Lead designer on a CWMF public-works project — Ireland

Six-stage navigational layer linking the lead designer to the CWMF volumes, Irish BIM Mandate sections, IS EN ISO 19650-2 clauses, and Build Digital templates that govern an Irish public-works information journey.

Project context: Companion to the small-practice CWMF flow: this is the full-framework view for a design-team lead on a standard public-works appointment. Sources mirror the IE source register (CWMF, Irish BIM Mandate, Build Digital).

1. 01

   CWMF positioning & appointment

   ●IM responsibility · Lead Designer — with the contracting authority

   Place the appointment in the CWMF structure and confirm the public-sector information-management roles it triggers.

   Embedded guidance

   The CWMF tier and project class decide which information obligations apply.

   • Confirm the project's CWMF pillar, tier and contract form
   • Identify the Irish BIM Mandate roles the appointment assumes (appointing party, lead appointed party)
   • Complete the pre-appointment information exchange before mobilising design

   Linked ecosystem materials (2)

   Standards & clauses (primary)

   • CWMF·Clause
     CWMF Vol.1 §3.2
     Pre-appointment information exchange
     Vol.1 §3.2 — pre-appointment information exchange
   • Irish BIM Mandate - Government Website - BIM and the CWMF·Standard
     IrishBIMMandate §2
     Irish BIM Mandate — Public-sector roles
     Mandate §2 — public-sector information-management roles
     https://www.gov.ie/en/capital-works-management-framework/publications/bim-and-the-cwmf/
2. 02

   Information requirements under the Mandate

   ●IM responsibility · Lead Designer — drafting for the appointing party

   Translate the contracting authority's needs into EIR-style information requirements per the Irish BIM Mandate.

   Embedded guidance

   On many Irish public projects the lead designer drafts what the authority should have specified — do it on the Build Digital templates so it survives audit.

   • Draft information requirements with the Build Digital IR brief template
   • Align requirement granularity with CWMF deliverable stages
   • Cross-reference the Mandate's information requirements section explicitly

   Linked ecosystem materials (2)

   Standards & clauses (primary)

   • Irish BIM Mandate - Government Website - BIM and the CWMF·Standard
     IrishBIMMandate §3
     Irish BIM Mandate — Information requirements
3. 03

   Tender response & BIM Execution Plan

   ●IM responsibility · Lead Appointed Party — design team lead

   Respond with a pre-appointment BEP that prices information management honestly for the design team.

   Embedded guidance

   IS EN ISO 19650-2 governs the BEP; the CWMF governs when it is contractually examined.

   • Build the pre-appointment BEP on the Build Digital template
   • Evidence task-team capability and capacity for each design discipline
   • Declare the federation strategy and survey/reference information assumptions

   Linked ecosystem materials (2)

   Standards & clauses (primary)

   • ISO 19650·Clause
     ISO 19650-2 §5.2.1
     Tender response — pre-appointment BEP
     §5.2.1 — pre-appointment BEP content
4. 04

   Design production against CWMF milestones

   ●IM responsibility · Lead Appointed Party — design task teams

   Deliver design information against CWMF stage gates with TIDP/MIDP discipline.

   Embedded guidance

   CWMF stage gates are unforgiving: a missed information milestone is a programme event, not a quality note.

   • Map TIDPs to CWMF deliverable stages and aggregate the MIDP
   • Hold CDE container-state discipline through design iterations
   • Track milestone readiness weekly once tender-stage information is in flight

   Linked ecosystem materials (2)

   Standards & clauses (primary)

   • CWMF·Clause
     CWMF Vol.2 §4.1
     Information delivery milestones
     Vol.2 §4.1 — information delivery milestones
5. 05

   Compliance & assurance

   ●IM responsibility · Lead Designer — compliance evidence owner

   Evidence Mandate compliance: keep the assurance trail the contracting authority and auditors will request.

   Embedded guidance

   Assurance under the Mandate is documentary: if it isn't recorded in the CDE, it didn't happen.

   • Maintain the compliance checklist per Mandate §4 from project start
   • Record acceptance decisions and their requirement references
   • Keep audit-ready exports of milestone information states

   Linked ecosystem materials (1)

   Standards & clauses (primary)

   • Irish BIM Mandate - Government Website - BIM and the CWMF·Standard
     IrishBIMMandate §4
     Irish BIM Mandate — Compliance & assurance
     Mandate §4 — compliance and assurance route
6. 06

   Handover & asset information

   ●IM responsibility · Lead Appointed Party — handover to the contracting authority

   Hand over asset information that the estate's operations team can actually consume.

   Embedded guidance

   CWMF handover is the start of the asset's information life, not the end of the project's.

   • Deliver asset information per CWMF Vol.3 requirements
   • Validate handover containers against the original information requirements
   • Use the Build Digital handover guide for the plain-language acceptance walkthrough

   Linked ecosystem materials (2)

   Standards & clauses (primary)

   • CWMF·Clause
     CWMF Vol.3 §2.3
     Handover & asset information
     Vol.3 §2.3 — asset information at handover

• Build Digital·Template
  BD-T-BEP-002
  Pre-appointment BEP (template)
  Build Digital BEP template

• ISO 19650·Clause
  ISO 19650-2 §5.4.1
  Mobilisation — TIDP/MIDP
  §5.4.1 — TIDP/MIDP mobilisation

• Build Digital·Guide
  BD-G-HANDOVER-003
  Information delivery & handover (guide)
  Build Digital information delivery & handover guide