number Naming................................................................................................................... 10  \n3 BIM Uses ....................................................................................................................................................... 11  \n3.1 General .................................................................................................................................................. 11  \n3.2 Design Authoring.................................................................................................................................... 11  \n3.3 Design Reviews ..................................................................................................................................... 11  \n3.4 Existing Conditions Modelling ................................................................................................................ 11  \n3.5 Site Analysis........................................................................................................................................... 12  \n3.6 3D Coordination ..................................................................................................................................... 12  \n3.7 Cost Estimation ...................................................................................................................................... 12  \n3.8 Engineering 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