Sector Updates

New proposal for a new ISO technical committee on Construction Management (TS/P 336)

A proposal for a new ISO technical committee on “Construction Management " has been submitted by INSO (Iran).

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The scope of the proposal is the following:

Standardisation in the field of construction management, with particular emphasis on the execution phase of built environment projects, including:

- Planning, coordination, and control of construction execution processes and site-based activities

- Management of resources required for construction execution, including workforce, equipment, materials, and information flows, strictly from an organizational and managerial perspective

- Operational management practices for on-site delivery, including performance measurement and monitoring

- Coordination of execution-phase activities with relevant design outputs, quality, safety, environmental, and lifecycle considerations, without addressing design development, design governance, or technical specification activities

- Management practices supporting health, safety, and environmental (HSE) performance during construction execution

- Practical application of digital tools and information technologies to support construction execution management processes, without defining information models, data structures, interoperability protocols, or digital technical specifications

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The work of this committee is limited to management frameworks and execution-phase coordination practices. It does not address the technical performance, design, specification, or safety requirements of products, materials, machinery, electrotechnical systems, or digital infrastructure. On-site assembly, installation, and coordination of prefabricated components are included in this scope. Off site manufacturing and factory production processes for prefabricated building systems remain outside the scope of this committee and are the responsibility of ISO/TC 59/SC 19 (Prefabricated Building). The deliverables of this committee are intended as voluntary management guidance and shall not establish regulatory, legal, professional qualification, certification, or technical product requirements.

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Voting on this proposal closes on 1 October 2026.

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Draft IEC Guide 104 Ed 6, The preparation of safety publications and the use of basic safety publications and group safety publications

IEC Guide 104 was prepared by ACOS, Advisory Committee on Safety.

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The objective of this document is to improve the consistency of the safety requirements across IEC publications. For this purpose, essential procedures are defined in the document for limiting overlaps and contradictory safety requirements. Consequently, this document can be considered as complementary to ISO/IEC Directives. Depending on the situations, risk reduction can be analysed and implemented by different approaches. ISO/IEC Guide 51 and IEC Guide 116 are referenced in this document for specific essential requirements for achieving safety.

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This document follows the principles of IEC Guide 108 with specific additions for safety aspects.

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The main changes with respect to the previous edition are as follows:

- Alignment and references to IEC Guide 108:2019, including the adaptation of the horizontal terminology and insertion of 4.1

- Update of the monitoring process of the horizontal function in 4.4

- Lifecycle complement in 5.1.3

- Detailed responsibilities of product committees in Clause 7

- Update of Annex A

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Voting on this proposal closes on 2 October 2026.

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