Page 5 - BIM and ISO 19650 from a project management perspective

Preface

International standard ISO 19650, ‘Organization and digitization of information about buildings
and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM) – Information man-
agement using building information modelling’, has been published. It has two Parts – Part 1:
Concepts and principles and Part 2: Delivery phase of the assets. EFCA, as liaison organisa-
tion in the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) TC 442 , contributed to its devel-
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opment, helping to orient it for use in a BIM construction project – from the very beginning
through to final delivery.

The title of the standard refers to “information management using building information model-
ling” (BIM). Today, in Europe, most of the biggest projects are designed under a BIM process.
Being able to define a standardised process for information delivery means that it’s no longer
a time to convince others of why BIM has to be used, but rather of how, in order to make BIM
profitable for all stakeholders of a project in terms of quality and in terms of revenue.
Kevin Rudden
Engineers and consultants must be central to information management. We can consider the
President EFCA art of the engineer as being included in ‘information management’ in order to communicate
its added value to the construction works being delivered. This booklet can be regarded as
the voice of engineers, explaining the use of ISO 19650 to other partners in the construction
process.

The booklet has been developed in a collaborative way by the EFCA BIM Task Force, which
includes representatives of European associations of consulting engineers and takes into
account specificities of each country. It is oriented for the benefit of all, including small and
medium-sized enterprises. The appropriate implementation of ISO 19650 opens the road for
engineers to the revolution of the construction industry 4.0.
We hope this effort will be useful for all engineers and consultants, but also our partners in the
construction industry.

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