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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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BS EN ISO 23387:2020

Building information modelling (BIM) — Data templates for construction objects used in the life cycle of built assets Concepts and principles

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The Gemini Principles

Purpose: Must have clear purpose Public good Must be used to deliver genuine public benefit in perpetuity Value creation Must enable value creation and performance improvement Insight Must provide determinable

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ontology

An ontology is a set of rules that make it possible to link data on a semantic level. Means the unstructured, semi-structured data can be read and encoded by computers.

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class

description of a set of objects that share the same characteristics Note 1 to entry: The characteristics may be embodied by the use of properties, operations, methods, relations, semantics, etc.Note

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Jarek Wityk

client

actor (3.2.1) responsible for initiating a project and approving the brief [cited from ISO 19650-1:2018(en), 3.2.5] The UK BIM Alliance, responding to the inconsistency between the current guidance of CIC BIM Protocol,

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Dimensionality

A dimension of space, such as width, height, or length. can be zero-dimensional (location point), one-dimensional (e.g. line, curve, path), two-dimensional (e.g. surface, face), or three-dimensional (e.g. surface, face) (e.g.

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task team

The term, introduced by ISO 19650, describes a team of people working together on a specific task. task team might be an individual appointed party, and the appointed party might

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Handover

After the project is completed, the Appointing Party expects to receive Asset Information Model (AIM) compliant with the Exchange Information Requirements (EIR).   The aim is to support the life

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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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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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taxonomy

A system for naming and organizing a set of words or phrases, into groups that share similar qualities, used for organising information and primarily intended for browsing. In BIM contexts

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Risk management

Risk management provides an overview of using risk analysis as an organized method for identifying and measuring risks. How to effectively assemble and manage a project team and effectively assemble

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As-Built Model

Model(s) based on Fabrication Shop Model(s) and installed conditions.1 1 1 The Massachusetts Port Authority, 2015. BIM Guidelines for Vertical and Horizontal Construction.

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Jarek Wityk

Quality Control

Quality control indicates an operational activity within the process, while quality assurance focuses on constructing confidence that quality requirements will be met. Quality is incorporated into production and verified during

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process

set of interrelated or interacting activities that transforms inputs into outputs [SOURCE: ISO 9000:2005, definition 3.4.1 (without notes)] ISO 14040:2006(en), 3.11 It is a PAS1192 term replaced by term ‘workflow’ in ISO

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Fault

Acircuit condition in which current flows through an abnormal or unintended path. The fault current may flow from line to line (phase fault) or line to earth (earth fault).

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jet

extinguishing medium, usually water, leaving a nozzle as a continuous stream, water spray, or waterfog (mist) BS 4422 2005 Each of these methods has its own advantages and is chosen

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Z2

Z2 – That part of the earth fault loop impedance which comprises the impedance under earth fault conditions of the circuit protective conductor (cpc) of the circuit under consideration.

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BS EN ISO 41001:2018

Facility management Management systems Requirements with guidance for use ISO 41001 and the vocabulary published as ISO 41011 is a Facilities Management Standard developed by the International Organizational Standards (ISO)

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SHARED

All project Model Authors’ information for the use of the entire project team. The Federated Model Manager will combine all information for checking against the AIR. All team members should

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Digital Construction

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

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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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End Event

An end event denotes the point at which a process’s path will come to an end. End events can only result in a “throw” of a result.[1] Symbol 1]     Silver,

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Data Association

A data association is used to move data between data objects, properties, and activity and process inputs and outputs. The association connector style can be used to visually represent data

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Jarek Wityk

jet reaction

nozzle reactionforce acting in the opposite direction to the water stream leaving the nozzle BS 4422 2005 “Jet reaction,” also known as “nozzle reaction,” is a fundamental concept in fluid

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Parametric behaviour

The parametric behaviour of an object describes whether its shape, position, and orientation are designed to be dependent on other information associated with the object or the context in which

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Gateway (Exclusive)

[XOR] When splitting, directs the sequence flow to one of the outgoing branches. When merging, it waits for one incoming branch to finish before starting the outgoing flow.[1] Symbol   

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Project Information Standards

Project Information standards shall be covered within the BIM Execution Plan (BEP). Standards         In line with BIM Goals and Uses to ensure continuity that information containers are structured, coordinated, managed

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consensus

general agreement, characterized by the absence of sustained opposition to substantial issues by any important part of the concerned interests and by a process that involves seeking to take into

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Jarek Wityk

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

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Pre-contract BEP

On projects where ISO 19650 Framework has implemented a term, Pre-appointment BEP is used instead of the PAS 1192 term Pre-contract BEP. The meaning is the same, it communicates on

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Classification and Standardisation
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Complete information

adjective In Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC), complete information is information which includes all the necessary and typical parts or elements, lacking nothing. For the information to be deemed complete,

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Soil Thermal Resistivity

Relates to the ability of the soil, in which the cable is installed, to conduct heat energy away from the cable. The rating factor Cs is applied in cable sizing

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