In advance of Italian legislative dictates indicating the use of BIM from 2025 in the design of many buildings based on the amount of work, INCIDE has already embarked on this type of direction. In fact, as part of the processes of innovation and digitisation of its activities, it has startedusing an integrated BIM platform to manage the construction site of the Fidenza School Complex, a new complex conceived as a multifunctional and sustainable settlement.
Here’s how this technology works and the advantages it offers.
Digital models for controlling every stage of the construction site
The use of an information-based design must necessarily be followed by the use of the same tool on site and in the maintenance management of buildings.
The tool that INCIDE has adopted will allow the use of digital models for multiple advantages:
- an accurate control of site progress
- verification of construction solutions
- interaction between the operators involved
- real-time availability of technical and administrative documentation
This digitisation of information sharing, which is immediate, instantaneous and transparent, makes it possible to eliminate the obstacles of routine site management, such as:
- out-of-date and out-of-reach plans
- slow and incomplete communication
- not knowing exactly where you are on the job
- time to create checklists during inspections
- time to generate site reports
- difficult collaboration between all those involved in the work
This site management technology allows project and jobsite plans to be uploaded and shared in real time with other parties involved, such as collaborators, construction company stakeholders, testers or end customers, including public administrations.
Another great strength is that it brings together many of the typical needs of the construction site. In fact, in addition to the already mentioned module for sharing and annotating plans, it is possible to share files of all kinds, submit documents for approval to the parties in charge, and draw up, archive and consult the construction logbook.
Photographs, which can be taken and uploaded directly from a mobile phone, can be associated with specific points on the plans, thus adding annotations and placing them in space relative to the intervention under construction.
Finally, it is also possible to visualise 3D BIM models and manage activities, to assign actions to individual subjects, with deadlines and useful annotations.
In short, it is a technology that allows all data to be captured and controlled in one place, improving efficiency and cutting time.
On the Italian scene, INCIDE is one of the first companies in the sector to experiment with its use as a construction management system: the ‘Villa Ferro’ Fidenza school complex is the first project to benefit from this innovation.
Fidenza school pole protagonist of the digital worksite transition
The construction site concerns the building of a school complex designed by INCIDE in RTP with the VGA architecture studio (Arch. Vittorio Grassi of Milan), including a primary and secondary school complex, a gymnasium and outdoor sports areas.
The project, also reported by famous Italian magazines, intends to build the school of the future, i.e. to build a new way of learning composed of dialogue with nature, inclusion through spaces, and sustainability achieved through green building.
Following the awarding of a competition in partnership with the architectural firm VGA, INCIDE carried out in BIM the tasks of Structural and Plant Design, Construction Management, Fire Prevention and Safety for the demolition and new construction of the New School Complex.
The building, financed through the NRP, was designed to minimise energy consumption and carbon emissions throughout its life cycle, in accordance with current CAM. The energy required by the school’s plant system is entirely met by a photovoltaic system installed on the roof, which covers the energy needs and allows the building to be classified as NZEB-20% (Nearly Zero Energy Building). The building has achieved energy class A4, the highest for efficiency and energy saving.
The objectives being achieved through the digitisation of the building site are in line with those required by the standards, namely:
- authenticity, transparency and simplification
- security of information
- sourcing of data from competent professionals
plus immediate collaboration, which makes activities more efficient and timely.
The development of digital technologies also sees INCIDE engaged in a path of innovation through its own in-house Lab, which aims to implement technologically advanced solutions also through theuse of AI (Artificial Intelligence) for the acceleration of its processes and the creation of new innovative solutions.
