Thirty Years Ahead of the Standard: Why DDC Solutions Clients Are Already Ready for the Future
By Jimi Clarke, Founder — DDC Solutions
The Industry Is Catching Up — We’ve Been Here a While
In 2026, the construction industry is preparing for the next revision of ISO 19650. The update shifts emphasis toward whole-life information management and business risk, moving away from simple model-centric compliance. While this seems new to the industry, it is exactly what DDC Solutions has been practicing for years.
A Timeline of Innovation
While most consultancies started in 2016, Jimi Clarke’s story began two decades earlier:
- 1996: Exploring how to associate meaningful data with geometry, 20 years before the industry formalized it.
- 2005: Applying principles that would later become BS 1192 before the standard was even published.
- 2016: While others scrambled to adapt to BIM Level 2, DDC was already focused on risk management and business outcomes.
Building Frameworks That Outlast Standards
DDC doesn’t just “tick boxes” for compliance. We design frameworks based on principles, not tools.
- The TSK Group Example: We built a foundation for TSK that treats information as a business risk function. Their system doesn’t need to be rebuilt every time a standard changes because it was already aligned with the future.
The Next Big Driver: Insurance
The most powerful driver of information standards in the next decade won’t be technology—it will be insurance. As liability frameworks evolve, insurers will demand the auditable, high-quality data management that DDC clients already have in place.
