Tasselli, Nicola (2023) BIM digital integration for existing buildings: Processes and tools to foster technological innovation of added-value building systems applied to the 20th century built asset in emilia-romagna. PhD thesis, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy.
Abstract
The research proposal is applied under the position reserved to projects funded by Emilia-Romagna Region, Research Project for Technology Transfer and Business, for the following subject: Application of integrated digital tools for surveying, diagnostics, and BIM modeling supporting the innovation of high added value components, systems, products and services for the intervention on existing buildings. The research aimed at defining a methodological process of information acquisition and integration and at developing digital tools in BIM environment (Building Information Modeling) to promote technological permeability in the intervention on existing buildings. The main objective was the definition of optimized digitalisation processes and digital tools to support the application of innovative technologies on existing building stock. These digital tools aim at fostering the use of innovative technologies (i.e. tools that can act as drivers of innovation of advanced components, systems and products) for the refurbishment, regeneration, maintenance and management of built asset. In addition to a more efficient management of the intervention on the built environment, the digital tools developed within the research aim to deal with a more efficient use of digital data collected over time and interoperability between systems (open access data), and with a more efficient application of parametric modelling to address the fragmentation of the building process. This procedure can lead to integrating different information data (obtained in the survey, analysis and documentation phase) in "BIM packages" (BIM objects or features) i.e. BIM "toolkits" to be used as objects catalogue and design tools. The packages are structured in such a way as to convey know-how and technological innovation in the intervention on the built environment. This approach to the use of digital data and the application of BIM tools is targeted at encouraging an inclusive collaboration between the actors involved in the construction supply chain and conveying the technological solutions proposed by manufacturers in the construction sector, in order to facilitate their use. During the project implementation, the study was supported by a partnership network including the Emilia-Romagna Region, the Emilia-Romagna High Technology Network, the DIAPReM Centre of the Department of Architecture, University of Ferrara, the industrial research lab TekneHub, University of Ferrara Technopole, the BUILD Clust-ER - Building and Construction (association of public and private organisations), public institutions, local authorities, and private enterprises. The project started from the results of research developed both at regional level - specifically those related to the intervention on the existing building - and international level, while limiting the scope of in-depth application to the system of external vertical walls. The main research outcome is the definition of a process for the implementation of BIM models focused on buildings made with non-standard construction technologies, and the development of "packages" that will be used by companies to work on these buildings for refurbishment and regeneration purposes. The results achieved were tested on selected case studies within the regional heritage of the twentieth century, a complex asset already investigated within ongoing and completed projects, in order to ensure the continuity of current research, contributing to further development of procedures and application of integrated digital tools. The scientific-disciplinary field of research is ICAR/17, under the topic "innovation and ICT processes", therefore the main focus is related to survey, modeling and data management within a broader process that in the future will involve more and more companies in the use of BIM technologies.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Maietti, Federica |
| Index terms: | industrial research, local authority, built environment, documentation, collaboration, data management, construction technology, digitalization, case study, survey, permeability, integration, fragmentation, partnership, building stock, building process, private enterprise, surveying, proposal, manufacturer, acquisition, construction sector, built asset, modelling, technology transfer, package, building system, added value, building information modelling, interoperability, toolkit, implementation, construction supply chain, technological innovation |
| Subjects: | asset management, organization, business, health monitoring assessment and metrics, practitioner, economic analysis, digital engineering, sociology, digital technology, industry analysis, building construction, partnership management, data management, organizational analysis, engineering systems, information systems, contractual arrangements, management, professional development, data collection methods, infrastructure and transport systems, construction logistics, innovation and technology management, analytical methods, systems and processes, project planning, material properties and characteristics, knowledge management, software systems |
| Topics: | Construction Materials, Supply Chain Management, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Engineering Principles, Site Management, Roles and Professions, Digital Applications, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Urban Studies, Procurement, Information Management, Business Strategy, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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