Standardized and machine readable data for improving transfer of resources and industrial collaboration

The construction sector process is characterized by an intensive production of information due to the high number of requirements derived from building codes, standards and regulations. The proposed paper aims to present a standardized data structure and related uses for collecting, sharing and exchanging information between stakeholders involved along the building process. The research is focused on the Italian context and has been developed defining a structured methodology that includes the collection of requirements from several actors reached thank to the development of a linked UNI standard. The alignment to international product information requirements and the study of practical applications. The final result is the definition of criteria for the unification of terminology, organization, collection and exchange of information for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector structured in a web-based portal where all the information is machine readable. This allows better collaboration along the process promoting the diffusion of industrial symbiosis between stakeholders.