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Data drop

An older UK term for a planned delivery of information at a project stage, now called an information exchange at a milestone.
Updated 5 November 2026Draft · awaiting review

A data drop was the term used in the UK's BIM Level 2 guidance (PAS 1192) for a planned delivery of information to the client at a project stage, often including COBie.

ISO 19650 replaced it with information exchanges at information delivery milestones, but the term still appears in older client documents.

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