D-CAT – Digital Collaboration and Automized Tracing Of Information

Infrastructure client organizations are moving from structural design requirements to functional facility requirements. The idea of this paradigm shift is to develop an optimal facility by setting requirements for the dimensioning of infrastructure facilities, components and essential characteristics instead of structural design

Aim of the project

This research project aims to explore methods that can improve the traceability of functional requirements at different stages of plant projects.

Functional requirements should initially be linked to a digital copy of the plant and then be followed up on the physical plant. By researching ways of working that make it easier for the industry to collaborate in the exchange of digital information, methods will be developed that can facilitate procurement on functional requirements.

Implementation

The work in the nine work packages will be divided between representatives from academia (Blekinge Institute of Technology) and the construction industry (HOCHTIEF ViCon GmbH). The academy will lead the research and carry out the work in close collaboration with the industry, which will contribute with its practical expertise and support the project in its ambition to demonstrate the application of the research results in practical contexts.