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ISO 19650:2026: what the revision changes and who should careA revision of ISO 19650 typically tightens three seams the 2018 and 2020 parts already named — information need, CDE states, the AIM — rather than inventing a new religion. Read a draft against those published texts, not against a cover year.16 Jun 2026 · Learning · CDE · 14 min read
A walnut standards-library shelf: three unmarked cloth-bound volumes in grey, navy and olive occupying published bays, an empty reserved slot with a blank cream card in a brass holder, and a watcher's two-column notebook open on the reading ledge.
BEP, MIDP and TIDP: how the three documents fit togetherBEP is the method. MIDP is the master programme of deliverables. TIDP is each task team's slice. Copied from the last job and never opened, the three are stationery, not a delivery plan.14 Jan 2025 · Learning · CDE · 9 min read
Overhead view of three interlocking manila folders of different thicknesses labelled BEP, MIDP and TIDP in tape, stacked as one stepped block.
Thirty-one questions to ask a CDE vendor before you signA vendor-neutral buyer's checklist for a common data environment: states, suitability, the issued set, audit trail, export, offline use, permissions, and migration — thirty-one questions a document controller can take into a demonstration.17 Dec 2024 · Learning · CDE · 11 min read
A glass-walled conference table with thirty-one numbered index cards in a grid, one black pen, a blank navy NDA folder, water carafe and glasses, empty chairs, and a corridor beyond the glass — no construction view.
Suitability codes: the part of ISO 19650 almost everyone gets wrongA status code is a sentence about permitted use, not a badge in a filename. S0–S7 and the A codes, the 2018 and 2021 National Annex split, and the misuse patterns that turn a shop drawing into a construction drawing in a dispute.3 Dec 2024 · Learning · CDE · 12 min read
A document-control bench with a wooden rack of blank-faced rubber stamps, one open red ink pad, and a floor-plan print marked S? in red grease pencil.