A WORKFLOW FOR BUILDING SITE DIGITALIZATION

The digitalization of construction sector is becoming increasingly important. Based on European Community Directives, Italian legislation has defined a national strategy to start the process of digitization of the construction and public works sector. The purpose of this paper is to set a method for the digitalization of the building process, schematizing the workflow of the procedures that regulate construction management activities. A careful analysis of the state of the art of construction phase activities regulations is carried out; this analysis was based on construction management manuals, scientific publications, and direct contact with professional figures who are related to Construction Management. Critical issues have emerged due to the complexity of the process, bureaucracy, and the digital transition of the sector. The stakeholders involved, the phases, the activities, the documentation, and the timing of the process were identified and represented graphically through the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN). The advantages of the methodology are reported in relation to the goals of speeding up and improving the development of the building process, not only for the correct sequence of activities but also for the digital management of documentation. The workflows were standardized for a first implementation on the case study of a Secondary School, where this process helped the structuring of the collaborative platform for the creation of the Document Management System that was used during construction phases.