
On Reimagining AEC, his own podcast, Dr Sepehr Abrishami asks which organisation has failed when an information management task on a project goes undone, and how anyone could prove it in writing. A hypothetical council building a community hub, whose consultant's delegated scope stops at appointment, carries the argument through the four parties and the single information management function of ISO 19650, the principle at clause 7.1 of Part 1 that roles are not job titles, a reading of a project team appointment by appointment, the two matrices that share one name, a populated assignment matrix built from the clause text of ISO 19650-2, and a four-move written defence of a contested allocation.
Chapters
- 0:00 Opening: the information model nobody was appointed to accept
- 2:48 Four parties and one function: parties, teams, delegation and accountability
- 7:13 Roles are not job titles: clause 7.1 of Part 1 and a typical roles guide
- 11:36 Reading the team against the standard: the appointment map and three defects
- 15:52 One name, two matrices: Annex A and the responsibility matrix for information deliverables
- 19:48 Populating the empty matrix: the two rules, the Ferrybank allocation and the arguable row
- 26:19 Defending the boundary: the four moves, false defences and a forward look
- 30:07 Close
After listening, you should be able to:
- Distinguish the appointing party, lead appointed party, appointed party and third party from the project, delivery and task teams, name an organisation's role once for each appointment it holds, and explain why responsibility can be delegated under clauses 5.1.1 and 5.3.1 of ISO 19650-2 while accountability cannot.
- Apply clause 7.1 of ISO 19650-1 to separate job titles from functions, and identify the three faults in a roles document that uses job titles as party columns or attributes named roles to the standard.
- Map a project team by its appointments rather than its organisation chart, find a title that spans two roles, a title that misdescribes the work and a duty with no owner, and write each finding by clause and accountable party.
- Distinguish the informative assignment matrix in Annex A of ISO 19650-2 from the required responsibility matrix for information deliverables at clauses 5.3.2, 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, and describe a tender commitment to either without overclaiming.
- Populate an assignment matrix from clause text, fixing the accountable entry from the party each clause names and the responsible, consulted and informed entries from the project's appointments, including a delegation shown through the third party column.
- Defend a contested allocation, such as the common data environment row at clause 5.1.7, in four moves, and recognise statements that are offered as defences but are not.
References
British Standards Institution. (2013). PAS 1192-2:2013 Specification for information management for the capital/delivery phase of construction projects using building information modelling. BSI. (Withdrawn, cited as history.)
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. (2019). PD 19650-0:2019 Transition guidance to BS EN ISO 19650 (incorporating corrigendum No. 1). BSI. (Withdrawn, cited as history.)
nima. (2025, May 30). New IMI Framework to extend UK BIM Framework. https://wearenima.im/new-imi-framework/
nima. (2026, February 25). Proposed changes to ISO 19650 outlined in BSI/nima webinar. https://wearenima.im/proposed-changes-to-iso-19650-outlined-in-bsi-nima-webinar/
Royal Institute of British Architects. (2020). RIBA plan of work 2020 overview. RIBA.
UK BIM Framework. (2019). Information management according to BS EN ISO 19650: Guidance Part 1: Concepts (Edition 2). UK BIM 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 Information Management in ISO 19650 Part 1: Concepts and Principles and The Delivery Phase in ISO 19650 Part 2.
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