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Design and specification
Published: June 2013
This first edition guidance note provides professional practitioners with best practice guidance relevant to the tasks and processes of design and specification for small- to medium-size construction projects. -
Methodology to calculate embodied carbon (ARCHIVED)
Published May 2014
Effective from 27 May 2014
Archived June 2018
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
This global guidance note outlines a practical framework for quantity surveyors on how to calculate embodied carbon emissions associated with their projects.
The guidance note supersedes the 2012 RICS information paper Methodology to calculate embodied carbon of materials, 1st edition which was aimed at a UK audience. -
Overview of a 5D BIM project (ARCHIVED)
Published August 2014
Effective from 20 August 2014
Archived 20 June 2018
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
Through consultation with RICS, Henry Riley LLP was invited to write an information paper based on its experience of 5D BIM throughout 2012 and 2013, with particular focus on a project in which an RICS NRM 1 pricing document based on quantification from a BIM model was issued for tender.
This 1st edition information paper includes: project details, key problems identified, process and solution pre-tender, post-tender review and lessons learnt. -
International BIM implementation guide
Published 22 September 2014
Effective from 1 March 2015
This guidance note highlights international high-level principles around how to implement and use BIM in the design, construction and operation of our built environment, including facets of procurement management and asset management. It is intended that these principles are used as an overarching framework for potential national standards or regional guidelines on BIM, and also by individuals and organisations. Therefore, this guidance note is designed for any firm or professional using BIM or considering using BIM in the foreseeable future. -
BIM for cost managers: requirements from the BIM model
Published: August 2015
Effective from: August 2015
This global guidance note should be used as a source of reference for quantity surveyors or cost managers when BIM has been implemented in the life cycle of a project. It offers an awareness of BIM and provides readers with recommendations for good practice when producing measurement outputs.
This guidance note covers:
- working in a BIM environment
- background information on naming structures conventions/data drops
- internal practice procedures and
- BIM measurement.
This guidance note is effective from publication in August 2015. -
How Can Building Information Modelling (BIM) Support The New Rules of Measurement (NRM1) (RICS)
Published January 2014
The research piece investigates the required information from a BIM model to support the RICS New Rule of Measurement order of cost estimating and elemental cost planning, (NRM1).
The report reviews the four most well-known tools in the UK market, namely, Solibri model checker, Autodesk QTO, CostX and Causeway BIM measure, based on a set of criteria which is relevant to the NRM1 cost estimating and cost planning exercise.
RICS research content is available to everyone, free of charge on the RICS website. Non-members will need to register. RICS members and registered non-members will need to login to see the particular research items. See also the full list of RICS research held on rics.org -
Commercial management of construction
Published March 2016
Effective from 21 June 2016
Reissued August 2024
The role of a commercial manager, and the commercial management functions performed, play a critical part in the commercial and financial success of a construction project or of any other business.
This practice information outlines the role of commercial management in construction, providing a framework of guidance covering the most common tasks that a commercial manager will perform on a construction project.
This document was reissued in August 2024 as practice information. It had previously been published in March 2016 as a guidance note. No material changes have been made to the document.
This is part of RICS' Black Book, which is a collection of technical practice documents that covers all processes throughout the construction project life cycle. The documents are essential development tools for junior professionals working through their APC and useful guides to best practice for more experienced professionals.
A project is currently underway to review and update the Black Book content with the aim of producing a comprehensive new edition. Expected to publish in 2025, the new Black Book will comprise an overarching global professional standard, accompanied by practical guidance material.