Standards do not provide immediate value in themselves

right tools. A good tool, used correctly, works, and the more I use it, the better I become and what I perform. The important thing in this regard is also that it is the right tool that I use.

Myfirst screwdriver could be used for almost all kinds of screws, both those with straight notches and those with cross notches. However, the first Phillips screwdriver was far better when I had to work with Phillips screws than to use my first screwdriver and straight notch screws. Tools based on the right standard can provide value

Today, I basically only use screws with torx notches, also seen in my local builders merchants with designations such as TX10, TX15, TX20, TX25. I can no longer use my old screwdrivers that much more, but in return the torx notch gives the screwdriver full 6 contact surfaces with vertical edges, thereby the screwdriver has a good and secure grip, and the notch stays intact.

TX is available in several standard dimensions, and for my tasks the TX20 is the right choice. The fact that TX is standardized and supported by tools and screws according to the standard gives me the freedom to choose the right tool and the right screws for the individual task. The standard is global and is named ISO 10664: 2014 Operating tool for bolts and screws with internal hexagonal star. Which means that in my local builders merchants I can find and choose the right type of screws with TX20, in the right price and quality to suit my task.

Standardization as ISO- and CEN-standards can, for the benefit of society, the industry and me, translate into the right tools, templates, paradigms, and materials, e.g., screws with TX20. The benefits that can be achieved depend on the implementation of the standardization.

Standards as a starting point for efficient digital collaboration

Information and data are part of the basis for the collaboration to design, plan, execute and use buildings and facilities. The industry has a long tradition of strengthening the usability of deliveries of information and data with common rules and guidelines, which in several cases have become the basis for a definite standardization under the auspices of ISO and CEN. The industry’s tools and paradigms are strengthened through a support for the standardization by taking the common ISO and CEN standards as a starting point. Whether it is 2D, 3D geometry or less advanced forms of information delivery.

The handling of information and data in connection with construction work has for many years been supported by local rules, tools, paradigms, and guidelines based on international ISO- and CEN-standards. Standards that have been continuously developed and improved based on input from industry and developments in other areas, such as sustainability, digitization, and automation.

Value creation based on our use of tools, collaboration and common practice based on the standards

The scope of electric tools and screws that in 2001 supported ISO 10664 was limited compared to what I have access to today in my local builder’s merchants, because both the standards and the tools that support the standards have evolved. Similarly, as an industry, we need to take the standards of our digital collaboration seriously. We must apply ISO 19650 part 2 today and expect that our tools can support us tomorrow with information deliveries in accordance with IFC 4.3.

And then we have to share our experiences and insights, so that the next edition of standards and tools, will be even better, a bit in the style of what we have experienced with the torx notch gives us a full 6 contact surfaces instead of just one or two contact surfaces as my first screwdrivers had, so the screwdriver has a good and secure grip, thereby the notch stays intact when using the newest tools - similarly can be seen in information management according to ISO 19650 which precisely increases the number of contact surfaces in the digital collaboration, which thereby strengthens the cooperation and gives a greater opportunity to utilize the latest tools.

METAVERSE...

been it’s a few months since the concept of ‘Metaverse’ gained a lot of attention around the world. Mr. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook and CEO of Meta, has expressed interest in Facebook becoming a Metaverse Company shortly.

Now, wait a second. What is Mr. Zuckerberg’s goal here, and what is Metaverse?

Is there a new universe that NASA has discovered? or a parallel universe that supports the multiverse hypothesis? Is it possible that Doctor Strange will play a role? Is this a ‘Marvel’ concept, or is it something else entirely?