A blockchain-based e-goverment service for Quantity Surveyors

In Spain, quantity surveyors are entitled to carry out official cadastral surveys, attestations, and certificate issuing according to a well-defined professional code. Official Associations of Quantity Surveyors and Technical Architects (COAAT) are responsible for endorsing the documentation related...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-01
Main Authors: Alcaide, Ángel F, Núnez-Gómez, Carlos, Delicado, Francisco M, Carrión, Carmen, M Blanca Caminero
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blockchain
Cryptography
Documentation
Electronic government
Government services
Quantity surveying
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Summary:In Spain, quantity surveyors are entitled to carry out official cadastral surveys, attestations, and certificate issuing according to a well-defined professional code. Official Associations of Quantity Surveyors and Technical Architects (COAAT) are responsible for endorsing the documentation related to actions performed on buildings. An e-platform that enables immutability, traceability, and a unique property record among all the Spanish COAATs, with an affordable cost, is essential to streamline the involved processes. The blockchain technology and smart contracts have recently emerged as promising solutions for e-government services due to the inherent features provided by the technology. In this paper, we identify the design goals and propose a blockchain-based e-government system for the electronic management of the documentation generated, submitted, and validated by the Spanish COAATs, namely, the COAATChain. The proposal has been deployed and evaluated on the Binance testnet blockchain, in order to assess its affordability.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2401.16028