Manage your project information by implementing ISO 19650

Who is this guide for?

This guide is for users who are new to the topic of ISO 19650 and would like guidance on how to implement it in their projects. In this paper, we will review the ISO 19650 family of standards, how it applies to building information modelling (BIM) and the common data environment (CDE), and how Autodesk tools can support your organisation with standards adoption.

Overview: ISO 19650

ISO 19650 is a new international BIM standards family that defines the collaborative processes for managing information over the whole lifecycle of a built asset using BIM.

Inefficiencies stemming from poor management of information and a lack of collaboration during architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry projects are well-documented. BIM standards such as the ISO 19650 series enable teams to minimise wasteful activities and increase predictability around cost and time.

The standards can help all AEC project teams to build a cohesive way to share, publish and review design and construction documentation to ensure that all parties have access to the right information at the right time.

ISO 19650 is being issued in six parts (see Figure 1), with ISO 19650-1 (Concepts and principles), ISO 19650-2 (Delivery phase of assets), ISO 19650-3 (Operational phase of assets), and ISO 19650-5 (Security- minded approach to information management) published, and ISO 19650-4 (Information exchange) and ISO 19650-6 (Health & safety use of BIM) not yet published.

The ISO 19650 standard provides guidance for storing and managing project data. This includes the use of “information containers” and a common data environment (CDE) to support ISO 19650 processes.

The six parts of ISO 19650

Organisation of information about construction – Information management using building information modelling

Concepts and principles
Delivery phase of assets
Operational phase of assets
Information exchange
Security-minded approach to information management
Health and safety

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Manage your project information by implementing ISO 19650

The six parts of ISO 19650

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