ISO/TR 41016:2024

Facility management — Overview of available technologies

Edition: Technical Report, April 2024
Technical Report: Published April 2024. Explicitly aligned with ISO/TR 41013 and the ISO 19650 (BIM) series.

Why it exists

Technology choices in FM were largely vendor-led. This report gives a neutral overview in which technology is one option in a portfolio, not an end state.

Scope and content (paraphrased)

Paraphrased: overview of technologies deployed in facility management, their fields of application and their relation to life-cycle information management. Source: ISO/TR 41016:2024.

Main concepts

Technology as a means to a decision, not the decision itself.
Coherence with BIM and the ISO 19650 series.
Digital twins, IoT and CAFM/IWMS within one information architecture.

Who should understand it

Executive or client receiving FM accountability
FM director and policy owner
Contract, sourcing and procurement manager
Auditor, quality and compliance officer

What it means in practice

Strategic

Investment decisions can be tested on decision value rather than functionality.

Tactical

Information requirements belong in the construction or service contract, not only in operations.

Operational

Data quality becomes a daily responsibility with ownership.

Relationships to other standards

ISO/TR 41013:2017The report this overview explicitly aligns with.
ISO 41001:2018Technology must serve the management system, not replace it.

Related services

All facility services within the scope of the management system.

Services Atlas

Related capabilities

Standards literacy and policy formation
Performance measurement and accountability
Contract and supplier oversight

Knowledge Domains