CLASSIFICATION - Construction Project Information Committee

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CLASSIFICATION . John Gelder Head of content development & sustainability, RIBAE. Manchester 31 January 2012. London 3 February 2012. 10:00-12:00. 1. CLASSIFICATION CONTEXT & ISO 12006-2 20. 2. Context: 25 years CAWS was published 25 years ago, Uniclass 15. Tension has been building Recessions Earthquakes CLASSIFICATION systems The longer the interval, the bigger the event! 3. CI/SfB. CI/SfB Construction indexing manual 1976. Derived from Swedish SfB (Samarbetskomitt n f r Byggnadsfr gor), 1950, and UDC (Universal Decimal CLASSIFICATION ). First implemented in UK in 1961 as SfB/UDC Building filing manual Five tables: Table 0 Physical environment, 413 Hospitals mental, psychiatric Table 1 Elements, ( ) Walls, external walls loadbearing Table 2 Constructions, forms, F Brickwork, bricks Table 3 Materials, g2 Fired clay, vitrified clay, ceramics Table 4 Activities, requirements, (P3) Sound, quiet transfer Defunct but still in use, product literature (to BS 4940- 1-3:1994), NL/SfB.

Uniclass table Table code Sources Form of information A - Subject disciplines B - Management C London Classification of Business

  Code, Management, Classification