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 (see November 2024 news). 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’.
However, achieving sector-wide change demands a sustained programme financed and supported by industry. Organisations are being invited to become founding sponsors or supporters to help extend awareness, interest and adoption of the IMI.
