Procedures to control fire safety performances of buildings in a BIM environment

During their lifecycle, buildings often require changes in use and layout. This scenario raises the need for continuous control of building performances in each phase. The transition from the traditional prescriptive method towards the performance-based approach would facilitate the management of building, thanks to the adoption of key performance indicators. KPIs can track building performances over their lifecycle. This paper showcases the application of such a procedure in the fire safety management. It includes the draft of a workflow and an information model to support that approach in a BIM environment, the integration of simulators, and the definition of KPIs.