StatutoryFree to readas amended
UK Parliament (legislation.gov.uk)
use of business namesdisclosure of proprietors' names and an address for servicedocuments on which disclosure must appearoffences for non-disclosure
Catches almost every solo contractor trading under anything other than their own personal name. One missing line on the invoice is both an offence and a defence the customer can raise to stall enforcement of the debt.
StatutoryFree to readas amended
UK Parliament (legislation.gov.uk)
company particulars on business letters, order forms and websitesdisplay of the registered name at business premisesoffences and daily default fines
Quotations and order forms are caught as well as invoices, which is why the domestic quotation template carries the same identity block as the invoice. The requirement applies to the registered name even when the contractor trades under a different one.
De facto standardPaywalledUK National Annex revised 2021
BSI, with free guidance from the UK BIM Framework
information container namingsuitability and revision codescommon data environment workflowEIR, BEP and MIDPlevel of information need
This is the largest single gap for GB document control and BIM. The naming convention is the most visible marker of whether a document set was produced by someone who works in this market.
De facto standardFree to read
NBS
classificationinformation structuring
The UK equivalent axis to MasterFormat/UniFormat. Free, which makes it a realistic full-ingestion candidate.
LegacyPaywalled
BSI
naming convention (legacy)CDE (legacy)
Retained so a legacy BS 1192 file name is recognised rather than treated as noise.