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ISO 19650-1 is the foundation document of the ISO 19650 series. It defines the core vocabulary (appointing party, lead appointed party, information requirements, information model, common data environment) and explains the principles of collaborative information production. It introduces the information management maturity stages and the idea that information should be specified with a level of information need rather than a fixed level of detail. A revised edition is under development: ISO/DIS 19650-1 was at draft international standard stage in 2026 and re-titles the series simply as Information management.

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https://www.iso.org/standard/68078.html · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 19650-2 sets out the step-by-step process an appointing party and its supply chain follow during a project: assessment and need, invitation to tender, tender response, appointment, mobilisation, collaborative production, information model delivery and project close-out. It is where the exchange information requirements (EIR), BIM execution plan (BEP), master and task information delivery plans (MIDP, TIDP) and the common data environment workflow are specified. It is the part most often cited in contracts and tender documents worldwide. A revised edition is in progress: ISO/DIS 19650-2 (2026) is re-titled Information management process.

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https://www.iso.org/standard/68080.html · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 19650-3 applies the ISO 19650 process to asset management and operation. It covers the asset information model (AIM), asset information requirements (AIR), trigger events that generate information activities, and how the AIM is kept accurate over the life of the asset. It replaced the UK specification PAS 1192-3:2014 as the international reference for operational information management. A revised edition, ISO/DIS 19650-3, was under development in 2026.

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https://www.iso.org/standard/75109.html · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 19650-4 specifies the detailed process for each information exchange between parties, including what an information container is, how it is checked against requirements, and how acceptance or rejection is recorded. It supports the common data environment states (work in progress, shared, published, archived) defined in Part 1. It is often used together with Information Delivery Specification (IDS) tooling to automate compliance checks. In the UK, it forms part of the IMI Framework (formerly UK BIM Framework).

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https://www.iso.org/standard/78246.html · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 19650-5 explains how organisations assess the sensitivity of asset information and apply proportionate security controls to people, processes and technology. It introduces the security triage process, the security strategy, the security management plan and the security breach/incident management plan. It replaced the UK specification PAS 1192-5:2015, which was withdrawn in July 2020. Unlike other parts, it applies to any digitally managed asset information, not only BIM projects.

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https://www.iso.org/standard/74206.html · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 19650-6 is the newest part of the series, published in 2025. It describes how health and safety information is specified, produced, shared and used across the delivery and operational phases so that risks are identified and communicated through the information model rather than in disconnected documents. It internationalises the approach of the UK specification PAS 1192-6:2018. Its publication completes the six-part structure that the buildingSMART Foundation curriculum refers to.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

IFC is the open, vendor-neutral data model for describing buildings and infrastructure. ISO 16739-1:2024 publishes IFC 4.3 ADD2 (schema 4.3.2.0), which extends IFC4 with road, rail, bridge, port and waterway entities. It replaced ISO 16739-1:2018 (IFC4 ADD2 TC1); IFC2x3 TC1 (2007) is still widely used in practice and remains supported by most software. The schema is maintained by buildingSMART International, which is developing IFC 4.4 and a refactored IFC 5.

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https://technical.buildingsmart.org/standards/ifc/ifc-schema-specifications/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 12006-2 defines the framework that national classification systems are built on: a set of recommended tables (for example construction entities, spaces, elements, work results, products) and the principles for organising them. Uniclass (UK), OmniClass (North America) and several other national systems are structured according to it. It does not contain classification content itself; it tells publishers how to build a coherent system. The standard was confirmed (stage 90.93) and remains current.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 12006-3 provides a language-independent information model for defining concepts, properties and relationships in construction data dictionaries. The buildingSMART Data Dictionary (bSDD) is the best-known implementation of this framework. The 2022 edition replaced the 2007 edition and aligns with the property methodology in ISO 23386. It underpins interoperability between classification systems and product data templates.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

An Information Delivery Manual describes which information must be exchanged, by whom, and at which stage of a process, using process maps and exchange requirements. ISO 29481-1 specifies the methodology and format for writing IDMs. The 2025 edition replaced ISO 29481-1:2016. In buildingSMART practice, IDMs feed Model View Definitions (MVDs) and, increasingly, Information Delivery Specifications (IDS).

