Appointing party

Information management according to BS EN ISO 19650, Guidance Part 2: Processes for Project Delivery (third edition), published by the UK BIM Alliance, the Centre for Digital Built Britain and the British Standards Institute in January 2020, suggest that:

‘If you are a client or are managing information on behalf of a client this means that you are fulfilling the role of the ‘Appointing Party’ – you are effectively the party ‘owning’ the appointment/project in the context of the ISO 19650 series. As appointing party you are a member of the Project Team.’

It suggests that this role involves:

Establishing the project’s information requirements, information delivery milestones and information standards.
Identifying specific procedures for the production of information including its generation, delivery and secure management.
Identifying existing information and/or resources that are relevant to the delivery teams appointed to the project.
Establishing the project’s information protocol for incorporation into all project appointments.
Establishing a common data environment (CDE) to support the project and the collaborative production of information.
Perhaps appointing a third party to host, manage or support the CDE.
Establishing information requirements for each package.
Reviewing each delivery team’s information model against the information requirements and accepting or rejecting as appropriate.
Archiving the information containers.
Capturing the lessons learned with each lead appointed party.