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Digital Transformation of the Design, Construction and Management Processes of the Built Environment

  • Focus on the development of methods and ICT tools
  • New methods for managing the specific stages of the building process
  • Case studies of state of the art techniques for modeling at different scales

Part of the book series: Research for Development (REDE)

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Interoperable Management of the Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. National BIM Digital Platform for Construction (INNOVance Project)

      • Alberto Pavan, Sonia Lupica Spagnolo, Vittorio Caffi, Claudio Mirarchi, Bruno Daniotti
      Pages 3-15Open Access
    3. From Cloud to BIM Model of the Built Environment: The Digitized Process for Competitive Tender, Project, Construction and Management

      • Franco Guzzetti, Karen Lara Ngozi Anyabolu, Lara D’Ambrosio, Giulia Marchetti Guerrini
      Pages 17-26Open Access
    4. The Construction Contract Execution Through the Integration of Blockchain Technology

      • Giuseppe Martino Di Giuda, Giulia Pattini, Elena Seghezzi, Marco Schievano, Francesco Paleari
      Pages 27-36Open Access
    5. BIMReL: The Interoperable BIM Library for Construction Products Data Sharing

      • Sonia Lupica Spagnolo, Gustavo Amosso, Alberto Pavan, Bruno Daniotti
      Pages 37-47Open Access
    6. Life Cycle BIM-Oriented Data Collection: A Framework for Supporting Practitioners

      • Anna Dalla Valle, Andrea Campioli, Monica Lavagna
      Pages 49-59Open Access
    7. Decision-Making BIM Platform for Chemical Building Products

      • Gabriele Gazzaniga, Luigi Coppola, Bruno Daniotti, Claudio Mirachi, Alberto Pavan, Valeria Savoia
      Pages 61-71Open Access
    8. BIM Electric Objects Plug-in for Industry 4.0

      • Alberto Pavan, Andrea Cunico, Claudio Mirarchi, Dario Mocellin, Elisa Sattanino, Valentina Napoleone
      Pages 73-83Open Access
    9. Da.Ma.Tra: Material Traceability Database

      • Ilaria Oberti, Ingrid Paoletti
      Pages 85-93Open Access
    10. Natural Language Processing for Information and Project Management

      • Giuseppe Martino Di Giuda, Mirko Locatelli, Marco Schievano, Laura Pellegrini, Giulia Pattini, Paolo Ettore Giana et al.
      Pages 95-102Open Access
    11. Structuring General Information Specifications for Contracts in Accordance with the UNI 11337:2017 Standard

      • Claudio Mirarchi, Sonia Lupica Spagnolo, Bruno Daniotti, Alberto Pavan
      Pages 103-112Open Access
  3. Design Stage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-114
    2. Clash Detection and Code Checking BIM Platform for the Italian Market

      • Caterina Trebbi, Michelangelo Cianciulli, Francesco Matarazzo, Claudio Mirarchi, Guido Cianciulli, Alberto Pavan
      Pages 115-125Open Access
    3. Digital Culture for Optimization

      • Samir Al-Azri
      Pages 127-135Open Access
    4. Performance-Based Design Approach for Tailored Acoustic Surfaces

      • Andrea Giglio, Ingrid Paoletti, Maia Zheliazkova
      Pages 137-148Open Access
    5. Do Smart City Policies Work?

      • Andrea Caragliu, Chiara Del Bo
      Pages 149-159Open Access
    6. Digital Design and Wooden Architecture for Arte Sella Land Art Park

      • Marco Imperadori, Marco Clozza, Andrea Vanossi, Federica Brunone
      Pages 161-173Open Access
  4. Execution Stage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187

About this book

This open access book focuses on the development of methods, interoperable and integrated ICT tools, and survey techniques for optimal management of the building process. The construction sector is facing an increasing demand for major innovations in terms of digital dematerialization and technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, advanced manufacturing, robotics, 3D printing, blockchain technologies and artificial intelligence. The demand for simplification and transparency in information management and for the rationalization and optimization of very fragmented and splintered processes is a key driver for digitization.  The book describes the contribution of the ABC Department of the Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano) to R&D activities regarding methods and ICT tools for the interoperable management of the different phases of the building process, including design, construction, and management. Informative case studies complement the theoreticaldiscussion. The book will be of interest to all stakeholders in the building process – owners, designers, constructors, and faculty managers – as well as the research sector.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering—ABC Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Bruno Daniotti, Marco Gianinetto, Stefano Della Torre

About the editors

Stefano Della Torre, who graduated in Civil Engineering and in Architecture, is a Full Professor of Restoration at the Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy, and Director of the ABC Department (Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering). He is the author of more than 360 publications. He served as an advisor to the CARIPLO Foundation (Cultural Districts), the Italian Government and Lombardy Region (policies on planned conservation of historical-architectural heritage). He has been President of BuildingSMART Italia – the national chapter of BuildingSMART International (2011-2017). 

Bruno Daniotti is Full Professor of Building Production in the ABC Department at Politecnico di Milano. He holds a PhD in Building Engineering and has more than 30 years of experience in various fields of research in construction at the national and international levels, having worked in universities and research centres such as ICITE-CNR and EC JRC (Ispra). He has also collaborated with research organizations and public and regulatory bodies, including ISO, EOTA, and UNI. He was the Italian Coordinator of the STANDINN project, PM of the INNOVance Project, and representative of Politecnico di Milano in BuildingSmart Italia from 2005 to 2015. He is also the coordinator of various other projects, including the BIMReL project and the BIM4EEB EU research project “BIM based fast toolkit for Efficient rEnovation in Buildings”.

Marco Gianinetto holds an MS in Environmental and Land Management Engineering and a PhD in Geodesy and Geomatics and is currently Associate Professor of Geomatics at Politecnico di Milano.  His research interests lie in the fields of remote sensing, earth observation, and spatial information technologies for environmental monitoring.  He is a member of the Governing Council of the Italian Remote Sensing Society, Co-Editor-in-Chief for the European Journal of Remote Sensing (UK), Associate Editor for the International Journal of Remote Sensing (UK), and Associate Editor for the Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (USA). Marco Gianinetto has been a member of international advisory/evaluator panels, including the Executive Agency for SMEs of the European Commission, the Israel Science Foundation, the National Research Council of Romania, the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, and the French National Research Agency.

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