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 29481-2 defines the interaction framework of an IDM: how roles, transactions and messages between actors are modelled. It complements Part 1 (methodology) by describing the collaboration side of information delivery. The 2025 edition replaced the 2012 edition. It is used mainly by standard authors and software developers rather than by project teams.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 29481-3 specifies an XML data schema (idmXML) for storing and exchanging IDM content in machine-readable form. It allows exchange requirements to be published, versioned and consumed by software rather than only as documents. It is the technical bridge between IDMs and automated checking tools such as IDS validators.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 7817-1 defines how to specify the level of information need for an information deliverable: the geometrical information, alphanumerical information and documentation required, plus the purpose, milestone, actor and object breakdown. It is the international successor of the European standard EN 17412-1:2020 and replaces LOD-style shorthand with an explicit, purpose-driven description. Two further parts were under development in 2026: ISO/DTS 7817-2 (guidance for application) and ISO/DIS 7817-3 (data model and schema). It is the method ISO 19650 expects for stating information requirements.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

EN 17412-1 was published by CEN in 2020 and adopted nationally (for example as BS EN 17412-1:2020 in the UK). It introduced the structured way of describing information deliverables by geometry, alphanumerical information and documentation. Its content was taken into ISO and republished as ISO 7817-1:2024, which is now the reference document. Older tender documents and guidance still cite EN 17412-1.

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https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Level_of_information_need · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 23386 defines the attributes a property must carry (name, definition, data type, unit, status, dates, authorship) and the governance process for creating and changing properties in a data dictionary. It makes properties from different dictionaries comparable and traceable. It is applied by the buildingSMART Data Dictionary and by national product data initiatives. The standard was confirmed in review and remains current.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 23387 defines the concepts and structure of a data template: a reusable, machine-readable set of properties describing a type of construction object (for example a door, a pump or a pipe segment). Templates are built from properties defined per ISO 23386 and published in dictionaries per ISO 12006-3. The 2025 edition replaced ISO 23387:2020. Data templates are the basis for consistent manufacturer product data and for exchange requirements in IDS.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 21597-1 defines a container format (a zip package with an index and ontology files) for delivering several documents and models together with explicit links between them. It allows, for example, a model, a specification and a schedule to be handed over as one traceable package. Semantic web technologies (RDF/OWL) are used to describe the links. It is relevant to handover and archiving workflows rather than day-to-day modelling.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 21597-2 extends Part 1 with a vocabulary of typed links (for example identity, alternative, controls, specialises) that describe how documents and model elements inside a container relate to each other. Typed links let receiving software interpret the relationships instead of leaving them as plain references. It is mainly used by software developers and large asset owners building linked-data delivery pipelines.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

ISO 12911 gives a framework for writing BIM specifications and guides, whether for a national programme, a client organisation or a single project. It replaced the technical specification ISO/TS 12911:2012, which was the source of the widely quoted ISO definition of BIM as a process of managing facility information. It is useful when drafting corporate BIM standards or national guidance because it lists what such a document should cover.

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https://www.iso.org/committee/49180/x/catalogue/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

BS 1192:2007 was the UK code of practice that introduced the common data environment concept with its work-in-progress, shared, published and archive states, together with file naming and container conventions. Amendment A2 in 2016 aligned it with the PAS 1192 suite. It was withdrawn when BS EN ISO 19650-1 and -2 were published in the UK in January 2019, and its CDE model lives on in ISO 19650-1. Many UK project protocols and naming conventions still trace back to it.

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https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/PAS_1192-2:2013 · Last verified 2026-09-15

PAS 1192-2 was the publicly available specification that defined how UK Government BIM Level 2 projects should be delivered: employer's information requirements, BIM execution plan, master information delivery plan, common data environment and the information delivery cycle. It was sponsored by the Construction Industry Council and came into effect in February 2013. It was withdrawn when BS EN ISO 19650-2 was published, and most of its content was internationalised in that standard. Terms such as EIR and BEP still come from this document.

