The use of FAC-1 as a contractual integrator enhancing the use of BIM: a focus on the Liscate school in Italy

El presente artículo reflexiona sobre las capacidades de los contratos empresariales, como el ‘Contrato de Alianza Marco FAC-1’, para facilitar y mejorar el éxito de los procesos BIM. Examinaremos algunos de los principales problemas legales que surgen en el desarrollo de un proyecto utilizando procesos BIM y mostraremos cómo la aplicación del FAC-1 como marco de colaboración ayudó a abordar estos problemas legales en un proyecto escolar emprendido en el municipio de Liscate en Italia. Asimismo, destacaremos cómo, en el proyecto Liscate, la combinación correcta de un instrumento de colaboración, una buena estrategia de adquisición y la adopción del BIM aumentó la eficiencia de las decisiones de los procesos, la gestión de la información y la reducción de las asimetrías de la información.This paper reflects on the capacities of enterprise contracts, such as the ‘FAC-1 Framework Alliance Contract’, to facilitate and enhance the success of BIM processes. We will consider some of the main legal issues arising in the development of a project using BIM processes and will show how the application of FAC-1 as a collaborative framework helped tackle such legal issues on a school project undertaken in the municipality of Liscate in Italy. We will highlight how, on the Liscate project, the correct combination of a collaborative contract tool, a good procurement strategy and the adoption of BIM increased the efficiency of information exchanges, the effectiveness of process decisions and information management and the reduction of information asymmetries

The use of FAC-1 as a contractual integrator enhancing the use of BIM: a focus on the Liscate school in Italy

This paper reflects on the capacities of enterprise contracts, such as the ‘FAC-1 Framework Alliance Contract’, to facilitate and enhance the success of BIM processes. We will consider some of the main legal issues arising in the development of a project using BIM processes and will show how the application of FAC-1 as a collaborative framework helped tackle such legal issues on a school project undertaken in the municipality of Liscate in Italy. We will highlight how, on the Liscate project, the correct combination of a collaborative contract tool, a good procurement strategy and the adoption of BIM increased the efficiency of information exchanges, the effectiveness of process decisions and information management and the reduction of information asymmetries.El presente artículo reflexiona sobre las capacidades de los contratos empresariales, como el ‘Contrato de Alianza Marco FAC-1’, para facilitar y mejorar el éxito de los procesos BIM. Examinaremos algunos de los principales problemas legales que surgen en el desarrollo de un proyecto utilizando procesos BIM y mostraremos cómo la aplicación del FAC-1 como marco de colaboración ayudó a abordar estos problemas legales en un proyecto escolar emprendido en el municipio de Liscate en Italia. Asimismo, destacaremos cómo, en el proyecto Liscate, la combinación correcta de un instrumento de colaboración, una buena estrategia de adquisición y la adopción del BIM aumentó la eficiencia de las decisiones de los procesos, la gestión de la información y la reducción de las asimetrías de la información

Collaborative Contract with Building Information Modelling: comparison between USA and European approach

At present, contracts are evolving to a collaborative form such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) or Multiparty agreements. Some states are using this new ways of interaction to reduce fragmentation and self- interest of the component of the AEC sector. The productivity index of construction sector is the same in the last decreased, on the contrary the one of the mechanic industry increased. Collaborative contracts are the way to improve the sector profitability. Its aim is to enable and develop collaboration between the owner, the designer and the constructors. Evolution of new technologies imposed a change in the type of contract into a collaborative one. A comparison is presented between the one used in USA and the one used in UK, the latter is becoming a new standard for European contract. This fact have demonstrated to generate an increase in productivity and a decrease in waste of time in the design, in construction and in operational phases. The requirement of this project is the necessity to better satisfy the owner needs, to clearly identify the contractual and extra-contractual responsibilities of individual operators. These are the reasons why Building Information Model and collaborative contracts are conceived to work on the same project

IMPORTATION OF RELATIONAL PROJECT DELIVERY AGREEMENTS EXPLOITING THE BIM APPROACH IN LEGISLATION

The research proposes an overview of the importation of a Relational Project Delivery Agreement (RPDA) in Italian legislation and the related issues. The AEC sector fragmentation, caused by an increase of building complexity and a change in the industry structure, is demanding a collaborative approach to the project to allow the possibility of a holistic vision based on a BIM approach. This work provides an overview of RPDAs applications on different contexts, highlighting benefits and issues related, including litigation resolution processes. A special focus has been kept in an Italian context, where the stagnant construction market needs to be revolutionized, and better interactions among stakeholders are required. The research imports and adapts an alliance agreement, FAC-1 (Framework Alliance Contract), on Italian framework, tailoring the most important features of the model to the Italian legislation. The goal of this work is providing a methodology to validate a standard form of contract, aiming at an added value to construction sector. Further developments consist in guidelines for contract management and evaluation of the project behavior during different phases of the process

Importation of Relational Project Delivery Agreements exploiting the BIM approach in legislation

The research proposes an overview of the importation of a Relational Project Delivery Agreement (RPDA) in Italian legislation and the related issues. The AEC sector fragmentation, caused by an increase of building complexity and a change in the industry structure, is demanding a collaborative approach to the project to allow the possibility of a holistic vision based on a BIM approach. This work provides an overview of RPDAs applications on different contexts, highlighting benefits and issues related, including litigation resolution processes. A special focus has been kept in an Italian context, where the stagnant construction market needs to be revolutionized, and better interactions among stakeholders are required. The research imports and adapts an alliance agreement, FAC-1 (Framework Alliance Contract), on Italian framework, tailoring the most important features of the model to the Italian legislation. The goal of this work is providing a methodology to validate a standard form of contract, aiming at an added value to construction sector. Further developments consist in guidelines for contract management and evaluation of the project behavior during different phases of the process

Delivery information with ARCIM: Augmented Reality for Construction Information Management

The research focus on the introduction of a new delivery information system through a new innovative and user-friendly procedure, with the aim re-classify and put them in appearance to the interested user. All the knowledge collected during the design phase are essential for correctly managing the construction phase. Information about architectural design, such as, thermal performances of walls and roofs, type of materials insulations, material’s fire requirements, etc. or about structural design, for example, type of concrete, position of steels, type of frameworks are necessary to achieve the best quality of the building. Often a lot of this information will be lost during the process; usually the main reason is that are transferred, over each phase, only with paper-based procedure. Augmented Reality (AR) is a new technology that can be used to add virtual objects or attach information to a real vision of things using smartphone or tablet. The AR potentiality in AEC sector is to facilitate and assist technician during their work, giving them the possibility of knowing the product’s information, such as the main features, the purpose methods and the product maintenance in site. The work is based on the need of delivery information to the right technician at the correct stage of the project, from early construction up to the maintenance phase. This research was applied and tested on a real case study. In this occasion the on-site information were presented, catalogued and linked to the consultation of their beneficiary. The objective is the creation of a workflow to archive and catalogue technical information through technologically advanced instruments. Further development could be the direct management of the information related to the QR codes through a database linked to the BIM model