CONTRACTOR SYSTEMSINDEX

The operating record for construction systems and project controls.

Authority library

Standards and contract-practice record

Each record preserves the issuing authority, jurisdiction, instrument or authority type, legal or operating status, version and application dates, affected audience, workflow mapping, source link, and interpretation boundary.

Organizations managing information over built-asset lifecycles · International information-management standard

ISO 19650-1:2018

ISO 19650-1 establishes concepts and principles for information management using building information modelling over the asset lifecycle.

Published international standard; confirmed currentInternational Organization for Standardization

Organizations managing information during project delivery · International delivery-phase information standard

ISO 19650-2:2018

ISO 19650-2 specifies information-management requirements for the delivery phase of assets using BIM.

Published international standard; confirmed currentInternational Organization for Standardization

Organizations exchanging structured building and infrastructure data · International built-environment data standard

ISO 16739-1:2024

ISO 16739-1 specifies the IFC data schema and exchange structure for construction and facility-management information.

Published international standardInternational Organization for Standardization

Organizations undertaking projects of any type · International project-management guidance

ISO 21502:2020

ISO 21502 provides guidance on project-management concepts and practices across organizational settings and delivery approaches.

Published international standardInternational Organization for Standardization

Covered U.S. construction employers and work · U.S. federal occupational-safety regulation

OSHA construction standards

29 CFR Part 1926 contains federal safety and health requirements for covered construction work.

Current federal regulationU.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Government programs and other organizations applying the guide · U.S. government best-practice guide

GAO Schedule Assessment Guide

The GAO guide presents ten best practices for developing and maintaining reliable project schedules.

Published government guidanceU.S. Government Accountability Office

Government programs and other organizations applying the guide · U.S. government best-practice guide

GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide

The GAO guide describes best practices for developing credible cost estimates and managing cost through program lifecycles.

Published government guidanceU.S. Government Accountability Office

Cost engineering, project controls, and capital-project practitioners · Professional cost-engineering framework

AACE Total Cost Management Framework

AACE's Total Cost Management Framework organizes cost engineering and project-control processes across strategic asset and project delivery lifecycles.

Maintained professional frameworkAACE International

Project-management practitioners and organizations · Professional project-management standard and guide

PMBOK Guide

PMI maintains the PMBOK Guide and The Standard for Project Management as a professional reference for project delivery and value creation.

Maintained professional publicationProject Management Institute

Software vendors and project teams exchanging BIM and asset data · Open built-environment data standard

buildingSMART IFC

buildingSMART maintains IFC as an open, vendor-neutral data schema for exchanging built-environment information.

Maintained international standard programmebuildingSMART International

Organizations defining and checking machine-interpretable BIM information requirements · Open information-requirements specification

buildingSMART IDS

buildingSMART maintains IDS as a computer-interpretable specification for information requirements and model checking.

Maintained buildingSMART standardbuildingSMART International

U.S. built-environment organizations applying the standard · U.S. building-information standard

NBIMS-US V4

NBIMS-US V4 organizes consensus standards and implementation resources for building-information management in the United States.

Published industry standardNational Institute of Building Sciences

Construction teams applying collaborative production planning · Construction production-planning practice

Last Planner System

LCI describes the Last Planner System as a production-planning and control system for creating reliable workflow through collaborative commitments.

Maintained professional practice recordLean Construction Institute

Projects adopting the AIA document and related agreements · Industry contract form

AIA A201 General Conditions

AIA A201 is a widely used general-conditions document that allocates roles and processes among owner, contractor, architect, and others when incorporated into a project agreement.

Current published contract-document family recordAIA Contract Documents

Projects adopting the ConsensusDocs form and related documents · Industry contract form

ConsensusDocs 200

ConsensusDocs 200 combines a standard agreement and general conditions for owner-constructor contracting within the ConsensusDocs family.

Current published contract-document recordConsensusDocs

How to read the library

Binding requirements, official guidance, technical standards, implementation guides, program rules, and authority data are not interchangeable. Each page names the source class and states what it can and cannot establish about an organization or product.