Compilation of Digitally Verifiable Requirements from Legal and Technical Regulations for Execution Planning

The planned introduction of BIM in the construction administrations of the federal and state governments represents a milestone in achieving the digitalization expansion agreed upon in the coalition agreement. The content-related development and implementation of BIM tools are to be supported by research and development. These developments include, among others, verification and documentation tools based on a range of open standards. The necessary foundations are evaluated and implemented through current initiatives, such as the development of rules and property templates, which enable comprehensive, digital, and machine-readable processing of requirements.

Subsequently, the objective of this research project is to compile requirements from legal and technical regulations (laws, standards, guidelines, administrative provisions, etc.) for the automated, digital verification of building information models at the stage of execution planning (HOAI LP 5). For this purpose, the relevant regulations and their sources are to be identified, categorized, and the requirements derived from these regulations are to be documented in a suitable form for later machine-readable implementation. As a preparation for the system-independent integration of machine-readable checking rules into user software solutions (e.g., checking programs), an approach for defining a neutral verification rule syntax is to be recommended. In order to achieve the broadest possible impact, close coordination with BIM Germany and the BIM standardization committees of DIN, VDI, and buildingSMART will take place.