BIM Guide Documentation Part 1: PAS 1192:2-2013

UK Government is very serious in the implementation and adoption of BIM, specifically BIM Level 2 by 2016. It can be seen through the creation of BIM Task Group and their accompanying standards, protocols and the most popular Feb 28 documents. One of these documents is PAS 1192:2. 

[copyright holder: British Standard Institution Limited 2013]

The heart and soul of PAS 1192-2 is the BS 1192-2007. But in this document, they give emphasis on the use of building information modelling in an asset lifecycle. Let me give you an overview of what is really inside the PAS 1192-2 and what to expect from this document through bullet points:

• PAS 1192-2 is derived from BS1192-2007
• a strategy created by the UK Government in response to reducing construction waste by 20-25%
• a strategy set to address public awareness of BIM Level 2 maturity
• talks about Information Management through the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in a project lifecycle of an asset.
• it also referenced some of the documents ( i will discuss this on the next post) like:

               1. CIC Scope of Services

               2. COBie- UK 2012

               3. CIC BIM Protocol

               4. Employer's Information Request (EIR)

• important figures inside PAS 1192-2:2013

               1. BIM Maturity Levels ,Figure 1. - a diagram illustrating BIM Levels of Maturity in UK BIM Strategy.

               2. Information Delivery Lifecycle ,Figure 2. - a diagram illustrating the exchange of information and management processes from the supply chain to the employer

               3. Supply Chain (Push) and Employer (Pull) ,Figure 7. - a detailed illustration of flow information from supply chain hierarchy to the employer and to answer plain language question 

               4. Roles and Responsibilities ,Figure 10. - a diagram showing the roles, responsibility and authority of an Information Manager and the Coordination Manager between the Design Lead and the Contractor

               5. Volume Strategy ,Figure 11. - only a quick illustration has been shown, but for a detailed explanation, the reader can reference to BS1192-2007

               6. Common Data Environment (CDE) ,Figure 15. - a diagram illustrating the flow of information inside the common repository agreed by the client and the rest of the supply chain

               7. Levels of Definition ,Figure 20. - a table with diagram and definition illustrating the BIM model level of detail with respect to plan of work or project stages

• outline the content of the BIM Execution Plan document
• outline the content of Employer's Information Request (EIR) document
• emphasised and explained file naming convention which also been referenced to BS1192
• new roles / responsibilities created:

               1. Information Manager

               2. Project Delivery Manager

               3. Coordination Manager

• important table in PAS1192 is the Status Code pertaining to file naming convention in Table 3

They said that PAS1192 is a standard documentation guide for delivering information in a project lifecycle using BIM, and a must standard to be followed. I have few questions regarding on this document:

               1. Who will initiate the creation of CDE? And at what project stage?

               2. Who will act as an Information Manager?

               3. There are new roles and responsibilities described in PAS 1192-2, but there is no clause mentioning about the Role of BIM Managers and BIM Coordinators which plays an integral part in creating standards, workflows and protocols of a certain company, how will this new BIM professional be part of the delivery of project information?

To download PAS1192-2:2013, click this link: PASS 1192-2:2013