ICT Agreement
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Abstract
In the construction industry happens a lot of activities and these activities are interdepended and since the construction industry has been changed a lot and becomes more digitized, so it’s important to make a clear agreement between the different actors. In this context, the purpose of this article is to examine how a better contractual relationship can be created between the various actors through digitization. This article will consider the digital tool (ICT agreement) and will examine the possibilities. With the use of ICT agreements in the construction industry, the opportunities will become greater and greater within digital workflows that support the construction process throughout. The purpose of using the ICT Agreement is to gather the separate agreement bases in one tool and use it as a management tool across interfaces and players in the construction industry. On this agreement basis, the ICT agreement will contribute to better control of the construction process. ICT stands for information and communication technology, the ICT regulation came into force in 2007, and much has happened since its inventions. There are several comprehensive documents that will cooperate with the ICT agreement. These documents are Description of Service (Building and Planning 2018), Organization and role, ICT-specification, and ICT process manual, which will support digital collaboration between designers. The following sections will define and describe the above documents in order.
Background
The idea with the ICT agreement was to have better control options in the early design phases, but gradually the focus has been on the role of the client and the contractors because the greatest values lie in the operation and maintenance of the building. Thereby, extensive work must be done in the construction industry to ensure a fundamental value of the building even after construction. This can be done using the digital tool (ICT Agreement), where all materials after execution will be passed to the operation and maintenance department. There are two kinds of ICT agreements in Denmark, (nr. 118) for public projects and (nr. 119) for general construction.
The ICT regulation
For buildings, the ICT regulation includes several requirements for the use of information and communication technology. The ICT regulation gives the client the opportunity to demand that the digital building objects be structured, classified, named, coded, etc. throughout the process. In addition, the client must require that the building objects be provided with the information and properties that are relevant to the subsequent operation and maintenance. The next section will describe and define these different requirements that the client/builder can apply during the building process.
- ICT coordination
The ICT coordination will give the client an opportunity to monitor whether the client requirements described with the various parties are complied with and it’s the client’s responsibility to insert an ICT responsible already from the beginning of the construction process, as it is extremely important that the communication through the digital world will function as a whole. The client must ensure that there is a coordination of the total ICT-application between all parties throughout the construction case. ICT coordination is about how the construction case should be organized and optimized, where the ICT use must be to the benefit of the individual participant for the construction case. The scope of ICT coordination must be determined by the size and complexity of the task and the number of parties that are up to the client to decide.
Handling digital construction objects
It is the client who demands that digital building objects be structured throughout the construction case, classified, named, coded, and identified uniformly in a specified level of detail. In addition, the client must require that the building objects be provided with the necessary information and properties, which are relevant for operation and maintenance. Other than that, the client must ensure that guidelines for the handling of digital building objects are maintained throughout the construction case
Digital communication and project web
It is the client who must demand a system for digital communication and the archive of relevant information during the construction case. In addition, the client must ensure, that a plan is prepared, and who or which part should update the system and what kind of information are available, and at what time. And a clear agreement, that the system is equipped with access control and log, and which file formats will be used, and which metadata will be associated with the individual file types.
Application of digital building models
For project competitions, the client in the competition program must require that the building models, level of information in relation to architectural, functional, and technical conditions is set out in more detail specific level of information. In the project competition, the client must also require, which kind of program the parties will use throughout the building process, and how the partner will structure them, and how the object-based building models will be submitted. All these requirements are depending on the character and complexity of the building.
Digital tender
The client must require that for invitations to tender for construction works digital invitations to tender and bids are applied. Tender materials must be structured in such a way that they must be easy and available through the use of the construction case, and thus to the relevant extent and the documents can be used digitally by the bidders in conjunction with their submission of a bid. And the client must also, ensure that the bill of quantities is included in the tender document and is relevant for each contract as well as the models are available to the bidder in IFC format. The documents must show an exact calculate of quantities and measurement.
Digital delivery of the building
The client and the operator must require about the digital delivery of the construction, and what information is relevant to be delivered. Information to be submitted for the operation and maintenance department is, documentation of the construction works, construction projects, operation, and maintenance plan, and how to manage the property in the future, moreover, the client must also ensure, that digital delivery of the construction project includes the agreements of advisers, contractors, and suppliers.
Digital information about identified shortcomings
The client must ensure that the digital information concerning the defect will be handled digitally. It must follow the structure of the building case's objects in building modeling that belongs to the classification. In addition, a procedure will be performed for the inspection, where the information concerning defect is included as an independent professional model in the object-based building model.
Description of Service: Building and planning 2018
The service description (building and planning 2018) is used as a basic agreement on consultancy in connection with construction and landscape project. This service description is designed with a view to defining the roles and distribution between client and consultants and between the individual consultants to have a clear agreement and the service description describes especially the responsibility of the project consultants/adviser, project manager, project management, and the professional supervision tasks and also determines the consultant's responsibility, how to coordinate the collaboration with the contractors after entering into an agreement with them. This service description will contribute in collaboration with the ICT agreement to have better control of the construction process to reduce the challenges, which will arise during and after the building process between the various actors. Finally, this collaboration will help to deliverer a successful project to the client.
