IMI – the Information Management Initiative
The Information Management Initiative (IMI; see About) aspires to become an industry-led and government-supported programme to progressively transform information management practices across the built and natural environment.
Led by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and supported by nima, the IMI was launched on 7 November 2024 at nima’s Autumn Virtual Conference. In brief, the IMI:
- sets out a sector-wide directive to industry, including some over-arching principles and a route-map forward
- invites organisations to sign up to the over-arching principles
- requires organisations to create an organisation-wide mandate, encompassing some over-arching rules and setting out desired outcomes, and
- will provide a framework and resources to support organisations in applying role-specific rules, standards and guidance.
Through the IMI, the CLC wants to build sector-transforming capabilities in applying emerging digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and ‘digital twins’. Organisations are being invited to become founding sponsors or supporters to help extend awareness, interest and adoption of the IMI.