BS EN ISO 19650-4:2022

What is BS EN ISO 19650-4 – Information exchange about?

Fourth in the international series of BIM standards, BS EN ISO 19650-4:2022 complements Parts 1, 2, 3 and 5 by setting out an explicit process, with criteria, for individual information exchanges. This ensures that the benefits of collaborative BIM and of “open” forms and conventions are realized, and that buildings, infrastructure and the environment reap the benefits.

Who is BS EN ISO 19650-4 – Information exchange for?

BS EN ISO 19650-4 applies to built assets of all sizes and levels of complexity including portfolios of buildings, campuses, infrastructure networks, individual buildings and pieces of infrastructure. Users will typically be:

• BIM modellers
• BIM coordinators
• BIM managers
• BIM specialists
• BIM technicians
• Asset managers
• Facilities managers

What does BS EN ISO 19650-4 – Information exchange cover?

To ensure the quality of the resulting project or asset information model, BS EN ISO 19650-4 provides a detailed process and criteria for the decision points when executing an information exchange as defined in the BS EN ISO 19650 series.

It details implementation of the concepts in BS EN ISO 19650-1 and applies to any information exchange within the delivery stages covered by BS EN ISO 19650-2 and operational events covered by BS EN ISO 19650-3.

BS EN ISO 19650-4 also promotes a proportional and sustainable approach to information exchange where the immediate delivery of information does not limit its future use.

Why should you use BS EN ISO 19650-4 – Information exchange?

• It provides a global common information exchange process and criteria that can be applied to the broadest range of assets
• It enables effective and efficient production, use, management and exchange of information during the operational and end of life phases of assets where BIM is used, thus reducing guesswork and rework, and supporting asset owners and operators in the achievement of their business objectives
• It will be familiar to UK users since it’s based on BS 1192:2014 raised to an international level and broadened to encourage more effective collaboration on global projects
• It enables conformance to the UK Government’s Information Management Mandate
• It encourages its requirements to be applied in a way that’s proportionate and appropriate to the scale and complexity of the asset
• It helps secure the benefits of collaborative and interoperable BIM, and “open” schemas, data formats and conventions, while defining when alternatives may be appropriate
• It can increase confidence in built assets during the operational phase
• It can strengthen built asset risk management during the operational and end of life phases