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Distributed Ledger Technology

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is an encrypted and distributed database that serves as a register for storing records of transactions. At the core of DLT is a data model that

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Project setup

During project setup phase It is essential to establish and analyse a timeline that guides the entire team in delivering the project on time. Thus the prospective Lead Appointed Party

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Project Information Manager

Responsible for extraction, review, coordination and reporting of data within the native and federated models as well as associated project databases throughout the project stages to ensure client and BEP

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top management

person or group of people who directs and controls an organization at the highest level [cited from ISO 19650-5:2020(en), 3.14]

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Specialist BIM Manager / Coordinator

The Specialist BIM Coordinator duties will reflect those for the Project BIM Coordinator but will be specific for discipline or trade-specific models and data deliverables. Responsible for checking, reviewing and

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facility

physical structure (asset) or installation, including related site, works, serving one or more main purposeNOTE: Typically, a facility will require management over part or all of its life cycle. The

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Information Delivery Manual (IDM)

information delivery manual (IDM) Documentation that captures the business process and specifies in detail the information that a user performing a particular role is required to provide at a particular

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Commissioning

A building has successfully gone through the commissioning process when its equipment and systems have been examined and tested to perform as designed, and its operators have been trained to

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Activity

An identifiable chunk of work with recognized prerequisites to begin and a recognized State of Completion – or Conditions of Satisfaction. Another way to look at an activity – establish

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Subject to Simultaneous Overload

Where circuits are grouped, there are two availablemethods of calculating the rating factor Cg to be applied: [BS7671:2018,Appendix 4,5.1.2:Equation 2] [BS7671:2018,Appendix 4,5.1.2:Equation 3,4]

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How To
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HVO Fuel

Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) is a renewable, diesel-type fuel made from vegetable oils and fats instead of crude oil​.

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ubiquitous access

The modern era of IT has turned to ubiquitous access to all organizations and users. The vision is  to provide one “universal access,” i.e. access to all IT services, regardless

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Appointed party

The appointed party term introduced in BS EN ISO 19650 it is meant to replace PAS 1192 term ‘Supplier’ Typically it means Tier 2 and below Contractors Who can become

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Dictionary
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Information Interoperability

Information overload What makes construction management so challenging is the sheer amount of information available, the volume of the data means that we are often not able to extract or

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Federated Information Model

Computer science and IT In the fields of computer science and information technology, a federated information model refers to a structure where data is stored across multiple independent systems but can

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Common Data Environment (CDE)
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CDE area

ELI5-S1: BIM Basics E5: CDE areas and states Area and section imply moving information from one place to another. This is not necessary in a CDE. It is the state

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Spacial Asset

A spacial asset can be defined as a specific location such as a zone, boundary, area, floor or room with a known location and extents.For most businesses, spacial assets usually

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Code of Conduct

Set of principles to be followed by people involved in ISO work, e.g. working within an international framework, upholding consensus, being ethical. https://www.iso.org/glossary.html

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National Annex (NA)

With reference to BS EN ISO 19650 Framework, the working group could not conclude on international codification and standardised conventions. Hence Paul Shillcock and David Churcher, the lead authors, came

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Design Web Format

Design Web Format (DWF), created by Autodesk. DWF is a compressed, non-editable, vector file format created by CAD and BIM applications. A DWF file can represent sheets for plotting purposes

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buildingSMART Data Dictionary

PD 19650‑0:2019 In short, the BuildingSMART Data Dictionary is a library for everything to do with the building. NumberName is an int key and string value that can be stored

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Data Object

Data objects provide information about the activities that must be performed and/or the results that they produce. Elements of data objects must be contained within process or sub-process elements. Data

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Dictionary
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BS EN ISO 31000:2018

Risk management guidelines ISO 31000 is an international standard first published in 2009, the current version published in 2018. The standard contains principles and guidelines for effective risk management. It

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Basic protection

Protection against electric shock under fault-free conditions;use of barriers,placing out of reach,and so forth.

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Model

An electronic, three-dimensional representation of built asset or facility elements with associated intelligentattribute data (“Facility Data”). A Model term used in PAS 1192 specification has been replaced by term ‘Information

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Project BIM Coordinator

Responsible, during the design stages, for executing, managing and running clash detection of the federated Project Information Model (PIM), and federating and QA reviewing the Asset Information Model (AIM) for

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Text Annotation

Text annotations are a way for a modeller to provide additional information to a BPMN diagram reader. The text annotation object can be associated with a specific object on the

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Stage 2 Maturity

BIM at Maturity Stage 2 according to the ISO 19650 Framework is “the use of a shared digital representation of a built asset to facilitate design, construction and operation workflows

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Plain Language Questions (PLQ)

The publication of ISO 19650 set of standards replaces use of PLQ and instead introduce the term with exchange information requirements (EIR) and project information requirements (PIR). Project information requirements

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Responsibility matrix

a chart that describes the participation by various functions in completing tasks or deliverables [cited from ISO 19650-1:2018(en), 3.1.1] Responsibility matrix shall be developed to cover information management activities and

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Clash Detection

Clash detection, coordination analysis and data checks shall be carried out by the BIM Coordinators against the latest shared models. The workflows involve a combination of visual and automated checks

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diffusion

a process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system E.M. Rogers, Diffusion of Innovations, Free Press, New York, 1995.

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suitability

degree to which a product, system or information provides functions that meet stated and implied needs when used under specified conditions [cited from: ISO/IEC 25010:2011(en), 4.2.1, added word ‘information’] appropriateness

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Globally Unique Identifier (GUID)

globally unique identifier (GUID) its a unique object identifier that guarantees its uniqueness throughout its entire life unique, the identifier is usually generated using an algorithm a unique identifier generated

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Instructions
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LTF_Lighting-Fixture Ring

Create unlimited lighting variations with parametric control.
The PD_LTF_Lighting-Fixture_Luminaire-Ring Family is a powerful, fully parametric Revit family that allows users to create limitless lighting fixture configurations.

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Tier 3

In the construction industry, Tier 3 is a sub-contractor referred in ISO 19650 as the Appointed party and Task Team, with a sub-contract who provides goods or services directly to

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Final Circuit

A circuit connected directly to current-using equipment, or to a socket-outlets or other outlet points for the connection of such equipment.

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Model Upload Workflow

3D models shall be synchronized with the central cloud model after daily work is done to ensure the rest of the project team are coordinating with the latest information. All

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UML diagram

provides the data structure for data templates using objects, collections and relationships between them. The multiplicities in the UML diagram specify the range of allowablecardinality values, giving a specification of

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information

reinterpretable representation of data in a formalized manner suitable for communication, interpretation or processing [cited from ISO 19650-1:2018(en), 3.3.1]

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Value

What the customer wants from the process, and will pay for. [1] [1] The Massachusetts Port Authority, 2015. BIM Guidelines for Vertical and Horizontal Construction.

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