Council of Ministers Resolution no. 89/2026, published on 21 May, approved the National Strategy for the Implementation of the BIM Methodology, PortugalBIM. The strategy runs for six years, and IMPIC implements and monitors it. Targets for the end of that period include training at least 3,000 professionals from the public and private sectors and bringing BIM into at least 50 municipalities per year.
The date already in the law
Article 17 of Decree-Law no. 10/2024 (Simplex Urbanístico) makes it mandatory, from 1 January 2030, to submit the architecture projects covered by the RJUE modelled digitally and parametrically under the BIM methodology. Resolution 89/2026 recalls this date. From then on, municipal councils validate compliance with municipal and intermunicipal plans automatically, using parameters defined for that purpose.
What ISO 19650 asks of a project
The EN ISO 19650 series covers BIM information management, and Resolution 89/2026 singles it out among the European standards of the CEN TC 442 committee. Implementation guides organise project information in a common data environment (CDE): a single repository where the team delivers and collects files.
Those guides describe four states that information moves through: work in progress, shared, published and archived. The names vary between guides and tools. Moving from one state to the next calls for a check or an authorisation, and the file keeps a record of who gave it.
Four habits to start with
A small office starts with four habits that follow the logic of the standard:
- Every file follows a naming rule that the whole team applies.
- Every file has a clear state: in progress, shared, published or archived.
- Every approval is recorded with the person, the date and the approved version.
- The previous version stays accessible after each revision.
Start with what you already do
Most offices already swap files by email and shared folders. A naming rule and an approval log give those files the trail the works need. CoreBIM organises files by state and records who approved each version, for those who prefer a tool.
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