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23 June 2026
The IMI Framework has been expanded to include insights on health and safety information management as set out in ISO 19650-6.
19650 Part 6 is the final part of the information management standards suite. It was published in January 2025, superseding PAS 1192-6.
Guidance co-editor Professor Sarah Davidson said: “Guidance 6 is relevant to anyone involved in health and safety risk management within the built environment. It explores the responsibilities and activities of different parties involved in construction, operational and maintenance projects.
“Users of ISO 19650-6 may come from a broad spectrum of people, including those with the CDM roles of client, principal designer, designer, principal contractor and contractor or asset and facilities managers, maintenance teams or contractors, and those with responsibility for using the asset as a workplace.
“The guidance has been authored in collaboration with members of the technical committee responsible for the content of ISO 19650-6, including Nick Nisbet. Its development has also been supported by the BIM4H&S group.
“ISO 19650-6 also includes a data schema to capture risk, incident and treatment information. Guidance 6 explains how this risk schema can be developed in a project or operational context.
“Implementation of ISO 19650-6 will also support organisations in meeting their duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and secondary legislation such as the CDM regulations.
“Providing the ‘right information’ to the ‘right person’ at the ‘right time’ is an important part of health and safety risk management. ISO 19650-6 sets out how to share and deliver this health and safety information, and Guidance 6 provides insight into how to put this into practice.”
Guidance co-editor David Churcher added: “19650 Part 6 extends the information management process in Parts 2 and 3 to support the need to share health and safety information as widely as possible throughout project and asset teams, and also to use it to learn general lessons within organisations, sectors and the industry as a whole. This is reflected in Guidance 6.”
Nima revealed that the framework’s core guidance elements have been viewed more than 433,000 times in the past two years.
Meanwhile, the industry still has a fortnight to provide feedback on the draft revisions to 19650-3.
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