The Common Data Environment (CDE) Data Standard describes the information that is required for a building project and how it can be structured to facilitate sharing and collaboration among project team members.
An archive version of this information article has been created if the original is no longer accessible (Archive information from January 2024)
This document, published in 2019, was developed by Planbim along with a steering committee composed of 34 private, public, and academic organizations. It is based on international BIM regulations, standards, and protocols. The main focus of the document is the exchange of information during the project. Its target audiences are the public institutions that regulate, tender and/or mandate projects to other institutions, and the private companies rendering services in this context. Despite this standard being developed for public projects, it may also be used for private projects. The document is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
This guidance was issued in July 2019 by the UK BIM Alliance, BSI and CDDB as a complement to Information Management according to BS EN ISO 19650 – Guidance Part 1: Concepts, published in April 2019.
It aims to help UK businesses and public clients understand the processes indicated in ISO 19650, with a focus on the different parties and their team activities referred in the standard: the Appointing Party, Lead Appointed Party and Appointed Party; the Project Team, Delivery Team and Task Team.
The guidance explains the role of each party by summarising their activities and outputs at each stage of the construction project, for instance how to coordinate information requirements, delivery milestones and information standards. It covers how to establish the information protocol, the management of the common data environment, how the information should be shared, reviewed and eventually archived alongside the lessons learned to help with future projects.
It details how each party fits into a team and across teams, which documents need compiling, which resources need sourcing and/or mobilising, how information models are assessed for compliance and which party is in charge of, say, establishing the delivery team’s capability and capacity.
A summary provides an overview of the Information Management Process, divided in stages, from Assessment and Need through Tender, Appointment, Mobilization, Collaborative Production of information and Information Model Delivery to Project Close-out.
This guidance was compiled in April 2019 by the UK BIM Alliance, BSI and CDDB to help UK businesses and public clients understand the principles of building information modelling (BIM) according to BS EN ISO 19650 Parts 1 and 2.
The ISO 19650 standard is part of an ecosystem of national and international standards supporting information management processes, innovative technical solutions and good practice.
The guidance highlights how BIM can ensure significant improvements in delivery and performance efficiencies, while introducing digital ways of working in the built environment. It shows how benefits go beyond the construction stage into operations and maintenance, key to the vision of smarter cities. The adoption of BIM can improve whole-life economic, social and environmental value and promote human-centric design.
Information requirements and delivery are explained in practical terms, alongside technical, legal and contractual requirements.
Recommendations relevant to the UK are in the National Annex section, which describes the naming standard for information containers within a common data environment (CDE).