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https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/PAS_1192-2:2013 · Last verified 2026-09-15

PAS 1192-3 extended the UK Level 2 approach to the operational phase. It defined the asset information model (AIM), asset information requirements and the transfer of information between the project information model and the AIM, including disposal and decommissioning. It came into effect on 31 March 2014. Its content was carried into BS EN ISO 19650-3:2020, which superseded it.

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https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/PAS_1192-3:2014 · Last verified 2026-09-15

BS 1192-4 described how COBie should be used on UK projects to hand over structured facility information: which sheets and fields to populate at each stage, and how employers should state their requirements. It was published on 30 September 2014 and was the UK's formal adoption of COBie. BSI withdrew it on 16 September 2022. COBie itself continues as a schema published within the US NBIMS-US standard, and ISO 19650-4 now covers information exchange generally.

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https://knowledge.bsigroup.com/products/collaborative-production-of-information-fulfilling-employer-s-information-exchange-requirements-using-cobie-code-of-practice · Last verified 2026-09-15

PAS 1192-5 was the first specification to address security in BIM: it asked asset owners to assess the sensitivity of their assets and information and apply appropriate controls to processes, people and technology. It was published in May 2015. It was withdrawn in July 2020 when BS EN ISO 19650-5:2020 took over the same scope at international level.

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https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/PAS_1192-5:2015 · Last verified 2026-09-15

PAS 1192-6 specifies how health and safety information should be captured, structured and shared through the information model, so that hazards are recorded against elements and locations rather than only in reports. It is still listed in the UK IMI Framework as the UK document for H&S information. Its international counterpart, ISO 19650-6, was published in 2025, so PAS 1192-6 is expected to be reviewed against it.

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https://imiframework.org/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

The UK BIM Framework was launched in October 2019 by the UK BIM Alliance (now nima), BSI and the Centre for Digital Built Britain to replace the BIM Level 2 suite with the BS EN ISO 19650 series. It bundles the standards (BS EN ISO 19650-1 to -6, BS 8536:2022, PAS 1192-6:2018) with free guidance parts, templates and tools. In November 2024 nima launched the Information Management Initiative (IMI) and on 30 May 2025 the framework was rebranded as the IMI Framework at imiframework.org; the old ukbimframework.org address redirects there. It is cited in UK policy documents such as the Construction Playbook.

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https://imiframework.org/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

BS 8536:2022 gives guidance on involving operators and maintainers early so that assets are designed and delivered for their in-use performance, including soft landings, performance targets and post-occupancy evaluation. It was published on 31 March 2022 and consolidates the earlier BS 8536-1:2015 (buildings) and BS 8536-2:2016 (linear and geographical infrastructure) into one document. It sits in the Operate phase of the UK IMI Framework alongside ISO 19650-3.

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https://imiframework.org/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

The National BIM Standard-United States is a consensus standard managed by NIBS. Version 4 was opened for public comment and balloting in spring 2023 and unveiled at Building Innovation 2023; it is the current edition, with V3 (2015) still available. V4 contains modules for Project BIM Requirements (PBR), Project BIM Execution Planning (BEP), BIM Use Definitions (BUD) and COBie Version 3. NIBS states its goal is to distribute the standard at no cost. The US has no federal BIM mandate; NBIMS-US is adopted voluntarily and referenced by agencies such as GSA.

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https://www.nibs.org/nbims · Last verified 2026-09-15

The LOD Specification interprets the AIA's LOD definitions for each building system, organised by CSI UniFormat, so that teams can state how developed a model element must be at a given milestone. It defines LOD 100 (conceptual), 200 (approximate geometry), 300 (precise geometry), 350 (geometry plus interfaces with other systems) and 400 (fabrication detail); LOD 500 is treated as a field-verified as-built and is not elaborated. The 2025 edition is the latest and is free to download in English and Spanish as a PDF (Part I) and spreadsheet (Part II). LOD describes a model element; it is not the same as ISO 7817 level of information need.

