{"id":30081,"date":"2017-01-24T10:36:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T10:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=30081"},"modified":"2017-01-24T10:36:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T10:36:25","slug":"standardised-product-information-cleared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/standardised-product-information-cleared\/30081\/","title":{"rendered":"Standardised product information confusion cleared up by industry bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>BESA, CIBSE, and the CPA have come together to clear up mounting confusion surrounding the process of standardised product information<\/h2>\n<p>Confusion surrounding standardised product information has been tackled by three leading construction industry bodies.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.besa.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Building Engineering Services Association<\/a> (BESA), the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cibse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers<\/a> (CIBSE), and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionproducts.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Construction Products Association<\/a> (CPA) have joined forces to clear up confusion over LEXiCON\u00a0and BIMHawk. Many are unsure whether the two tools compete or complement each other.<\/p>\n<h3>Tools<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/standardised-product-data-bimhawk\/29945\" target=\"_blank\">BIMHawk<\/a>, which was developed by CIBSE, is a project that collects standardised product data templates (PDT). These allow manufacturers to demonstrate features and describe the properties of a product using standard parameters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/lexicon-decoding-built-environment\/27944\" target=\"_blank\">LEXiCON<\/a> was developed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/cobuilder-construction-products-association-enter-partnership\/28937\" target=\"_blank\">CPA<\/a> with the support of the BIM Task Group and UK BIM Alliance. This defines and records parameter names in a standardised way. It is publishes information using a single source of terms.<\/p>\n<h3>Collaboration<\/h3>\n<p>Now, the organisations have revealed they will work together and have agreed on the roles of the two tools in developing standardised product data parameters and structures.<\/p>\n<p>Aligning with the Lexicon methodology will ensure PDTs feed seamlessly into the delivery process. This methodology will then support the BuildingSmart Data Dictionary, which is being developed by BuildingSMART International in association with ISO.<\/p>\n<p>CIBSE will further develop parameters for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing product data as a \u201csenior relevant authority\u201d for Leixcon.<\/p>\n<p>David Frise, Head of Sustainability, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/planning-regulations-tick-box-mentality\/29465\" target=\"_blank\">BESA<\/a> said: \u201cThis is just what the industry has been waiting for. It is more than six months since the passing of the government\u2019s deadline for BIM to be mandatory on public sector projects and we need to urgently drive forward the process for gathering and transmitting project relevant data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration is, therefore, just what we need to move the whole process on to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Advantages<\/h3>\n<p>The agreement, the CIBSE said, would \u201cfurther extend co-ordination and collaboration across the sector\u201d while ensuring \u201cwhat is being defined contributes to a useful, practical process, and that the PDTs deliver tangible benefits from digital information exchange\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement between the three bodies brings \u201cundeniable advantages for manufacturers, contractors and designers as well as the sector\u2019s clients\u201d by providing consistent and trustworthy product data.<\/p>\n<p>A joint statement said: \u201cAs the generation of parameters is done in an organised and structured way and the parameters are all peer reviewed, we can be sure that the information asked for is of value to one or more members of the supply chain and that extraneous data is removed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BESA, CIBSE, and the CPA have come together to clear up mounting confusion surrounding the process of standardised product information and its use in BIM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[305],"tags":[712,428,576,710,606,585],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172419],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bim-news","7":"tag-besa","8":"tag-bim","9":"tag-bim-software","10":"tag-cibse","11":"tag-lexicon","12":"tag-cpa","13":"stakeholder_rel_tag-construction-products-association"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Standardised product information confusion cleared up by industry bodies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BESA, CIBSE, and the CPA have come together to clear up mounting confusion surrounding the process of standardised product information\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/standardised-product-information-cleared\/30081\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Standardised product information confusion cleared up by industry bodies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BESA, CIBSE, and the CPA have come together to clear up mounting confusion surrounding the process of standardised product information\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/standardised-product-information-cleared\/30081\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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