The design and construction of leisure and tourism facilities is a process in which a large number of professionals collaborate. One of the bases that makes this collaboration possible, is the exchange of data. One tool that avoids potential problems in the chain of interactions and transactions during the design and construction process of this type of project, is the blockchain.
Blockchain is a decentralised collaborative working methodology, whereby all operations of a set of tasks and/or transactions are recorded and traceable. It is a database in which information, whether data, transactions or files, is contained by consensus, encrypted and personally and immutably marked. To illustrate it with a simile, we can say that it is a kind of ledger in which every transaction is recorded.
The use of blockchain makes it possible to record, manage, distribute, access and track information throughout the life cycle of a leisure and tourism facility. In this way, we know at all times when, how, what and by whom the information and elements necessary for the design and construction of the facility are provided.
If we combine the blockchain methodology with the BIM methodology in a leisure and tourism project, and we establish the requirements, standards and shared intervening agents, we achieve greater transparency and improve management and security throughout the entire value chain.
An example of a very frequent use of the blockchain system is the so-called “smart contract“. These “smart contracts” consist of computer programmes that are automatically executed on a blockchain network, only when a set of conditions previously agreed by the parties involved are met. On the other hand, smart contracts can be applied in different areas such as payment management, project management, supply chain control, asset management, etc.
This whole process through the blockchain brings great added value and security to the workflow of a company or group of companies, since all the information and all the actions carried out during the course of the design and construction of a leisure and tourism facility are recorded and fully traceable for any of the agents involved.
By Pablo Moreno, senior MEP modeller in the Architecture Department of Amusement Logic
