Security and safety management and role of laser scanning in unique and peculiar cultural heritage sites such as the papal basilica and the sacred convent of saint francis in assisi in italy

Abstract

Peculiar, unique and complex cultural heritage sites, such as the Papal Basilica and the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis in Assisi in Italy, need a great effort to ensure visitors security and safety, cultural heritage preservation and protection and great usability for visitors with particular reference to visitors with disabilities and for all the people and personnel normally present for the site management.This goal can be reached using integrated systems and new technologies, such as Internet of Everything (IoE), which allows to connect people, things (mobile terminals, smart sensors, devices, actuators, wearable devices, etc.), data/information/knowledge and processes to reach the desired purposes.The IoE system must be able to implement and support an integrated multidisciplinary model for security and safety management (IMMSSM) for the specific context, using a multidisciplinary approach.Because of the plenty of data and information necessary to produce a proper IMMSSM which allows the consequent design and realization of the related IoE system, it is necessary to have detailed and accurate information about the architectural aspects of this wide, complex and peculiar site that only a proper laser scanning activity allows.The purpose of this article is to illustrate the methodology and the results obtained from the just started laser scanning activity that allowed to obtain precious architectural information useful not only from the cultural heritage point of view but also for more operative and powerful tools, such as building information modelling, where all the information can be transferred later.

The new communication network for an internet of everything based security/safety/general management/visitor's services for the Papal Basilica and Sacred Convent of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy

“…Due to the presence of strong architectural restrictions, it is necessary to take particular care in the installation of wires and devices [6] and, for this reason, a proper laser scanning activity [7,8] has already started to derive precious information that are going to be transferred in a proper BIM (Building Information Modelling) system that results to be a useful tool not only for safety and security management but also for a plenty of other goals [9].…”

Automatic Identification and Geometrical Modeling of Steel Rivets of Historical Structures from Lidar Data

“…For the collection of the geometric data of the structure, one of the most frequently used methods is laser scanning. There are a large number of research works that start with a laser scanning survey to perform the 3D digitalization of existing structures [7][8][9], many of which are targeted to the final objective of structural analysis [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. In the particular field of steel structures, we might cite various studies such as the ones by Yang et al [18], Basta et al [19], Laefer and Truong-Hong [20], Donato et al [21], or Morganti et al [22].…”

HBIM Application to Historical Steel Structures: the Case Study of Lapela Bridge

“…There are a lot of projects that start with a laser scanning survey to create 3D geometrical models of existent structures, many of them with the final goal of structural analysis [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”