The Owner may know what information is needed. But who makes sure the project delivers it? This is where Exchange Information Requirements (EIR) become critical.

The right asset information gives Owners and Infrastructure Authorities the confidence to make better operational, maintenance and investment decisions.

Facilities Management is often viewed as something that begins when a building is completed. The construction team finishes the project. The keys are handed over. The Facilities Management team takes responsibility. Maintenance requests begin arriving. But by then, many of the decisions that determine the facility's operational performance have already been made.

When Asset Owners do not clearly specify the information they need, consultants and contractors are left to interpret those requirements for themselves. The consequences may not become apparent until years later. By then, the project team has moved on, but the Asset Owner and Facilities Management team are left to deal with the consequences.

The Ribbon-Cutting Moment The commissioning ceremony is a milestone worth celebrating. Years of planning, design, procurement, and construction have produced kilometres of new or rehabilitated road - a tangible result that communities and authorities can see and use. But behind the ceremony, a less visible transition is taking place: the point at which responsibility for the asset shifts from the project team to the operations and maintenance organisation. That handover is wh

OpenBIM—the use of open, non-proprietary standards for Building Information Modelling—is rapidly emerging as the solution to these challenges.