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https://bimforum.org/resource/lod-level-of-development-lod-specification/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

AIA Document E203-2013, Building Information Modeling and Digital Data Exhibit, is attached to the owner-architect or owner-contractor agreement to establish that BIM and digital data will be used and how protocols will be set. The detailed protocols are then recorded in G201-2013 (Project Digital Data Protocol Form) and G202-2013 (Project Building Information Modeling Protocol Form), which assigns model element authors and LOD per milestone. The 2013 set replaced E202-2008 and remains the current AIA BIM documentation. AIA contract documents are licensed, not free.

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https://www.aiacontracts.com/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

Uniclass is the classification system published by NBS and adopted across the UK IMI Framework. It was formally published in 2015 (replacing the interim Uniclass 2 used in NBS Create) and is now branded simply Uniclass. It has 14 tables: Complexes (Co), Entities (En), Activities (Ac), Spaces/locations (SL), Elements/functions (EF), Systems (Ss), Products (Pr), Tools and equipment (TE), Project management (PM), Form of information (FI), Roles (Ro), CAD (Zz), Materials (Ma) and Properties and characteristics (PC). Tables are updated regularly (latest releases in July 2026) and are free to download; an advisory board of professional bodies oversees it.

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https://uniclass.thenbs.com/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

OmniClass is a set of 15 interrelated tables (numbered 11 to 49) covering construction entities, spaces, elements, work results, products, phases, services, disciplines, roles, tools, information, materials and properties. It follows the ISO 12006-2 framework and incorporates MasterFormat (Table 22, work results) and UniFormat (Table 21, elements). CSI publishes and maintains it through an industry consensus process. Access to the current tables is now provided through CSI's licensed digital platform rather than free downloads, so check licensing before embedding it in templates. It is commonly used as the classification field in Revit and other authoring tools in the US and Canada.

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https://www.csiresources.org/standards/omniclass · Last verified 2026-09-15

MasterFormat is the master list of numbers and titles used to organise project specifications and cost data in the US and Canada. It expanded from 16 to 50 divisions in November 2004, and revised editions followed in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020. The 2020 edition is the latest full edition; CSI has issued updates since through its digital standards platform. In BIM it is used to classify work results (OmniClass Table 22 mirrors it) and to link model elements to specification sections. It is a purchased or licensed product, not free.

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https://www.csiresources.org/standards/masterformat · Last verified 2026-09-15

UniFormat organises a building by functional elements (substructure, shell, interiors, services, equipment, site work) rather than by trade or material, which suits early-stage cost planning and model breakdown. It began as MASTERCOST in 1973, became UNIFORMAT under AIA and GSA, was standardised by ASTM as UNIFORMAT II in 1989 and has been published by CSI and CSC since 1995; the current CSI/CSC edition is 2010. OmniClass Table 21 incorporates the same elemental structure with different numbering. The BIMForum LOD Specification is organised by UniFormat.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniformat · Last verified 2026-09-15

COBie was created by Bill East at the US Army Corps of Engineers' Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in 2007 to replace paper handover documents with structured data about spaces, types, components, systems, documents and warranties. COBie 2.26 was adopted into NBIMS-US Version 2 in 2011; COBie 2.4 (2015) is based on IFC4, and NBIMS-US V4 now publishes COBie Version 3. It can be delivered as a spreadsheet, as IFC (STEP or ifcXML) or as COBieLite XML. In the UK it was adopted through BS 1192-4:2014, which BSI withdrew in 2022; many clients still require COBie deliverables through their exchange information requirements.

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https://www.nibs.org/nbims · Last verified 2026-09-15

BCF lets teams exchange coordination issues without exchanging the model itself: each topic carries a title, status, assignee, comments, a camera viewpoint and references to IFC element GUIDs. Development started in 2009 at Solibri, Tekla and the Institute for Applied Building Informatics, and buildingSMART adopted it as a standard. BCF 2.0 and 2.1 are file-based (.bcfzip) and widely implemented; BCF 3.0 is the current final version of the XML specification, and the BCF API provides the same data as a web service used by openCDE platforms. Most clash detection, model checking and CDE tools import and export BCF.

