Building / Block / House / Apartment Information Management:

Problem Statement: At the shared building (multi-residential) level, the situation is often even more

fragmented and inefficient. Condominium buildings and housing blocks typically operate with partial

records, informal communication, and weak institutional memory. Critical information about apartments,

ownership, tenants, maintenance history, safety inspections, infrastructure systems, parking allocation,

shared expenses, and service providers is frequently scattered among paper files, WhatsApps, private

emails, external management companies, and ad-hoc spreadsheets. This leads to recurring disputes,

delayed maintenance, budget leakage, compliance risks, and poor transparency for residents. Buildings

lack a living digital audit trail that can support buying and selling property honestly and transparently,

as inequality or lack of civic engagement.

Examples of how a building management reflects local society or community:

Decision-Making: A building where decisions are made collectively by residents reflects participatory

democracy, while one managed solely by a third party might reflect centralized control.

Diversity and Inclusivity: A building with multilingual notices and accessible facilities reflects a

community's commitment to inclusivity.

Conflict Resolution: A building emphasizing mediation over strict rules mirrors a collaborative and

empathetic society.

Resource Allocation: A well-managed building with sustainable practices reflects an urban society

prioritizing environmental responsibility.

inequalities. A poorly managed building in a low-income area reflects the broader urban challenges of

underfunding and neglect.

Environmental Sustainability: Buildings that fail to implement green initiatives reflect a society

struggling with sustainability. Excessive waste and energy use in a building mirror a society with limited

environmental awareness. A building with solar panels and waste segregation sets an example for other

communities.

Community Cohesion: Buildings with frequent disputes and poor collaboration reflect urban societies

grappling with cultural or economic divides.

Driving Societal Change: Buildings that adopt green practices, digital platforms, or participatory

governance can inspire broader urban adoption.

protection, lighting, water pressure, gas, sanitation, alarms, air-condition, cleaning, gardening, gym or a

pool, coded entry keypads, elevators, game rooms, shelters, solar system, ventilation, heating,

communication, CCTV, entrance control, security, TV and Internet. Plethora of issues: engineering,

technical, legal, environmental, behavioural and financial: Emergency preparedness, signage, gates,

parking, landscaped areas, mailboxes, annual budget, development projects, control of current/scheduled

works, irrigation, legal issues, noise control, garbage collection, thefts, elevators, insurances, contracts,

dues collection, hazardous materials, public nuisance and common events or meetings, financial aspects:

money management, automated payments, expense tracking, personalized reporting.

INTEGRA BIM module tracks: elections, meetings, decisions, projects, works, budgets, expenses,

collections, activities, complaints and alerts, irregularities, violations, transactions, reports, documents

and, even, recordings. All of these actions will be easier to perform when the building’s payment system

works smoothly, and the collection of the management funds is done in an orderly manner through BIM.

building: common areas, spaces, systems, items, services, contractors, apartments, apartment owners

and tenants. 2. Management of the building as a business, logistical and human complex - through: a

committee, division of duties between committee members and communication between the tenants and

the committee and service providers or the management company. 3. Management and control

measures for each apartment owner vis-à-vis the tenants: contracts, collections, refunds, repairs,

INTEGRA – rich with diverse segment and with wealth of communication messages… INTEGRA tracks

and stores all data, events, interactions, document and photos of a building and its apartments/units –

from its handover until its demolition. For generations.

4. BIM tracks ALSO every apartment / unit / House separately: Dwelling Information, annexed spaces

(balcony, store, parking slot(s)), tenants, collections, expenses, legal events, maintenance/investments,

contracts, furniture /goodies / valuables. The unit information serves the Residence-Shared Building

Committee/Association, the Management company and every distinct landlord and/or tenant.

5. Analytical Benefits of INTEGRA BIM: Daily Life: Housing Availability, Household and Family size,

Current Needs/Housing Deficiencies/Defects, Retrofitted Buildings, Newly Constructed Buildings,

Apartment / Building Capacity and Occupation, Vacant Units, Single-Person Units, Single-Family Houses,

Owner-occupied vs. Renter/Tenant-occupied units. Emergency: Buildings with: Underground Parking

Lots, Fire Extinguishing Systems, Elevators, Hazardous Materials (HazMat), Water Sprinklers, Solar

Panels, Central Gas Supply Systems. Utility Tracking: Monitors water, electricity, and gas usage for the

6. To facilitate the coordination among individual residents or homeowners in managing the shared parts

of a building, some organisation for building management is needed. The first popular solution is forming

statutory owners’ associations or residents committee. In most of the countries – only the

apartments/units’ owners are legally entitled to elect their managerial body. In other places – also tenants

are allowed to take part in these committees / statutory bodies. The second popular solution is that the

homeowners or all residents appoint (outsource) external property management agent/company to

manage the building on their behalf. In fact, in both of the models, the Building Committee shares

responsibility for running ALL aspects of the property. All apartment/unit/lot owners in residential

building schemes automatically become members of the Owners Group (OG). All owners are jointly