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The Standard Information Management Plan (SIMP) provides a structured approach to the management, classification and handover of project information, helping ensure that information is organised consistently and remains accessible throughout the lifecycle of an asset.
While SIMP was developed by Scottish Futures Trust for the Scottish public sector, its underlying approach is aligned with BS EN ISO 19650, the UK BIM Framework and Uniclass, providing principles that can support structured information management and handover requirements on projects throughout the UK.
Riddell PM has extensive experience of applying SIMP requirements and these wider information management principles, producing structured Building Manuals and digital handover information for construction projects across the UK.
Our specialist role is to help turn project information into a complete, organised and usable handover resource. We coordinate information from the construction supply chain, support the project's Common Data Environment approval process, and use the approved information to produce the completed Building Manual.
The resulting manual maintains the required information structure while incorporating Uniclass classification to provide consistency between the building, its systems, its products and the supporting documentation.
Successful information handover involves considerably more than collecting documents shortly before practical completion.
Information must be identified, obtained from the appropriate contractors and suppliers, reviewed through the agreed project process and ultimately organised so that it remains useful to the building owner and facilities management team.
Riddell PM combines an understanding of the SIMP information requirements with more than three decades of specialist experience in construction handover documentation.
Building Manuals, O&M documentation and structured digital handover have been at the heart of our business since 1989.
We work directly with contractors, subcontractors, manufacturers and suppliers to coordinate the information required for project handover.
Project information can be submitted through the project's CDE, allowing the agreed review and approval workflow to be completed before inclusion within the Building Manual.
Approved project information is transformed into an organised Building Manual designed for practical use throughout the operational life of the facility.
Riddell PM provides a coordinated route from project information requirements through to final Building Manual delivery, whether working to SIMP or equivalent project-specific information management requirements.
The project Common Data Environment remains the controlled environment through which the supporting information is reviewed and approved. Once approved, Riddell PM uses the accepted information to construct the Building Manual and, where required, develop the completed handover into a fully hyperlinked Pyramid Digital Building Manual.
Required handover information and the relevant SIMP structure are established at project level.
Documentation and data are obtained from the relevant contractors, suppliers and manufacturers.
Supporting information follows the project's agreed Common Data Environment review and approval workflow.
Approved project information is downloaded, structured and assembled into the Building Manual.
Draft and final Building Manual PDFs are issued for review, amendment and formal project sign-off.
Final approved information can be fully hyperlinked through the Pyramid Digital Building Manual.
On SIMP projects, Riddell PM maintains the applicable SIMP Template and information-container structure throughout production of the Building Manual.
This provides continuity between the project's information requirements, the information reviewed through the CDE and the completed handover documentation.
The objective is to provide an organised operational resource rather than simply transferring a collection of individual documents and folders at the end of the project.
Uniclass 2015 classification is incorporated throughout Riddell PM Building Manuals, providing a consistent method of identifying the installed systems and products to which the project information relates.
Classification of the building systems represented within the Building Manual.
Classification of installed products and their associated documentation.
Once the Building Manual and supporting project information have been fully reviewed and approved, Riddell PM can create a fully hyperlinked Pyramid Digital Building Manual.
Pyramid provides a simple interface between the Building Manual and the underlying approved project documentation. Users can move directly from the relevant section, system or product to the supporting information.
A successful handover should provide more than evidence that documentation was submitted at the end of the construction project.
The completed Building Manual should allow the client and facilities management team to understand what has been installed, locate the relevant approved information and identify how the building's systems and products should be operated and maintained.
Riddell PM brings together project information, SIMP structure, Uniclass classification and specialist handover experience to create Building Manuals designed to remain useful beyond practical completion.
Whether you are a contracting authority, client, principal contractor, consultant or project information manager, Riddell PM can provide specialist support for SIMP and other structured information-management requirements, including Uniclass-classified Building Manuals and digital handover on projects throughout the UK.
