PFI-RP: Automating building code compliance checking and modular construction through interoperable building information modeling technology.

这个PFI项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力包括使美国跃升为建筑业的高科技领先者，从而提高我们的经济竞争力。建筑、工程和建筑(AEC)行业实施建筑信息建模(BIM)技术已有多年。然而，目前的产品限制了平台之间的数据交换。这在建筑设计和施工过程中造成了效率低下的竖井，每年花费资本设施业158亿美元。该项目将提供第一个以互操作性为核心的商业BIM系统，使用新的数据驱动软件开发(DSD)技术，帮助显著减少这些行业的损失。通过将这项技术应用于建筑规范合规性检查和建筑自动化，美国公众的健康和福利将通过更好的质量和更高效的设施来提高。为了帮助培养一支更具全球竞争力的美国STEM劳动力队伍，该项目的成果将被纳入现有的本科生/研究生课程，以及“建筑就绪”培训计划。最终，这一创新将增强对BIM技术的理解和应用，帮助建筑和建筑业实现更高的效率，并减少时间、成本和人为错误。研发成果也将很好地转移到基础设施领域。拟议的项目旨在开发一个可互操作的BIM原型系统，用于自动化建筑规范符合性检查和模块化建筑分析。这将通过连接目前孤立的BIM应用程序来弥合AEC部门的关键差距，这些应用程序涉及AEC项目的设计和施工阶段。这个PFI项目建立在DSD技术和由私人投资机构开发的自动代码符合性检查技术的基础上。DSD技术通过使用BIM中对象的不变特征来实现BIM互操作性，这与依赖于标准化或基于术语的语义的现有方法有着根本的不同。它是实现不同应用程序之间无缝互操作的关键。原型系统的开发将采用迭代的方法，不断提高其性能。计划中的原型系统将在检查符合国际建筑规范量化要求的建筑设计以及分析模块化建筑自动化设计方面进行测试。对遗漏信息和违规案例的100%召回受到追捧。关于DSD技术的实施将创造新的知识，以便更好地利用它来开发其他基于BIM的应用程序，并最终导致具有所有应用程序之间无缝互操作性的全面BIM解决方案。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this PFI project includes leapfrogging the United States into a high-technology leadership role in construction, thereby increasing our economic competitiveness. The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry has been implementing building information modeling (BIM) technology for years. However, current offerings restrict data exchange between platforms. This creates inefficient siloes during the building design and construction process that annually cost the capital facilities industry $15.8 billion. This project will provide the first commercial BIM system that puts interoperability at its core, helping to significantly mitigate these industry losses, using a new data-driven software development (DSD) technology. By applying this technology to building code compliance checking and construction automation, the health and welfare of the American public will be advanced through better quality and more efficiently built facilities. To help develop a more globally competitive American STEM workforce, the results of this project will be incorporated into existing undergraduate/graduate courses, and a 'Construction Ready' training program. Ultimately, this innovation will enhance the understanding and application of BIM technology to help the building and construction industry achieve improved efficiency and reduced time, cost, and human-induced errors. The R&D results will also transfer well to the infrastructure domain. The proposed project aims to develop an interoperable BIM prototype system for automating building code compliance checking and modular construction analysis. This will bridge a critical gap in the AEC sector by connecting the currently-isolated BIM applications involved in the design and construction phases of an AEC project. This PFI project builds upon the DSD technology and the automated code compliance checking technology developed by the PIs. The DSD technology enables BIM interoperability by using invariant features of objects in BIM, which is radically different from existing approaches that rely on standardization or term-based semantics. It is the key to achieving seamless interoperability between different applications. The development of the prototype system will use an iterative method to constantly improve its performance. The planned prototype system will be tested in checking building designs with quantitative requirements of International Building Codes, and analyzing the design for modular construction automation. A 100% recall of missing information and noncompliance cases is sought after. New knowledge will be created about the implementation of the DSD technology so that it can be better utilized to develop other BIM-based applications and eventually lead to a comprehensive BIM solution with seamless interoperability between all applications.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.