Automated Compliance Checks for Construction, Renovation or Demolition Works

_Duration 2022 – 2025

_Programme Horizon Europe

_Call HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01

_Total Project Budget € 4.318.945,43

_Grant Agreement model Budget-Based

Short description 

Permiso de construcción digitalizado y cumplimiento utilizando BIM para mejorar la productividad y la calidad del diseño y la construcción.

As an architect, have you ever needed to go through a lengthy process involving several documents and certificate compliances to get your architectural design approved by the public authority? Or did you wait a long time to have feedback from the public authority regarding your submitted project?

The EU-funded project ACCORD develops a digital framework and tools to facilitate the building permit submission and approval, making the process more transparent, cost-effective and faster for all involved. The project team will integrate digital technical solutions using BIM to automate compliance checking of buildings in their design, construction and renovation/demolition lifecycle phases.

The cloud-based building permitting framework will be generic and flexible, allowing adaptation to a country-specific permitting process. It will include five software components: a rule formalisation tool, a ruleset database, an application programming interface, building permitting and compliance checking services. The digital tools and framework will be demonstrated and validated in Estonia, Finland, Germany, Spain, and the UK, using real project data and feedback from people involved in the building permit process, such as public authorities, architects, and engineers.

The Architects´ Council of Europe’s involvement 

The Architects’ Council of Europe played a significant role in the ACCORD Project by leading the development of training materials and organising a series of three webinars targeting IT developers, architects and policymakers. These webinars focused on topics such as BIM-based building permits, rule formalisation processes and digital compliance tools. ACE also contributed to the dissemination and communication activities of the project, including the development of the ACCORD Policy Recommendations for BIM-based building permits. Through these efforts, ACE facilitated knowledge exchange and promoted the adoption of digital solutions in the building permit process.

Project results 

The ACCORD Project developed a comprehensive digital framework to modernise building permit processes across the EU. Key outcomes included the creation of 21 training materials, delivered through an e-learning hub, covering topics such as rule formalisation, BIM-based compliance checking and digital permit tools. These materials were complemented by a series of three webinars designed to facilitate interaction between learners and developers, fostering a deeper understanding of the digital permit landscape. The project also produced a policy recommendation document advocating for the adoption of BIM-based building permits, aiming to influence legislative frameworks and standardisation efforts. A landscape review provided insights into existing practices and identified gaps in the current systems. Additionally, the development of roadmap templates offered municipalities and stakeholders a structured approach to implementing digital building permit processes. These resources were piloted in demonstration countries, including Finland, Estonia, Germany, Spain and the UK, showcasing the practical application and benefits of the ACCORD framework.

_ A set of 21 training materials on BIM-based Building permits and a series of three webinars for architects, municipalities and IT developers.

_ The BIM-based Building Permit Policy Recommendation.

_ The landscape review on the current state of digital permits processes, the Roadmap templates and their implementation in the demonstration countries and a proposed BIM-based building permit process mapping.

_ ACCORD Education Starter Pack – How to automate building permitting with BIM

Coordinator

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland – Finland

Project Partners

_ Fraunhofer IBP – Germany

_ Fraunhofer ISST – Germany

_ Open Geospatial Consortium Europe – Belgium

_ Architects´ Council of Europe – Belgium

_ Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg – Germany

_ Ayuntamiento de Malgrat de Mar – Spain

_ Ontotext – Bulgaria

_ Solibri – Finland

_ Future Insight – Netherlands

_ Aether Engineering – Italy

_ Institut Mines-Télécom – France

_ Catalonia Institute of Construction Technology – Spain

_ Fundacio Privada Universitat i Tecnologia – Spain

_ Cloudpermit – Finland

_ Tegel Projekt – Germany

_ Jönköping School of Engineering – Sweden

_ Ministry of Climate, Republic of Estonia – Estonia

_ BuildingSmart International – United Kingdom

_ Birmingham City University – United Kingdom

_ Cardiff University – United Kingdom

Para más información

Sitio web de ACCORD | Página de Twitter | Página de LinkedIn | Canal de YouTube

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101056973.

UK Participants in Horizon Europe Project [ACCORD] are supported by UKRI grant numbers [10040207] (Cardiff University), [10038999 ] (Birmingham City University and [10049977] (Building Smart International).