Briefing: Can alliance contracts provide a delivery platform for greater collaboration with building information modelling?

Abstract

The management of digital information and use of building information modelling call for a collaborative working environment. The two published international information management standards in the BS EN ISO 19650 series emphasise the significance of mutual understanding, trust and participation, although the merits of collaboration are only sparingly contained within them. The new standards can therefore benefit from clearer procedures, applying the principles that promote the creation and adoption of a common vision, culture and behaviour by the team. The successful application of Framework Alliance Contract 1 in the UK and internationally, as a collaborative commercial model, has evidenced how it can respond to such a need by empowering the parties involved to set up and successfully maintain a collaborative working environment.