Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM) — Information management using building information modelling — Part 1: Concepts and principles

Note: The ICS code of this Notice of Intent (originally published on September 26, 2023) was updated by the responsible SDO on July 23, 2024.

This document outlines the concepts and principles for information management at a stage of maturity described as “building information modelling (BIM) according to the ISO 19650 series”.

This document provides recommendations for a framework to manage information including exchanging, recording, versioning and organizing for all actors.

This document is applicable to the whole life cycle of any built asset, including strategic planning, initial design, engineering, development, documentation and construction, day-to-day operation, maintenance, refurbishment, repair and end-of-life.

This document can be adapted to assets or projects of any scale and complexity, so as not to hamper the flexibility and versatility that characterize the large range of potential procurement strategies and so as to address the cost of implementing this document.