ISO 19650-1:2018

Overview

ISO 19650-1:2018 defines the concepts and principles for information management using Building Information Modelling (BIM) across the full life cycle of built assets. It provides a recommended framework for exchanging, recording, versioning and organising digital information so that project and asset teams can collaborate efficiently. The standard is applicable to buildings, civil engineering works and infrastructure at any scale, from strategic planning and design through construction, operation, maintenance, refurbishment and end‑of‑life.

Keywords: ISO 19650-1, BIM, information management, built assets, asset life cycle, common data environment

Key Topics

• Information management concepts: Principles to support consistent production and use of asset and project information models (AIM, PIM).
• Information requirements: Definitions and roles of Organizational Information Requirements (OIR), Asset Information Requirements (AIR), Project Information Requirements (PIR) and Exchange Information Requirements (EIR).
• Information delivery cycle: Planning, verification and validation of information through project stages aligned with the asset life cycle.
• Collaborative working: Use of a Common Data Environment (CDE) with states (work-in-progress, shared, published, archived) and review/approval workflows.
• Information containers & federation: Strategies and breakdown structures for grouping and federating information from multiple sources.
• Roles & capabilities: Guidance on delivery team capability, capacity review and responsibilities for information delivery.
• Quality and levels of information need: Principles for information quality, level of detail/definition and consistent handover.

Keywords: asset information model, project information model, common data environment, exchange information requirements, information delivery planning

Applications

ISO 19650-1 is used to:

• Establish a consistent BIM-based information management framework for projects and asset management.
• Define and flow information requirements from asset owners/clients down supply chains.
• Plan and verify information deliverables during procurement, design, construction and operation.
• Improve interoperability, reduce rework and manage risk related to information loss or misinterpretation.

Typical users:

• Asset owners/operators, clients and facility managers
• Architects, engineers and design consultants
• Contractors, sub‑contractors and specialist suppliers
• BIM managers, information managers and project managers
• Public authorities, investors and insurers

Keywords: BIM standards, information delivery, facilities management, construction project management

Related Standards

• ISO 19650 series (further parts, including ISO 19650-2 for delivery phase requirements)
• ISO 55000 (asset management-useful for aligning asset information requirements)
• ISO 9001 (quality management-supports systematic approaches to information quality)

Adopting ISO 19650-1 helps organisations implement scalable, proportionate BIM information management that supports better decision-making, lifecycle cost control and collaborative delivery.