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The day-one-operable building: what it takesA building is operable on day one when operations can query the AIM — tags, O and M, isolation points and the issued set — before the keys move, not after a year of reconstruction.28 Apr 2026 · Industry · Handover · 12 min read
In a finished plant room at dawn, overhead lights already on, a facilities supervisor in a navy fleece confirms a brass isolation valve tagged with a chained metal plate while an O and M manual lies open to a filter-and-valve cutaway on a stainless trolley beside the air-handling unit; building keys sit on the trolley, lettering on the tag and page unreadable.
From PIM to AIM: the transition nobody ownsDelivery builds a project information model. Operations need an asset information model. Nobody is appointed to make the cut, so the operator inherits a vacuum and invents a third register.24 Feb 2026 · Industry · Handover · 11 min read
Empty municipal stadium corridor: two runners several metres apart, navy bib PIM and grey bib AIM, a wooden relay baton lying on the concrete between them; fluorescent lights and a distant fire door, no desk.