IWFM contributes to new guidance on building handover information 

News

Consultation opens on practical guidance to help building owners and operators get the information they need at handover. 

IWFM is encouraging members and the wider workplace and facilities management profession to respond to a new public consultation on guidance for as-built and handover information. 

The draft guidance, As Built & Handover Information: requirements, has been developed by an industry task and finish group convened by the Construction Leadership Council’s Building Safety Group, Portfolio 4: Building Occupation, with support from BIM in Asset Management. It sets out what building owners and operators should expect to receive when construction, refurbishment, retrofit or smaller works are completed. 

Good building information is essential to safe, efficient and effective operation. Without clear, accurate and trustworthy information at handover, building owners, accountable persons, managing agents and facilities managers can be left trying to fill gaps that affect compliance, maintenance, insurance, future works and long-term asset value. 

IWFM has been involved in the work through representation on the Construction Leadership Council, the Building Occupation group and the scoping and drafting of the consultation paper. Its involvement has helped bring the perspective of those who manage and operate buildings into guidance that is intended to be practical for the occupied phase of a building’s life. 

The consultation opens on 2 September 2026 and closes at midday on 16 October 2026. Feedback is invited from across design, construction, ownership and occupation, particularly from those who rely on handover information to run buildings safely and well. 

Members can read the draft guidance and respond to the consultation through the BIM in Asset Management website: https://www.bim-in-am.com/as-built/.