BIM4Ren: Barriers to BIM Implementation in Renovation Processes in the Italian Market

As a part of BIM4REN (Building Information Modelling based tools & technologies for fast and efficient RENovation of residential buildings) H2020 project, an analysis of the barriers of the renovation process, the potential of digitalization to overcome those barriers, and the requirements to ensure a successful digital workflow. This paper focuses on the Italian market where surveys, interviews, and a workshop were conducted, and then a diagnosis was made on the results obtained. Results show that technological innovation on BIM tools cannot be a stand-alone action to reach a full digitalization of the renovation sector, but it shall be supported by a major awareness of the actors involved, improved skills, and competences, as well as an important change of approach in the current construction practice.This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement n. 820773. The sole responsibility for the content of this paper lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. This paper contains the summary results of the surveys, interviews and the workshop held in Italy, all these activities has been funded by the project