TC251 met in Oslo, Norway on May 12-16, 2025 for its 15th plenary session.
The Chair’s Advisory Group (CAG) held a meeting the day before the TC’s opening plenary and set the scene for the meeting. Its main purpose was to set the Working Group Meetings agenda for the week ahead.
The ISO/TC 251 plenary meeting covered administrative matters, updates from the working groups, and future work. The Technical Committee (TC) discussed deliverables, project timelines, and strategic planning, while also addressing concerns about potential conflicts of interest and new voting procedures. The meeting ended with voting on the proposed resolutions then the presentation of ISO excellence awards to several current and former committee members.
Monday Opening Session
The Chair Thomas Goodyer welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced Hanne Gjesteland Wells, the Standardisation Director, Building and Construction, who welcomed the committee to Standards Norway.
The Committee Manager talked the committee through the March 2025 ISO Communique and highlighted items that deserved more attention and thorough reading and the items highlighted included the online standards development (OSD) adoption, the improved development processes – committee strategy management, stakeholder engagement and representation, the harmonized structure and the use of deviations, the London Declaration Action Plan, ESG Technical Coherence -final recommendations, ISO/IEC Directives part 1 – Alignment.
Ashley Baratt (Vice-chair) presented the revisions being conducted on the strategic business plan and advised the group that work on this was going to continue throughout the week with the Chair and WG4 and the outcome of the discussion would be reported back at closing plenary.
There was a short presentation by Inghild Kaarstad (Standards Norway) describing the OSD.
Wednesday Workshop
Dr. Navil Shetty led a workshop digging into the details of two Product Improvement Proposals submitted by the Bureau of Indian Standards. These were merged into one PIP on Guidance on Asset Lifecycle Management. An Ad-hoc group will be established to survey potential end-users on the need for such guidance; map existing standards relevant to the subject and identify gaps; and submit a report by the November 2025 plenary.
Friday Closing Session
The Chair Thomas Goodyer presided over the closing plenary session, reviewing administrative matters and outlining voting arrangements, which were confirmed to be conducted both in-person and virtually. The Chair highlighted the need for improved liaison roles and strategic planning, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing tasks and ensuring effective communication.
Review of Liaisons and Confirmation of Liaison Representatives:
The current liaisons were approved by the committee.
Working Groups' Progress and Updates
The meeting focused on updates and progress from various working groups, including discussions on extending project timelines, addressing technical specifications, and aligning scopes across groups. Working Group 5 emphasized the need to elevate the technical specification to a five-year revision cycle, while Working Group 6 achieved clarity on handling cross-cutting subjects and completed their CD draft. Working Group 7 highlighted translation needs and collaboration with Working Group 3 on engagement strategies, while Working Group 10 addressed comments and aimed to produce a new working draft by October. Working Group 11 made progress on integrating asset management and sustainability, with plans to complete a CD by October. The conversation ended with a presentation on a proposed ISO standard for asset lifecycle management.
WG3 – Communication
Working Group 3, led by Boudewijn Neijens, focused on marketing efforts, including the creation of videos and leaflets, while also addressing technical challenges with their website and assisting WG7 in creating a go-to market strategy for ISO 55011.
WG5 – Finance
Working Group 5, led by Johan Paulsson, discussed future planning and resolutions. It plans to upgrade ISO/TS 55010 to an international standard. In addition it will develop a Product Improvement Proposal concerning guidance on intangible asset management.
WG6 – Revision of 55002
Working Group 6, led by Dimitri Koenen and Ilham Hikmi, reported the completion of CD1 of ISO 55002 and explained the reasons for requesting a 9 month time extension in the resolutions. The plan is now to publish the next revision of ISO 55002 in summer 2027.
WG7 – Development of ISO 55011
Working Group 7, led by Tiffany Batac and Kerry Brown, outlined their reasons for an extension to the working group including working with WG3 to promote their standard and to allow time for translation and a NWIP.
WG10 – Decision Making
Working Group 10, led by Claire Gowson but represented by Sungin Cho. Mr. Cho reported comments on WD1 have been addressed, and CD1 is expected in October 2025. He explained the reasons for requesting a nine-month extension for alignment with WG6, WG11 and other meetings.
WG11 – Sustainability
Working Group 11 led by Daryush Esmaili but represented by Boudewijn Neijens reported the group had completed 70% of WD1 and developed the framework on the relationship between sustainability requirements and the AMS. The WD2 is expected to be ready in July 2025.
STTF – Spanish Translation Task Force
There was a verbal report from Maria Agullo (STTF Convenor) who attended online.
Proposed Future Plenaries
This item was covered in the Chair’s report and the decisions were as follows.
• Virtual plenaries will alternate with in-person plenaries. The next virtual plenary will be held in November 2025.
• The 2026 TC/251 in-person plenary will be held in Japan
• The 2027 TC/251 in-person plenary will be held in the United Kingdom
Approval of Resolutions - Resolution Voting and Approval
The resolutions were presented on screen for voting, with The Committee Manager reading the resolutions one by one and counting approvals, disapprovals, and abstentions, ensuring all votes were accurately tallied and corrections made as needed.
All resolutions were approved and can be found in ISO TC251 document N1087.
ISO Excellence Awards Ceremony
The Committee Manager and Chair presided over the awards ceremony where ISO Excellence Awards were presented to six working group conveners for their leadership in the publication of the ISO 55000/55001/55010/55011/55012/55013 suite of standards in 2024. The recipients are WG4 Annemarie Kin, WG5 Johan Paulsson, WG6 Martin Kerr, WG7 Tiffany Batac, WG9 Yang Zhao Feng, and WG8 Dr. Gao Ang.
The ISO Appreciation Award was awarded to Rhys Davis for his exceptional leadership of TC/251 since its inception as a PC in 2010.
Thank You to our Hosts Standards Norway
The Committee Manager thanked the host Standards Norway for their exceptional work, particularly highlighting Merete Holmen Murvold’s efforts in arranging the meeting and social activities for the committee.
The Committee Manager ended with the announcement that Working Group 4 had been disbanded, and the Committee Manager expressed gratitude to Jyrki Paavilainen and all WG4 experts for their hard work, contribution, and commitment to the group.
The Chair thanked the group for all the work conducted during the week and for all those attending in person and online.
The Chair presented flowers to Merete for all the hospitality and assistance during the week and thanked Standards Norway and Statkraft for their exceptional welcome, organisation, and hospitality throughout the entire event. The Chair also asked for feedback on the plenary's format and content and feedback from everyone was encouraged for future improvement.