11. Government Soft Landings (GSL)
A UK government-initiated handover protocol to champion better outcomes for built assets during the design and construction stages. Its objective is to reduce costs (capital and running) and improve performance of asset delivery and operation, and can be assisted through the use of a Building Information Model. Two notable features are that:
- BIM is intended to be used increasingly as a data management tool to streamline the briefing process
- Post Occupancy Evaluation is carried out, to measure and optimise performance of the asset, and learn lessons for the future.
12. Industry Foundation Class (IFC)
IFC is an object-based format, to enable exchange of information between different software. Developed by ‘buildingSMART’, a global alliance specialising in open standards for BIM, IFC is an official standard, BS ISO 16739, and contains geometric as well as other data.
