Towards the adoption of automated regulatory compliance checking in the built environment

Beach, Thomas; Hippolyte, Jean-Laurent; Rezgui, Yacine

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103285

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“…Studies show that ARC systems, designed based on user requirements, not only succeed in terms of rule checking but also result in additional benefits originated from cultural shifts and changes in practice. For instance, if ARC is designed and implemented successfully, it might result in wider adoption of BIM, which then improves many other aspects of design and construction [10]. Furthermore, users working with well-designed ARC systems are more likely to gain a better tacit understanding of the codes (rules) [11].…”

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Framing and Evaluating the Best Practices of IFC-Based Automated Rule Checking: A Case Study

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This research reviews recent advances in the domain of Automated Rule Checking (ARC) and argues that current systems are predominantly designed to validate models in post-design stages, useful for applications such as e-permitting. However, such a design-check-separated paradigm imposes a burden on designers as they need to iteratively fix the fail-to-pass issues. Accordingly, the study reviews the best-practices of IFC-based ARC systems and proposes a framework for ARC system development, aiming to achieve proactive bottom-up solutions building upon the requirements and resources of end-users. To present and evaluate its capabilities, the framework is implemented in a real-life case study. The case study presents all the necessary steps that should be taken for the development of an ARC solution from rule selection and analysis, to implementation and feedback. It is explained how a rule checking problem can be broken down into separate modules implemented in an iterative approach. Results show that the proposed framework is feasible for successful implementation of ARC systems and highlight that a stable data standard and modeling guideline is needed to achieve proactive ARC solutions. The study also discusses that there are some critical limitations in using IFC which need to be addressed in future studies.

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“…BMC has been a focus of research and development for years, but its practical use throughout the years been reported as limited (Dimyadi and Amor 2013, Refvik et al 2014, Beach et al 2020. While, there exist many BMC solutions a recent study by Beach et al (2020) indicated that "there has been no meaningful adoption, despite the increasing maturity". The adoption of BMC is considered by some researchers slow and problematic (Refvik et al 2014, Beach et al 2020.…”

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“…While, there exist many BMC solutions a recent study by Beach et al (2020) indicated that "there has been no meaningful adoption, despite the increasing maturity". The adoption of BMC is considered by some researchers slow and problematic (Refvik et al 2014, Beach et al 2020. Beach et al 2020 found that some of the reasons to be related to lack of shared open standards for regulation clauses, not tools to offer a complete ability of precheck for compliance prior to formal submissions, cultural resistance.…”

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Exploration of practitioner experiences of flexibility and transparency to improve BIM-based model checking systems

Gade¹,

Svidt²

2021

ITcon

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The use of BIM-based Model Checking (BMC) has the potential to improve building design processes by enabling the automation of building assessments. However, only a few BMC systems are being used in the building design practices. The limited use has been identified to be related to socio-technical challenges that have so far not received much attention in research regarding BMC systems. To explore these challenges, a Design Science Research methodology was used to design a BMC prototype to improve the socio-technical challenges of BMC systems, specifically challenges of transparency and flexibility. The prototype was tested with practitioners to investigate aspects of BMC systems that potentially hinder its use. The results were used to discuss the potential for more practical application of BMC systems in design practices to obtain the benefits of providing a faster, more consistent, and more precise assessment of buildings.

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“…To develop a roadmap for automated compliance checking adoption, Beach et al (Beach, et al, 2020) conducted a detailed inventory of applicable industrial and academic developments. With the aid of industry partners, the authors identified and analysed the tools currently allowing model compliance checking.…”

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“…Several other academic research platforms were analysed using these same criteria. Then, by conducting a survey with industry partners, the authors identified a list of obstacles to the adoption of automated compliance checking that led them to propose a roadmap that considered, concurrently, the political, commercial, and technological factors in the future development of automated compliance checking (Beach, et al, 2020). Although industrial partners were in favour of adopting automated compliance checking, they insisted on the necessity for designating a qualified human to supervise the whole process.…”

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Object-oriented compliance checking: an automated approach and a case study

Doukari¹,

Greenwood²,

Rogage³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the 2021 European Conference on Computing in Construction

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This paper proposes a novel 'bottom-up' object-oriented approach for automated model checking and the corresponding plugin prototype. The approach and the prototype enable four key processes: (i) define and interpret the requirement rules, (ii) prepare the BIM object data, (iii) execute the requirement rules, and (iv) report the results that were made available to the user. To demonstrate the feasibility and accuracy of the approach, we use a case study from the foodservice equipment industry using an existing object library of foodservice equipment created by a major French manufacturer. All four steps were successfully completed, and the results show savings of around 125 minutes per object between the automated approach and traditional manual methods of working.

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Towards the adoption of automated regulatory compliance checking in the built environment

Cited by 52 publications

References 30 publications

Framing and Evaluating the Best Practices of IFC-Based Automated Rule Checking: A Case Study

Framing and Evaluating the Best Practices of IFC-Based Automated Rule Checking: A Case Study

Exploration of practitioner experiences of flexibility and transparency to improve BIM-based model checking systems

Object-oriented compliance checking: an automated approach and a case study

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