BIM and Interoperability: a database to collect data errors and solutions

Interoperability between software programs don’t is rarely error-free: the main problem is data loss during the export/import processes. The aim of our study is to create a Database to register the errors which are obtained during the interoperability processes. In so doing, we are creating an instrument to help stakeholders interested in construction projects. This database can be used not only as a simple archive, but also as an instrument to solve problems with the export/import processes. Many attempts have been carried out with various software applications and with different standard exchange formats. This effort is in an uninterrupted development, since new errors continuously appear in interoperability processes. This work is essential for Building Information Modeling: the subjects who are engaged in a construction project may collaborate with each other to obtain a better final project and the Database can provide a special contribution for achieving this aim.