diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index f3ba832..27c85b0 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,31 +1,10 @@
-# Lines starting with '#' are comments.
-# Each line is a file pattern followed by one or more owners.
+# CODEOWNERS
+# SAM-BIM – repository ownership definition
 # https://github.blog/2017-07-06-introducing-code-owners/
 
-# SAM REPO CODEOWNERS
-
-# default global
-# These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo
-
+# Default owners for the entire repository
 * @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
 
-
-# project owners 
-# Order is important. The last matching pattern has the most precedence.
-# So if a pull request only touches javascript files, only these owners
-# will be requested to review.
-
-/SAM @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-/SAM_BHoM @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-/SAM_Excel @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-/SAM_LadybugTools @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-/SAM_Revit @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-/SAM_Tas @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-/SAM_Topologic @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-/SAM_UI @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-/SAM_gbXML @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-/SAM_GEM @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-/SAM_Template @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
-
-
-# You can also use email addresses if you prefer.
\ No newline at end of file
+# Governance & workflow files (always require both owners)
+ /CODEOWNERS @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
+ /.github/   @michaldengusiak @ZiolkowskiJakub
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 597e853..d4a4c35 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
-### NOTE: Depends on
-<!-- Link to any additional PRs in other repos required for this PR to function -->
-<!-- Delete this section if not needed -->
+### Summary
+What is delivered and why (1–3 sentences).
 
-   
-### Issues addressed by this PR
-<!-- Add reference(s) to issue(s) solved by this PR. Please use keyword Fixes as per https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-using-keywords/ -->
-
-Fixes #
-
-<!-- Add short description of what has been fixed -->
-
-
-### Test files
-<!-- Link to test files to validate the proposed changes -->
-
-
-### Additional comments
-<!-- As required -->
\ No newline at end of file
+### Validation
+How to verify or test the change.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b963f48..cebc2d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ jobs:
           # Keep the current repo LAST.
           $buildOrder = @(
             'SAM'
-            'SAM_SQL'
             $repo
           )
 
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ jobs:
           # Same build order as above (keep repo LAST)
           $buildOrder = @(
             'SAM'
-            'SAM_SQL'
             $repo
           )
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spdx-check.yml b/.github/workflows/spdx-check.yml
index 9b1f74e..269d562 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spdx-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spdx-check.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
             HEADBLOCK=$(head -n 6 "$f")
 
             echo "$HEADBLOCK" | grep -q "// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later" || MISSING="$MISSING $f"
-            echo "$HEADBLOCK" | grep -q "// Copyright (c) 2020–2025 Michal Dengusiak & Jakub Ziolkowski and contributors" || MISSING="$MISSING $f"
+            echo "$HEADBLOCK" | grep -q "// Copyright (c) 2020–2026 Michal Dengusiak & Jakub Ziolkowski and contributors" || MISSING="$MISSING $f"
           done
 
           if [ -n "$MISSING" ]; then
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8dc6004..697d0f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,23 +1,65 @@
-[![Build](https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM_SQL/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM_SQL/actions/workflows/build.yml)
+[![Build (Windows)](https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM_SQL/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM_SQL/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 [![Installer (latest)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/SAM-BIM/SAM_Deploy?label=installer)](https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM_Deploy/releases/latest)
 
-
 # SAM_SQL
 
-<a href="https://github.com/HoareLea/SAM_Excel"><img src="https://github.com/HoareLea/SAM/blob/master/Grasshopper/SAM.Core.Grasshopper/Resources/SAM_Small.png" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="6"></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM">
+  <img src="https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM/blob/master/Grasshopper/SAM.Core.Grasshopper/Resources/SAM_Small.png"
+       align="left" hspace="10" vspace="6">
+</a>
+
+**SAM_SQL** is part of the **SAM (Sustainable Analytical Model) Toolkit** —  
+an open-source collection of tools designed to help engineers create, manage,
+and process analytical building models for energy and environmental analysis.
+
+This repository provides **database-agnostic SQL persistence, querying, and data-access utilities**
+and is intended to be used alongside the SAM core libraries and related SAM-BIM modules.
+
+Welcome — and let’s keep the open-source journey going. 🤝
 
-**SAM** is part of SAM Toolkit that is designed to help engneers to create Analytical Model. Welcome and let's make the opensource journey continue. :handshake:
+---
 
 ## Resources
-* [Wiki](https://github.com/HoareLea/SAM/wiki)
+- 📘 **SAM Wiki:** https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM/wiki  
+- 🧠 **SAM Core:** https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM  
+- 🧰 **Installers:** https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM_Deploy  
+
+---
 
 ## Installing
 
-To install **SAM** from .exe just download and run [latest installer](https://github.com/HoareLea/SAM_Deploy/releases) otherwise rebuild using VS [SAM](https://github.com/HoareLea/SAM)
+To install **SAM** using the Windows installer, download and run the  
+[latest installer](https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM_Deploy/releases/latest).
+
+Alternatively, you can build the toolkit from source using Visual Studio.
+See the main repository for details:  
+👉 https://github.com/SAM-BIM/SAM
+
+---
+
+## Development notes
+
+- Target framework: **.NET / C#**
+- Coding style follows standard SAM-BIM conventions.
+- New or modified `.cs` files must include the SPDX header:
+
+```csharp
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+// Copyright (c) 2020-2026 Michal Dengusiak & Jakub Ziolkowski and contributors
+```
+
+
+## Licence
+
+This repository is free software licensed under the  
+**GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later (LGPL-3.0-or-later)**.
+
+Each contributor retains copyright to their respective contributions.  
+The project history (Git) records authorship and provenance of all changes.
+
+See:
+- `LICENSE`
+- `NOTICE`
+- `COPYRIGHT_HEADER.txt`
 
-## Licence ##
 
-SAM is free software licenced under GNU Lesser General Public Licence - [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html)  
-Each contributor holds copyright over their respective contributions.
-The project versioning (Git) records all such contribution source information.
-See [LICENSE](https://github.com/HoareLea/SAM_Template/blob/master/LICENSE) and [COPYRIGHT_HEADER](https://github.com/HoareLea/SAM/blob/master/COPYRIGHT_HEADER.txt).