entire process of construction of building

To this end, several applications and researches are based on the need to innovate traditional building processes from both methodological and technological point of view. The building sector, in fact, accounts for about 40% of final energy consumption in EU and it is the largest consumer of raw materials in the world, with less than a third of recycled waste materials. The increased attention given to sustainability and use of new technologies in the construction industry requires new approaches that take into account the entire life cycle of the building. The case study proposes the integration of the PLM and BIM approaches, that could be defined as Building Lifecycle Management (BLM), in order to close the gap of the traditional method. Starting from this assumptions, in an empirical study, the paper presents a qualitative investigation into the current situation of the processes management of the constructed heritage in a French real estate company. The BIM use in the management phase represents a unexpressed potentiality, a differentiating factor compared to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), a holistic approach able to oversee the whole life cycle of a product and the information connected with it, widespread and consolidated in the manufacturing sector.

This approach is applicable to all the phases of the building process, but many surveys show the lack of BIM implementation in the use e maintenance phases. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an innovative approach based on a virtual model, which allows to manage all the information about the building.

Entire process of construction of building