Last Friday, Paul Shillcock, one of the authors of the 19650 series of international BIM standards presented to a packed lecture theatre at NBS.
Most people in the room were familiar with ‘UK Level 2 BIM’. So Paul focused on some of the differences between the 1192 series of UK standards and how the team had worked with the international community to ensure a common process could be defined for BIM around the world.
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| Paul – presenting the 1192 to 19650 journey |
A nice summary was given at the end detailing how the 19650 series takes the ‘best bits’ from 1192, compromises with the international community and then allows each country to add a National Annex to reflect local practices.
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| Paul’s summary points |
The 19650 series can be purchased from the BSI website. Alternatively, those companies that subscribe to IHS Markit-NBS Construction Information Service can download the standards and transitional guidance from CIS:
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