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https://technical.buildingsmart.org/standards/bcf/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

IDS is an XML standard for writing information requirements (which entities, classifications, properties, materials and relationships must be present, with which values) in a form software can check automatically. It was approved as a buildingSMART final standard on 3 June 2024 (version 1.0) after a multi-year development involving contributors from 34 countries. IDS is the practical way to make ISO 19650 exchange information requirements and ISO 7817 levels of information need verifiable. Many authoring, checking and CDE tools now validate IFC files against IDS.

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https://github.com/buildingSMART/IDS/releases · Last verified 2026-09-15

The bSDD hosts interconnected data dictionaries so that classification systems, property sets and product data templates can be referenced by a stable URI from IFC models, IDS files and software. It has a public search portal, a manage portal for publishers and REST APIs, and it is actively maintained by buildingSMART. It implements the framework of ISO 12006-3 and the property methodology of ISO 23386. Organisations register to publish their own dictionaries, and IFC 4.3 and many national classifications are already available.

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https://github.com/buildingSMART/bSDD · Last verified 2026-09-15

The EU BIM Task Group brings together public-sector representatives from European countries, with the European Commission and Parliament on its steering committee; it is co-funded by in-kind contributions from participating member states. Its 2017 handbook gives public clients a common framework for BIM programmes: strategic drivers, public leadership, a common technical framework built on open standards and a capability-building roadmap. It has been translated into many languages and is the reference most national programmes in Europe cite. The group has since published cost-benefit material and continues to share practice among member states.

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https://www.eubim.eu/handbook/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

Singapore was an early mover: BCA phased in BIM e-submission for architectural plans from 2013, structural and M&E from 2014, and for all new projects over 5,000 m2 from 2015. CORENET X replaces the earlier CORENET 2.0 system with a single portal in which agencies review one coordinated BIM model in the IFC-SG format at Design, Construction and Completion gateways (plus pre-submission consultation). Submission through CORENET X became mandatory for new projects with GFA of 30,000 m2 or more from 1 October 2025, extends to new projects of 5,000 m2 or more from 1 October 2026, and all ongoing projects are to be onboarded from 1 October 2027; projects under 5,000 m2 may still use CORENET 2. It is governed by a Code of Practice and updated by circulars (latest July 2026).

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https://info.corenet.gov.sg/overview/about-corenet-x/implementation-timeline · Last verified 2026-09-15

Dubai Municipality issued Circular 196 in 2014 mandating BIM for buildings above a certain size, height or type (large towers, hospitals, universities and similar facilities). Circular 207 in 2015 widened the requirement by lowering the minimum size and height thresholds. The circulars drove wide adoption of UK standards (PAS 1192, later ISO 19650) as project practice in the UAE, and in 2016 the UAE Quality and Conformity Commission set up a BIM steering group to study federal adoption. Dubai Municipality publishes its construction circulars in Arabic; project teams should check the current circular text for exact thresholds.

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https://www.dm.gov.ae/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

Saudi Arabia does not have one overarching national BIM mandate; requirements arrive through contracts and client standards. The Royal Commission for Riyadh City issued the Kingdom's first publicly documented BIM execution standard in 2018 (initially referencing PAS 1192, later ISO 19650), and between 2019 and 2021 NEOM, ROSHN, Diriyah, Qiddiya, Red Sea Global and other giga-project entities issued their own standards converging on ISO 19650-2 with a mandated CDE and structured handover. The Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing has signalled BIM-based permitting, with a 2023 Saudi Building Code clause enabling pilot BIM permit submissions in selected municipalities and a stated direction toward Kingdom-wide BIM submissions later in the decade. A buildingSMART Saudi Arabia chapter is in formation. Some vendor articles claim a MOMRAH-wide mandate from January 2024; this could not be confirmed against an official source.

