JGC Holdings Corporation (Chairman and CEO: Masayuki Sato) is pleased to announce that its overseas EPC business company, JGC Corporation (Representative Director and President: Farhan Mujib), has achieved ISO 19650-1 and ISO 19650-2 (*1) based BIM BSI Kitemark certification from BSI Group Japan (British Standards Institution).

The JGC Group has long been working on the digital transformation of its EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) business, which is our main business. The IT Grand Plan 2030, the Group's IT strategy that we have been promoting since 2018, calls for the creation of a data-centric design workflow and project digital twin that consolidates information related to EPC services, aiming to achieve "twice the speed and one-third the man-hours" and has been working to utilize BIM (Building Information Modeling) as an important element technology to realize such digitalization and advancement of EPC.

BIM is a information management methodology that uses digital modeling to manage information across the entire life cycle of a construction asset, from initial design through construction, maintenance, and eventual disposal. BIM is a technology that enables collaboration and efficient information sharing among engineers, owners, architects, and contractors in a virtual construction environment (common data environment) that includes a 3D model.

JGC has formulated the concept of P×BIM®(*2), which uses BIM to create new value unique to the company, and has been expanding the number of projects to which it is applied. However, in order to carry out more reliable and digitized project execution, it is essential to establish an information management system in BIM that complies with international standards. The certification (for Lead Appointed Party*3) is based on ISO 19650-1, which is the concept and principles of information management using the information model, and ISO 19650-2, which specifies specific requirements for information management.

The first BIM engineering firm in Japan to receive BSI Kitemark certification based on ISO 19650-1 and ISO 19650-2 (*1) from BSI Group Japan (British Standards Institution). This certification will enable project stakeholders to share and reference BIM models of their respective disciplines with each other and implement all of the same principles and high-level requirements as BIM Level 2 (*4), where data is shared from planning to design, procurement, and construction

JGC will continue to promote the IT Grand Plan 2030, aiming to further enhance corporate value by digitizing and upgrading EPC through an information management system compliant with international standards.

For more information on the IT Grand Plan 2030, please see a past news release.
https://www.jgc.com/en/news/2018/20181218.html

※1　ISO19650 defines the following:

ISO 19650 : Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling

ISO 19650-1:2018：Information management using building information modelling: Concepts and principles.

ISO 19650-2:2018：Information management using building information modelling. Operational phase of the assets.

ISO 19650-3:2020：Information management using building information modelling. Operational phase of the assets.

ISO 19650-5:2020： Information management using building information modelling. Security-minded approach to information management.

※2　P×BIM®: The JGC Group's unique concept of creating new value and contributing to society through the synergistic effects of elemental technologies and information models in the Plant and Building fields.

※3　Lead Apponted Party：An organization that is contracted to perform the clients' requirements, and places orders with subcontractors.

※4　In the U.K., BIM maturity levels range from Level 0 to Level 3; since 2016, construction suppliers bidding on public procurement government projects involving buildings and infrastructure have been required to work in BIM Level 2

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