The field ‘Role’ has been renamed ‘Discipline’ in the most recent edition of BS EN ISO-2 19650-2:2018 NA February 2021.
The previously used role codes, derived from BS 1192:2007, had conflicts associated with contractual statuses such as client, contractor, and subcontractor, or sometimes inappropriate use of occupation title such as architect. [1]
As a result, the list of standard codes has been revised with the goal of aligning disciplines with project activities; a comparison of changes is shown in Table 1.
| code | BS EN ISO 19650-2 2018 | BS EN ISO 19650-2 2018, NA 02/2021 |
| A | architect | architecture |
| B | building surveyor | building surveying |
| C | civil engineer | civil engineering |
| D | drainage, highways engineer | demolition/dismantling |
| E | electrical engineer | electrical engineering |
| F | facilities manager | facilities/asset management |
| G | geographical and land surveyor | ground engineering |
| H | heating and ventilation designer (deprecated) | highways and transport engineering |
| I | interior designer | Not used |
| K | client | Not used |
| L | landscape architect | landscape architecture |
| M | mechanical engineer | mechanical engineering |
| O | Not used | other discipline |
| P | public health engineer | public health engineering |
| Q | quantity surveyor | quantity surveying/cost consultancy |
| R | Not used | project management |
| S | structural engineer | structural engineering |
| T | town and country planner | town and country planning and building control |
| W | contractor | water engineering |
| X | subcontractor | non-discipline specific or not applicable |
| Y | specialist designer | topographical surveying |
| Z | general (non-disciplinary) | multiple disciplines |
[1] Boutle, A., Dodd, P., Dearlowe, J., Hooper, E., Ford, J., Rossiter, D., Tennyson, R., Thompson, N., Winfield, M., Zahiroddiny, S., 2021a. Guidance Part 2 Parties, teams and processes for the delivery phase of assets, 6th ed, UK BIM Framework. UK BIM Alliance.
