Article 43. Methods and tools of digital information management of constructions.

1. Starting from 1 January 2025, contracting authorities and granting bodies shall adopt digital construction information management methods and tools for the design and construction of new construction works and for interventions on existing buildings for an amount based on tender exceeding 1 million euros. The provision referred to in the first sentence does not apply to ordinary and extraordinary maintenance interventions, unless they concern works previously carried out with the use of the aforementioned digital information management methods and tools. 2. Even outside of the cases referred to in paragraph 1 and in compliance with the principles referred to in article 19, contracting authorities and granting bodies may adopt methods and tools for digital information management of constructions, possibly providing in the tender documentation a reward score relating to the methods of the use of such methods and tools. This option is subject to the adoption of the measures established in Annex I.9. 3. The tools indicated in paragraphs 1 and 2 use interoperable platforms through non-proprietary open formats in order not to limit competition between technology providers and the involvement of specific projects among the designers, as well as allowing the transfer of data between public administrations and economic operators participating in the procedure, awarded or in charge of executing the contract. 4. In Annex I.9 the following are defined: a) the measures relating to staff training, tools and the necessary organisation; b) the criteria to guarantee uniform use of digital methods and tools for information management; c) the measures necessary for the implementation of the processes of information management supported by information modeling, including the prediction of the interoperability of the asset register of each contracting authority or granting body with the national IT archive of public works; d) the methods of exchange and interoperability of data and information; e) the applicable national and international technical specifications; f) the minimum content of the information specifications for the use of digital information management methods and tools. 5. Upon first application of the code, the annex I.9 is repealed from the date of entry into force of a corresponding regulation adopted pursuant to article 17, paragraph 3, of law 23 August 1988, n. 400, with decree of the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, which replaces it entirely also as an annex to the code. EFFECTIVE FROM: 1 July 2023