Rob Jackson

Information management in construction compared to other industries is a relatively new subject one where we all have much to learn. Information is an important asset in its own right, yet we’re not recognizing that. Defining, planning, delivering & checking provides the golden thread & the feedback loop to reduce the performance gap at handover. Managing the information ecosystem on projects cuts down the waste, the risk & ultimately the chaos which leads to so many issues. Information is the building blocks of BIM, having a deeper understanding of it will enable us to manage its flow better, join up technology & give people what they need to carry out their work. It’s time to improve our digital literacy! This is the crux of the presentation & this presentation will cover: • The difference between information management, BIM & openBIM • The basics of information & how we break it down at a micro & project level • The foundations of information science – taxonomies, ontologies & knowledge graphs • Classification • Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) – the why, what, how & future • How we manage all this and why huge/multiple documents just won’t work This will provide the background for part 2 of our presentation where we take all this & put it into our Information Hub to actually deliver it on real-life projects.