Research
The main research projects I work on and I was involved in the past are listed below. Click on the images to access further information.
CHEK
CHEK will enable the development and uptake of digital methods and tools for building permits, based on mature and integrated city and building digital data. The project, which has started on the 1st of October 2022, has a duration of 36 months.
Change toolkit for digital building permit (CHEK) is a three-year Horizon Europe EU – funded project (G.A. No. 101058559).
DIHCUBE
DIHCUBE will support Italian and European construction SMEs and public authorities to obtain education, training and access to advanced technical facilities by "Test Before Invest" activities. The project has started on the 1st of December 2022 and it has a duration of 36 months.
Digital Italian Hub for Construction and Built Environment is a three-year project funded within the European Digital Innovation Hubs (DIGITAL-2021-EDIH-01) call.
Smart Safety
SMART SAFETY aims to develop a proof of concept application of sensing technologies for managing proximity hazards on construction sites. The project focuses on the development of a system that can be used by construction SMEs in compliance with the requirements imposed by the GDPR.
Smart Safety was a two-year project (2020-21) developed in collaboration with ESEB - Ente Sistema Edilizia Brescia as part of the "third mission", which aims to generate knowledge outside academic environments to the benefit of the social, cultural and economic development.
WEBIM
WEBIM is an on-going project that aims to develop a distributed digital collaboration framework for public procurement to manage AEC-FM processes by cloud services and graph-based data storage. Unibs leads activities related to construction work progress monitoring.
WEBIM is a three-year project (2019-23) funded by the MIUR (PRIN 22017) and coordinated by Università Politecnica delle Marche
Geographic BIM/M
GEOBIMM - Geographic Building Information Modelling and Managerment aimed to assess the potential of integrating BIM and GIS in building permit and approval procedures.
GEOBIMM was developed by Unibs as subcontractor of Fraunhofer Italia in 2021.
ENIGMA
ENIGMA - ENabling Information-Guided Management aimed to develop a platform for the digitalisation of construction management procedures implementing sensor technologies in
construction sites using open APIs.
ENIGMA was a two-year project (2018-19) funded by Gruppo Deldossi as part of the "third mission" of Unibs.
BIM-based code checking
BIM and code checking in public procurement aimed to develop workflows, coordination procedures, rule interpretation and building model preparation strategies for digital design management and code checking.
The project was developed in 2014 in collaboration with Provveditorato alle Opere Pubbliche di Lombardia e Emilia Romagna and Harpaceas srl.
BHIMM
BHIMM - Built Heritage Information Modelling/Management aimed to develope workflows, methods and technologies for the architectural heritage in design, construction and facility management phases.
BHIMM was a three-year project (2013-2016) funded by the MIUR (PRIN 2010-2011) and coordinated by Politecnico di Milano.
The main networks and working groups I am involved in are listed below. Click on the logo(s) to visit their websites.
Research-related awards are listed below:
CNCPT Award 2022 “Innovazione tecnologica nella sicurezza delle costruzioni” as member of the research project Smart Safety
Finalist of the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2021 “Interdisciplinary Education Model” as member of the scientific committee of the International Summer School Contemporary Identities. Interweaving spaces and relations in the design of living services (University of Brescia, Directors: Prof. Barbara Angi, Prof. Barbara Badiani, Prof. Angelo L.C. Ciribini)
Best Paper Award “P.N. Maggi” 2015 for the best presentation by a young researcher - Annual conference of ISTeA - Italian Society of Science, Technology of Engineering and Architecture
ISARC Best Paper Award 2015 – 32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction
Main editorial activities follow:
Guest editor of the special issue of Buildings Advances in digital construction
Organiser, member of the scientific committee and reviewer of the DBP Conference 2024
Member of the editorial committee of Smart 24 Tecnici BIM (Sole24Ore)
Reviewer for the 2023 EC3 European Conference on Computing in Construction
Review Editor in Frontiers in Built Environment | Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Reviewer for scientific journals (e.g., Automation in Construction)
Reviewer for the 2022 EC3 European Conference on Computing in Construction
Reviewer for the 2022 ECPPM European Conference on Product and Process Modelling
Member of the scientific committee of the 2018 ISARC International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction