# Blog

- [Italy's BIM mandate in 2025: 4,963 public works contracts above €2 million](https://bimon.it/en/blog/bim-tender-observatory-2025) (2026-11-06) — We analysed ANAC open data for 2025: 4,963 public works lots fall within Italy's BIM mandate, 7% more than in 2024. Where they are and who tenders them.
- [BIM vs Digital Twin: the differences and when you need each](https://bimon.it/en/blog/bim-vs-digital-twin) (2026-11-06) — BIM describes the asset you design and build; a Digital Twin follows it in operation with live data. The differences in one table, and how to choose.
- [Capitolato informativo (EIR) in Italy: 10 things to write in it under Annex I.9](https://bimon.it/en/blog/exchange-information-requirements-10-points) (2026-11-06) — The 10 sections an Italian capitolato informativo, the EIR of a BIM tender, should contain under Annex I.9: uses, information need, deliveries, CDE, checks.
- [Italian LOD (UNI 11337) vs international LOD 100–500 and ISO 19650 LOIN: how they map](https://bimon.it/en/blog/lod-uni-11337-vs-international-lod) (2026-11-06) — How to compare UNI 11337-4 LOD A to G with the LOD 100-500 scale and with the ISO 19650 level of information need. A mapping table and its limits.
- [How much does Scan to BIM cost? The drivers behind the price](https://bimon.it/en/blog/scan-to-bim-cost) (2026-11-06) — Scan to BIM cost depends more on what you model than on floor area. The drivers that weigh on a quote, and how to keep them under control without losing quality.
- [ISO 19650 and UNI 11337 in practice: EIR, BEP, CDE and roles](https://bimon.it/en/blog/iso-19650-bim-management) (2026-10-28) — How ISO 19650 and UNI 11337 work on real contracts: information requirements, BEP, CDE states and BIM roles, with BIMON's work on Fiumicino, Doha and Etlik.
- [Scan to BIM: how it works, accuracy, LOD and what drives the cost](https://bimon.it/en/blog/scan-to-bim-guide) (2026-10-14) — Scan to BIM turns a laser scan survey into a BIM model of what exists. Workflow, accuracy, LOD, deliverables and cost drivers, with the Villa Serena case.
- [What a digital twin really is in construction and operations](https://bimon.it/en/blog/what-is-a-digital-twin-construction) (2026-09-29) — A digital twin is an information model kept in sync with the real asset and used to decide. Maturity levels, data sources and three BIMON projects explained.
- [The BIM mandate in Italy's Public Contracts Code: thresholds, exclusions and duties](https://bimon.it/en/blog/bim-mandate-italy-public-contracts) (2026-09-15) — Since 1 January 2025 BIM is mandatory in Italian public works above €2 million. What art. 43 and Annex I.9 of Legislative Decree 36/2023 require, and from whom.
- [BIM and Digital Twin for healthcare facility management](https://bimon.it/en/blog/bim-digital-twin-healthcare-facility-management) (2025-06-04) — How BIM and Digital Twin help run hospitals: asset data, maintenance, energy and space. With BIMON's work on Prato hospital and the Etlik Health Campus.
- [BIM and Digital Twin for transport infrastructure: bridges, railways and stations](https://bimon.it/en/blog/bim-digital-twin-transport-infrastructure) (2025-06-04) — How BIM and Digital Twin support bridges, railways and metro stations from tender to site, with BIMON's work on Skurusund, Naples-Bari, Doha and Afragola.
- [Digital Twin in industry: productivity and lower costs on industrial plants](https://bimon.it/en/blog/digital-twin-industrial-improvements) (2025-06-04) — Where BIM and Digital Twin cut time and cost on industrial plants, from design to revamping and operation, with BIMON's work on Inalca, WTE Trieste and ECMWF.
- [Digital Twin in residential construction: where the return on a smart building comes from](https://bimon.it/en/blog/digital-twin-smart-building-technology) (2025-06-04) — Where BIM and Digital Twin create value in housing and mixed-use projects, from MEP design to operation, with Chorus Life, Villa Serena and Uptown R6.