Information Representation and Automatic Matching in Building Regulations and BIM

Abstract: Building design requires various disciplines and spatial relationships, which can lead to errors. This study introduces a comprehensive conceptual framework for automated BIM compliance checking. It involves the creation of knowledge graphs by formulating ontologies for building regulations and developing models for semantic role annotation. Data extraction pipelines are established using the Dynamo module within Revit to gather pertinent information from BIM models. Compliance checking logic is articulated using graphs to match the extracted knowledge from building standards with the information in BIM models. The practicality of this automated compliance-checking framework was tested using BIM models from two actual projects.