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A set of contractual standards to govern commercial relationships on BIM projects has been launched by the Construction Industry Council (CIC).

The BIM Protocol, backed by government under its construction strategy, will provide clarity on firms鈥� rights and liabilities when working on BIM projects.

It also explicitly defines the role of 鈥榠nformation manager鈥� on a BIM project 鈥� the party that will lead in managing the flow of BIM information between parties.

The BIM Protocol鈥檚 contractual standards compliment the PAS 1192-2 suite of technical standards that was .

Simon Rawlinson, chair of the legal, contracts and insurance working group of the BIM Task Group and CIC executive board member told 黑洞社区 the protocol will 鈥済ive a sound commercial footing for the adoption of BIM in the UK.鈥�

He said the protocol can be incorporated into existing primary contracts such as JCTs with 鈥渙ne or two amendments鈥�.

He added the role of 鈥榠nformation manager鈥� was not about creating a 鈥渟tand alone role鈥� or 鈥渃reating an additional fee鈥�.

He said the role was 鈥渁bout the management of information flows rather than design鈥� and the holder of the role could change during the life of the project, for instance from design lead to contractor.

鈥淭his is about making it easier for employers to determine what they want,鈥� he said.

BIM is a process for designing a building or structure collaboratively by using one coherent system of computer models.

The Cabinet Office, through the government鈥檚 construction strategy, has mandated the use of BIM on all government projects by 2016.

The protocol is available to both public and private sector clients and is available on the .