Working groups
Project information handover working group
Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has established a dedicated working group to enhance consistency in the briefing, production, and delivery of project completion and handover information across the Scottish public sector. This initiative aims to standardise the quality of digital information handover on construction projects, to improve the onward operations and management of the public sector estate.
Core Group Composition and Focus
The core working group comprises representatives from:
- Local authority clients
- Main contractors
- Key supply chain members
Through collaborative efforts, this diverse group has guided the technical development of the Standard Information Management Plan (SIMP). The SIMP resource emphasises the specification and digital delivery of:
- Quality as-constructed record information
- Comprehensive asset registers
- Detailed operations and maintenance (O&M) manuals
- Robust health and safety files
Resources and Outcomes
The working group has developed an extensive range of resources, including:
- A report on the group's impact and outcomes
- Guidelines for the initative implementation
- Lessons learned and case studies of successful projects
These valuable resources offer insights and best practices for stakeholders across the Scottish public sector and are available for viewing and download via the side links provided on this webpage.
Get Involved
If you're interested in contributing to this initiative, we welcome your participation. Please reach out to us through our Contact page to learn more about joining the working group.
Digital Estate & Infrastructure group
The purpose of the Digital Estate & Infrastructure group is to enable digitisation, integration and curation of appropriate digital information management to support efficient planning, design delivery and management of the public sector estate.The groups key aims and objectives are:
- Facilitate and enable knowledge sharing across public bodies
- Develop working groups to support joint objectives and initiatives and support wider digital transformation of the public sector estate.
- Identify key priorities for public bodies to build on Level 2 BIM activities and support scaling of approach's towards a digital estate and explore new digital approach’s and technologies.
Below is a table of current core member organisations which continues to evolve as the engagement and network grows.
If you're interested in contributing to this group, we welcome your participation. Please reach out to us through our Contact page to learn more about joining.
