BS 1192:2007+A2:2016

This standard establishes the methodology for managing the production, distribution and quality of construction information, including that generated by CAD systems, using a disciplined process for collaboration and a specified naming policy.

It is applicable to all parties involved in the preparation and use of information throughout the design, construction, operation and deconstruction throughout the project lifecycle and the supply chain.

The principles for information sharing and common modelling are equally applicable to building and civil projects.

This standard is also a guide for developers of software applications to enable them to support its implementation through the provision of configuration files or application add-ons.

NOTE 1 The standard is an alternative where the formal meta-data recommendations as provided in BS EN 82045‑2 and ISO 82045‑5 cannot be used because of the absence of a compliant and common document repository within an organization or project team.

NOTE 2 This standard does not give guidance on the use of different data exchange file formats, the exchange of non-graphic data, structuring nor the exchange of data held as object classes and their instances nor the data structuring appropriate to specialist engineering analyses, nor the definition and use of data held as instance parameters.