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https://www.designzone.com.sa/insights/saudi-bim-mandate-timeline · Last verified 2026-09-15

The Stufenplan Digitales Planen und Bauen was presented by the federal transport ministry on 15 December 2015 and defined a common understanding of BIM with performance levels; since the end of 2020 its Level 1 applies to all newly planned federal transport infrastructure projects. Sector masterplans followed: Masterplan BIM Bundesfernstrassen for federal roads (2021), plans for rail and waterways, and the Masterplan BIM fuer Bundesbauten for federal buildings, presented in December 2021 with a 2022 extension announcing federal trunk-road requirements from 2025. BIM Deutschland is the national centre for construction digitalisation run jointly by the building, transport and defence ministries; it promotes openBIM and operates the free BIM-Portal des Bundes for defining information requirements. In August 2026 it published a template AIA (client information requirements) for federal buildings.

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https://www.bimdeutschland.de/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

The PTNB was announced on 10 December 2014 by housing minister Sylvia Pinel and ran through 2018, chaired by Bertrand Delcambre with a budget of about 20 million euros. It focused on experimentation and knowledge sharing, upskilling small firms, and building an ecosystem of trusted digital tools; a public portal opened in July 2015 and a training website in 2017. It was not a mandate. It was followed by Plan BIM 2022.

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https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/politiques-publiques/batiment-numerique · Last verified 2026-09-15

Plan BIM 2022 ran from 2019 to 2022 as the continuation of the PTNB, with the goal of making digital ordering and BIM standard practice by 2022 through actions such as a public collaborative platform and a BIM usage barometer. At the start of 2022 the ministry created the follow-on Plan BIM, which has two objectives: generalise BIM ordering by clarifying practices and responsibilities, and deploy BIM to regions and all stakeholders with adapted tools. It remains a support programme rather than a legal mandate; a 2024 survey of about 2,000 professionals tracked adoption. The former plan-bim-2022.fr domain is no longer operated by the ministry.

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https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/politiques-publiques/batiment-numerique · Last verified 2026-09-15

Published by the Ministry of Finance (SHCP) in March 2019, the strategy sets out an eight-year, four-phase roadmap (preparation, adaptation, implementation, post-implementation) for using MIC on federal investment projects, public-private partnerships and FONADIN projects, starting with mandatory pilots in 2019 and proposing application to investment projects of 1,000 million pesos or more. It explicitly notes that Mexico has no legal BIM mandate and relies on institutional decisions, and it cites the first Mexican BIM standard, NMX-C-527-1-ONNCCE-2017 (BIM execution plan). Its indicators run to 2026, targeting half of qualifying investment projects designed and built with MIC. No later federal instrument converting the strategy into a general legal mandate could be verified in 2026.

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https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/473961/Plan_estrategico_MIC.PDF · Last verified 2026-09-15

Spain's public BIM policy began with the es.BIM commission launched in 2015, followed by the Interministerial BIM Commission (CIBIM), chaired by the transport ministry. The Plan BIM en la Contratacion Publica was approved by the Council of Ministers on 27 June 2023 and published in the BOE on 20 July 2023 (Orden PCM/818/2023). It instructs state contracting bodies to require BIM in construction-related contracts for owned assets from 1 April 2024, phased to 2030 by estimated contract value, with five BIM levels (preBIM, inicial, medio, avanzado, integrado) defined in a levels table across strategy, process, technology and people. CIBIM supports it with guidance such as Fundamentos BIM en la Contratacion Publica and a self-assessment tool.

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https://cibim.transportes.gob.es/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

The NATSPEC National BIM Guide is a suite of free documents (guide, project BIM brief, reference schedules and templates for BEP, EIR and related documents) that lets Australian clients specify BIM consistently; the current edition is 2022 and aligns with ISO 19650. NATSPEC also runs the BIM Properties Generator, an online replacement for the earlier BIM Object/Element Matrix, to standardise object property naming. The Australasian BIM Advisory Board (ABAB) coordinates BIM policy across government, industry and academia in Australia and New Zealand. Australia has no federal mandate; Infrastructure Australia recommended mandatory BIM for large complex infrastructure in 2016 and several states set their own requirements.

