INNOVance: la prima piattaforma nazionale BIM per le costruzioni

A building process optimization needs a systemic approach in order to correctly manage its complexity. Despite many important contributions have been provided in the last few years, both from a procedural point of view and from a normative one, building process management is often fragmented. This may cause repercussions on building quality and inefficiency in cost and time management. The INNOVance research project, as an interoperable platform for exchanging information in the building industry, aims at enabling the structured information exchange through the whole process in favor of all the actors. For this reason, the scope of the research project is threefold: the development of an unambiguous classification system for every object in the construction field, the collection of informative attributes through datasheets, and the creation of unique database to smartly store and share information by a user-friendly website. Unambiguous language and standardized information increase building process efficiency. If we then consider that data exchange is possible through the exploitation of a user-friendly web portal and some interoperable web services, efficiency and economic savings in the entire construction chain could be extremely relevant. The cooperation with manufacturers’ and constructors’ associations (ANDIL, ATECAP, FederlegnoArredo, UNICMI, ANCE, etc.) allowed the proper implementation of the database.