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/商业潜力包括超越美国成为建筑领域的高科技领导角色，从而提高我们的经济竞争力。建筑、工程和施工（AEC）行业多年来一直在实施建筑信息模型（BIM）技术。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孤岛，每年使资本设施行业损失158亿美元。该项目将提供首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，有助于显著减轻这些行业损失。通过将这项技术应用于建筑规范合规检查和建筑自动化，美国公众的健康和福利将通过更好的质量和更高效的建造设施而得到改善。为了帮助培养更具全球竞争力的美国STEM劳动力，这个项目的结果将被纳入现有的本科/研究生课程，以及“建设就绪”培训计划。最终，这一创新将增强对BIM技术的理解和应用，帮助建筑行业提高效率，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合规性检查和模块化建筑分析。这将通过连接AEC项目设计和施工阶段中目前孤立的BIM应用程序，弥合AEC领域的关键差距。这个PFI项目建立在DSD技术和由pi开发的自动代码遵从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的互操作性，这与依赖标准化或基于术语的语义的现有方法完全不同。它是实现不同应用程序之间无缝互操作性的关键。原型系统的开发将采用迭代的方法不断改进其性能。根据国际建筑规范的定量要求对设计进行校核，并对模块化建筑自动化设计进行分析。对丢失的信息和不合规案例的100%召回是人们追求的目标。关于DSD技术实施的新知识将被创造出来，以便更好地利用它来开发其他基于BIM的应用程序，并最终形成一个全面的BIM解决方案，在所有应用程序之间实现无缝互操作性。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.