BIM STANDARDS
According to ISO 19650
Presented by Arch/ Mokhtar Saber Abdo
Introduction BIM Standards
• ISO 19650 (Organisation of information about construction works – Information management using BIM) is an
international standard that regulates the management of information across the full lifecycle of a built asset, using
Building Information Modeling (BIM).
• It defines collaborative processes for the effective management of information throughout the delivery and operational
phase of assets.
• It was initially introduced to foster a common BIM-based language and encourage construction professionals to
implement BIM in their processes.
Introduction BIM Standards
• It supersedes, in fact, British PAS, especially PAS 1192 – 2:
2013, with references also to PAS 1192 – 3: 2014, and was
created to unify the regulatory framework and ensure the
best international cooperation in the construction industry.
Introduction BIM Standards
ISO 19650 maintains the approach and concepts consolidated over the years throughout the “BIM” world: information
specifications (EIR, become Exchange Information Requirement instead of Employer), Information Management Plan (BIM
Execution Plan, in Part 2), data sharing environments (CDE, Common Data Environment), Level Of Information Need (LOIN),
Project Information Requirements (PIR), etc.
• The benefits of ISO 19650:
ISO 19650 is a set of rules created to ensure compliance with a certain quality standards for digital processes and data control
in the process of designing, building and managing an asset.
The ISO 19650 series enables teams to minimize wasteful activities and increase the predictability of costs and time related
to the execution of works. This is achieved through a common approach to information management and by adhering to the
fundamental principles of the BIM methodology.
• Here are some benefits of becoming ISO 19650 compliant:
1. control over the information required by the client and methods for verifying this information, the definition of
processes, deadlines and the financial and time resources to be invested for the construction/management/maintenance
of works.
2. correspondence between the requirements defined at the contract stage and the results achieved at the end of the
process.
3. exchange of information between the different figures involved in each phase of an asset’s life cycle.
Introduction BIM Standards
ISO 19650 Part 2 (Delivery phase of assets) was published in January 2019 and describes processes and principles relating to
planning, information management and communication in project teams. It is developed as one large flowchart illustrating
each point and step in the articulation of the contract.
The scope is to provide a framework of recommendations for everyone involved in the management of an asset.
Part 2 of ISO 19650, in fact, focuses on a very specific phase in the life cycle of an asset, namely the asset delivery phase.
• The ISO 19650 workflow includes these 8 steps:
1. assessments and needs
2. invitation to tender
3. tender response
4. appointment
5. mobilization
6. collaborative information production
7. information model delivery
8. project closure
Each step is connected to the next one, as each assignment must contribute to the next assignment.