A BIM model use is a reason for creating, exchanging, checking, or maintaining model information. It answers the question: what will someone do with this model or data?
Common uses include design authoring, design review, model federation, clash detection, quantity support, visualization, planning approval, 4D sequencing, cost support, procurement, constructability review, fabrication support, commissioning, handover, asset management, and digital twin preparation.
Each use should have a practical owner. A model use without an owner often becomes an aspiration. The owner does not need to do all the work, but someone should define the input, method, timing, output, and acceptance criteria.
A model use should also have a delivery stage. Some uses make sense early, such as option comparison or massing review. Some become useful later, such as coordinated services review, construction sequencing, or asset handover.
Teams should avoid adding model uses just because they sound advanced. Each use creates work. If nobody will check the output, make a decision from it, or maintain it, it may not belong in the BEP.
Good model-use planning connects to information requirements, level of information need, software capability, roles, review dates, and handover strategy. It helps the team decide what to model, what to record, what to validate, and what can remain outside the model.
Related: BIM Execution Plan, Level of Information Need, Asset Information and Handover Data.