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Framework for management of information flow, design actors and collaboration in virtual design and construction

Abstract

To achieve the aim of STREAMER project, 50% reduction on the energy use and carbon emission of new and retrofitted buildings in healthcare districts, there is a clear need of breakthrough in the design process, supported by an increasing implementation of interoperable tools for BIM and GIS computer-based modelling. Additionally, to reach the goal it is also necessary to involve the design actors in all the phases of the design and to develop a new way of collaborative design.

This deliverable, D4.1, “Framework for management of information flow, design actors and collaboration in virtual design and construction” paves the way in preparing the foundations for collaborative design in healthcare design projects. The complication of healthcare design projects, with the large panel of multidisciplinary actors for the design and the multiplicity of the space areas, as well as the integration of the medical process in the operation of the building push to settle the design process on comprehensive and measurable indicators. For the same reason, clear information and labels must be established, from the early stage of design, to translate the requirements into clear and usable objectives for the different stakeholders involved in the design.

The introduction of participatory design, using the methodology of virtual design and construction, will lay the foundation stone of the decision making process. Virtual design and construction is based on a multiple approach, comprising the product (district or building), the organisation (involved actors associated to their roles) and the process of design (different stages). Decision making process, composed of multi-criteria analysis, will allow for a consensus reaching objective.

Again the transparency and measurability of the criteria are key factors to allow collaborative and comprehensive progress in the review decisions. BIM and GIS models integrate the right level of information according to the requirements, as well as the design stages, and then support the collaborative process in distributing the accurate level of data to interoperable tools. This allows a huge reduction in latency and at the same time reduces the risk of inconsistencies.

At the end, all these recommendations will be the pillar for the starting point of the next phase of this task, the development of the process roadmap of participatory semantic-driven design. 

Download: Deliverable report D4.1 and Appendix D4.1