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https://bim.natspec.org/ · Last verified 2026-09-15

The New Zealand BIM Handbook is a free guide funded by the Construction Sector Accord, written by the BIMinNZ Steering Group and managed by the NZ Institute of Building. The 2023 edition (part of the 2023 Digital Guidance Suite) follows the project life cycle from establishment to operation and includes eight appendices covering modelling and documentation, coordination, level of development definitions, 21 BIM uses, procurement alignment, and templates for exchange information requirements, responsibility matrices, supplier responses, execution plans and model descriptions. It draws on international practice, including ISO 19650, adapted to the New Zealand context.

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LOD comes from the US: AIA E202-2008 introduced LOD 100 to 500 and the BIMForum LOD Specification interprets them element by element, describing the geometric reliability of a model element at a milestone (with LOD 350 added for interfaces). Level of information need comes from Europe: EN 17412-1:2020, now ISO 7817-1:2024, states, for a given purpose, milestone and actor, the geometrical information, alphanumerical information and documentation required, and ISO 19650 uses this term. The two are not interchangeable: LOD is a scale applied to elements, while level of information need is a structured specification that can be checked, for example with IDS. Related legacy terms include level of detail (UK) and level of definition (PAS 1192-2), which were dropped in ISO 19650.

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The maturity wedge drawn by Mark Bew and Mervyn Richards in 2008 defined Level 0 (unmanaged 2D CAD, paper or electronic exchange), Level 1 (managed CAD in 2D or 3D with standard structures and formats, sometimes called lonely BIM), Level 2 (managed 3D discipline models with attached data in a federated model, possibly with 4D and 5D, exchanged through a common data environment) and Level 3 (a single collaborative online model with life-cycle data, called iBIM). The UK Government Construction Strategy of 2011 required Level 2 on centrally procured public projects from 2016, which made the terminology global. The levels have been superseded: ISO 19650-1 describes information management maturity stages instead, and the UK now points to the BS EN ISO 19650 series and the IMI Framework. The terms still appear in older tenders and in other countries' programmes.

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In common usage 3D is the geometric model with attached attributes, 4D adds time and programme information for construction sequencing, 5D adds cost and quantity information, 6D is usually used for facilities management and operational information, and 7D for sustainability or, in some sources, sensor and analytics data. Only 3D, 4D and 5D have broad consensus; 6D and 7D are defined differently by different authors, and some use 6D for sustainability instead. ISO 19650 does not use dimension labels; it asks for purposes and information requirements to be stated explicitly, and Richard Saxon and others have argued the dimension labels should describe views of the data rather than outcomes.

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The Information Manager originates in the UK CIC BIM Protocol and PAS 1192-2 as a procedural gatekeeper: it sets up and polices the common data environment, defines information standards and output formats, and manages change control, without design or clash-detection responsibility. The BIM Manager (often called VDC Manager) implements and manages BIM across design, construction and handover, including organisational change and standards. The BIM Coordinator works at project or discipline level: federating models, running clash detection, issuing BCF issues and checking model quality against the BEP. The BIM Modeler (or BIM Technician) authors discipline models and drawings to the agreed standards, while a VDC Engineer typically applies models on the contractor side for constructability, 4D sequencing, quantities and site coordination. ISO 19650 deliberately describes information management as a function that the appointing party, lead appointed party and appointed parties must resource, not as fixed job titles.

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The programme is run by buildingSMART International with its chapters and delivered through registered training providers. The Foundation level is based on a learning outcome framework of five international modules: BIM definitions and the six ISO 19650 parts, benefits of collaborative working, project information management per ISO 19650 (EIR, BEP, CDE, roles, supply-chain assessment), open and interoperable solutions (buildingSMART, openBIM, IFC, MVD, IDS, use cases) and asset life-cycle and owner perspectives including data security; an optional Module 6 adds national content for chapters such as Australasia, Benelux, China, Czech Republic, France and UK and Ireland. Foundation is assessed by a knowledge-based online exam; Practitioner certification builds on Foundation with a further exam plus evidence of applied practice. It is one of the few certifications that tests standards knowledge rather than software skills.

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