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Conditions of Satisfaction
An explicit description by a Customer of all the actual requirements that must be satisfied by the Performer in order for the Customer to feel that he or she received

change strategy
Concept of change strategy involves identifying objectives, formulating intervention concepts for change, forming and defining success parameters, and implementing strategies. This includes testing the effectiveness of the changes and their
Built Environment
All forms of buildings (residential, industrial, commercial, hospitals, schools), all economic infrastructure (above and below ground) and the urban space and landscape between and around buildings and infrastructure3, as well
Last Planner®
The person or group that makes assignments to direct workers. Project Architect and ‘discipline lead’ are common names for last planners in design processes. ‘Superintendent’ or ‘foremen’ are common names
BS EN ISO 16757-2:2016
Data structures for electronic product catalogues for building services—Part 2: Geometry
NWC
NWC is a cache file. “When you open a CAD file in Navisworks, by default, a corresponding cache file (NWC) is created, which contains all of the conversion details required

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
BIM STRATEGY
a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim. Definitions from Oxford Languages Required to define and understand what your company is trying to achieve with BIM.
Delivery team
In ISO 19650 the Delivery team term replaces the term ‘ Project Delivery team’ the meaning meant to remain the same, but the change puts the client (Appointing Party) outside

The Museum of the Future
Introduction The idea to connect 3D CAD models with construction programs (4th Dimension) was formulated in 1986-87 when Bechtel collaborated with Hitachi Ltd to develop the 4D visual model[1] The
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 A Model term used in PAS 1192 specification has been replaced by term ‘Information

BS EN ISO 19650-2 UK National Annex (NA) 2021 status and use reference table
Status Code Used For Action by Information State (at any project stage): Work in progress (WIP) S0 Information developed within a task team [C], [B]* Information State (at any project
Gateway (Parallel)
[And] When used to split the sequence flow, all outgoing branches are activated at the same time. When parallel branches are merged, it waits for all incoming branches to complete
framework
structure of processes and specifications designed to support the accomplishment of a specific task[ISO/IEEE 11073-10201:2004, definition 3.22] PD ISO/TS 12911:2012
BS EN ISO 16739-1:2020
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) for data sharing in the construction and facility management industries Part 1: Data schema
Ambient temperature rating factor (Ca)
Ambient temperature rating factor used for calculating theminimum required cable size. For cables installed in air, values for this factor are given in BS7671:2018 Table4B1.For ground installations, values are given
Asset Information Requirements (AIR)
Term introduced by ISO 19650 set of standards is related to information required during the operation phase of an asset AIR define managerial, commercial and technical aspects of information production,
Tier 2
In the construction industry, Tier 2 is a Contractor referred in ISO 19650 as the Appointed party with a sub-contract who provide goods or services directly to the Lead Appointed
Point of Adoption
a moment in time where an organisation’s readiness, change into organisational capability/maturity Macro-BIM adoption: Conceptual structures Bilal Succar Mohamad Kassem Tweet The Point of Adoption (PoA) is not to be

single source of truth
In AEC industry with reference to information systems management, the single source of truth refers to Common Data Environment (CDE) The single source of truth is a method of structuring
BS ISO 44002:2019
Collaborative business relationship management systems Guidelines on the implementation of ISO 44001
Asset Information Model (AIM)
The Asset Information Model or AIM is a term used to define the set of information gathered from all sources that support the continuing management of an asset

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
Sequence Flow (Normal or Uncontrolled)
A sequence flow is used to show the order in which activities in a process or choreography will be performed.[1] Symbol 1] Silver, B. (2009). BPMN Method and Style: A
Distribution board
An assembly containing protective devices associated with one or more outgoing circuits fed from an incoming circuit. In the ProDesign software,a distribution board (DB) may be single-phase or three-phase,and can
BS 8541-3:2012
Library objects for architecture, engineering and construction Part 3: Shape and measurement – Code of practice Note: ISO 22014 and ISO 22057 are under development tosupersede BS 8541, parts 1-6.
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Organisational maturity
a measure of an organisation’s readiness and capability expressed through its people, workflows, information, technologies and the reliable measurement procedures that are in place [source: Understanding Organizational Maturity
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
RIBA Plan Of Work 2020 0 – Strategic Definition is about determining the best means of achieving the client’s requirements. An open mind is required because a building might not
reference document
publication that is consulted to find specific information, particularly in a technical or scientific domain EXAMPLE See EN 771-1:2011+A1: 2015.Note 1 to entry: A reference document can be associated with
BS EN ISO 19650-3:2020
Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM) – Information management using building information modelling Part 3: Operational phase of the assets
data dictionary
centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage and formatNote 1 to entry: The definition is from IBM Dictionary of Computing BS EN
risk appetite
amount and type of risk that an organization is willing to pursue or retain [cited from ISO 19650-5:2020(en), 3.5]
Look Ahead Plan
A short interval plan, based on the pull/phase plan, that identifies all the activities to be performed in the next 6 (or other) weeks. The 6W Look-Ahead Schedule (LAS) is
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
BS EN ISO 12006-2:2020
Building construction – Organization of information about construction works Part 2: Framework for classification
Waste
The opposite of value. There are eight basic types of waste: motion waiting transportation of goods over-processing under utilization overproduction inventory defects [1] [1] The Massachusetts Port Authority, 2015. BIM
Construction Products Regulation (CPR)
Construction Products Regulation (CPR) https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/construction/product-regulation_en#:~:text=The%20Construction%20Products%20Regulation%20(CPR,the%20performance%20of%20construction%20products.
plan of work
It is a project-specific “digitally checkable” framework set-up to ensure that the deliverables of all contributors are identified and appropriate to the decisions required at each work stage. The plan
Risk Register
means a risk register containing the risks associated with the timely delivery of information as may be identified in the Information Particulars and/or provided in accordance with the Information Standard.
macro diffusion dynamics
adoption model which identifies three diffusion dynamics top-down, bottom-up and middle-out Macro-Diffusion Dynamics model v1.1 (full size, current version). Macro-BIM adoption: Conceptual structures http://bit.ly/BIMPaperA8
attribute
Depending on the technology discussed, the term attribute can be treated as equivalent to a property or as a set of attributes, such as the number of elements in a

information delivery milestone
scheduled event for a predefined information exchange [cited from ISO 19650-2:2018(en), 3.1.3.2] Milestones act as signposts through the course of a project. An information delivery milestone is a point in

Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Station
Dynamos, Boilers, and the Costly Copper of Edison’s 1882 Pearl Street Station On September 4, 1882, Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Station in New York City became the world’s first commercial
Last Planner System®
The collaborative, commitment-based planning system that integrates “should-canwill-did planning” (pull planning, make-ready look-ahead planning with constraint analysis, weekly work planning based upon reliable promises, and learning based upon analysis of
digital built environment
The terminology such as digital built environment and smart asset management, often referred to as Digital Construction, encompasses multiple technologies and processes related to information or project management and the
Existing Conditions Modeling
A process of developing a 3D model of the existing conditions for an asset, or a specific area within a facility.The model can be developed based on laser scanning surveys

BS ISO 8000-2:2020
Data quality Part 2: Vocabulary ISO 8000 is an emerging technology standard for organizations that want to improve business processes and control operating costs throughout the product life cycle from
Intermediate Event (Message/Catching)
A message intermediate event can be used to both send and receive messages. When used to “catch” the message, the event marker must be left empty. If the process was
expert
person who, through knowledge or experience, has competence to give an opinion in the fields about which he/she is consulted[SOURCE: ISO 13302:2003, 3.10, modified — The domain “” has been








