
On Reimagining AEC, his own podcast, Dr Sepehr Abrishami asks where information management should sit inside an organisation's quality, risk and safety systems, and what changes when it sits there. A hypothetical design and build contractor, certified to two standards and missing a health and safety exchange milestone, carries the argument through the harmonised structure shared by ISO 9001 and ISO 45001, the common data environment as documented information control, accountability and competence for the information management function, information risk under ISO 31000, corrective action and the normative bridge from ISO 19650-6, and the choice between one system and many, with drafting, audit and the editions now changing.
Chapters
- 0:00 Opening: a missed milestone at Block A and a contractor with two certificates
- 3:50 One skeleton, three standards: the harmonised structure, certification and the editions in force
- 11:55 Documented information and the common data environment
- 17:25 Leadership, accountability, competence and the task team as an external provider
- 24:31 Risk applied to information under ISO 31000: framework, process and register
- 31:43 Incidents, corrective action and the bridge from ISO 19650-6 to ISO 45001 and ISO 31000
- 38:26 One system or many: integration, drafting, audit and staying current
- 44:56 Close
After listening, you should be able to:
- Place the commitments of a management system on the harmonised structure, clauses 4 to 10, distinguish the requirements standards ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 from the guidelines standard ISO 31000, and read a British Standard designation to separate its content, adoption and amendment years.
- Map the controls of a common data environment onto the documented information requirements of clause 7.5, and name the three places where the mapping breaks.
- Assign accountability for the information management function under clauses 4.4, 5.1 and 5.3 of ISO 9001 without inventing a role, and build the resourcing case from clauses 7.1.6, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 8.4.
- Apply the ISO 31000 process to information risks with criteria inherited from the organisation, justify a treatment, and distinguish a risk register from a risk management framework.
- Trace an information nonconformity and incident through clause 10.2 of ISO 45001 to a management system cause, and explain how ISO 19650-6 depends on ISO 31000 and ISO 45001 through undated normative references.
- Evaluate the options for locating information management in an organisation's systems, draft clauses that pass the four tests, turn them into audit criteria, and keep the edition register current.
References
British Standards Institution. (2018). BS ISO 31000:2018 Risk management. Guidelines. BSI.
British Standards Institution. (2018). BS EN ISO 19650-1:2018 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. BSI.
British Standards Institution. (2018). BS EN ISO 19650-2:2018 Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM). Information management using building information modelling. Part 2: Delivery phase of the assets (incorporating corrigendum February 2021, including UK National Annex). BSI.
British Standards Institution. (2020). BS EN ISO 19650-5:2020 Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM). Information management using building information modelling. Part 5: Security-minded approach to information management. BSI.
British Standards Institution. (2024). BS EN ISO 9001:2015+A1:2024 Quality management systems. Requirements. BSI. (Superseded by BS EN ISO 9001:2026 and to be withdrawn. Cited for the clause numbers used in the episode.)
British Standards Institution. (2024). BS EN ISO 45001:2023+A1:2024 Occupational health and safety management systems. Requirements with guidance for use. BSI.
British Standards Institution. (2025). BS EN ISO 19650-6:2025 Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM). Information management using building information modelling. Part 6: Health and safety information. BSI.
British Standards Institution. (2026). BS EN ISO 9001:2026 Quality management systems. Requirements. BSI.
British Standards Institution. (2026). BS EN ISO 19011:2026 Guidelines for auditing management systems. BSI.
British Standards Institution. (2026, September 16). BSI and ISO update world's most used quality standard for global trade [Press release]. https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/insights-and-media/media-centre/press-releases/2026/september/bsi-and-iso-update-worlds-most-used-quality-standard-for-global-trade/
British Standards Institution. (n.d.). ISO 45001 key changes and guidance. https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/products-and-services/standards-services/iso-45001-key-changes-and-guidance/
International Organization for Standardization. (2021). ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1: Consolidated ISO Supplement. Annex SL: Harmonized approach for management system standards. ISO.
International Organization for Standardization. (2023). ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Information technology. Artificial intelligence. Management system. ISO.
International Organization for Standardization. (2024). ISO 9001:2015/Amd 1:2024 Quality management systems. Requirements. Amendment 1: Climate action changes. ISO.
International Organization for Standardization. (2024). ISO 45001:2018/Amd 1:2024 Occupational health and safety management systems. Requirements with guidance for use. Amendment 1: Climate action changes. ISO.
International Organization for Standardization. (2024). ISO 55001:2024 Asset management. Asset management system. Requirements. ISO.
International Organization for Standardization. (2026). ISO/DIS 31000 Risk management. Guidelines (Draft International Standard, 3rd ed.). https://committee.iso.org/standard/88574.html
nima. (2025, May 30). New IMI Framework to extend UK BIM Framework. https://wearenima.im/new-imi-framework/
UK BIM Framework. (2021). Information management according to BS EN ISO 19650: Guidance Part A: The information management function and resources (Edition 2). UK BIM Framework.
Reimagining AEC is Dr Sepehr Abrishami's own podcast. For related subjects, hear The Common Data Environment: Process Before Platform, Health and Safety Information in ISO 19650 Part 6 and Roles and the Responsibility Matrix.
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