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.

For more information see: https://www.ukbimalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ISO_19650_Guidance_Part_2_Processes_for_Project_Delivery_ThirdEdition.pdf

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