ACCORD Digital Building Permit Pilots: Outcomes for Standardization, Policy Making, and Decision Makers 

ACCORD Digital Building Permit Pilots: Outcomes for Standardization, Policy Making, and Decision Makers 

The ACCORD webinar series is designed to be an interactive platform for discussion, feedback, and suggestions between participants and ACCORD partners on the training materials provided. In this third webinar on the 14th of May from 11:00 to 12:00 (CET), ACCORD partners have prepared a set of training materials for Standarization Bodies, Policy Making and Decision makers on the use cases, and demonstration outcomes.   

We encourage all participants to review the materials available at ACCORD e-learning hub or in the links below and come prepared with questions to engage in discussions with the ACCORD team. 

Find below some practical information about the ACCORD webinar. 

3rd Webinar:  ACCORD Digital Building Permit Pilots: Outcomes for Standardization, Policy Making, and Decision Makers 

ACCORD Digital Building Permit Pilots: Outcomes for Standardization, Policy Making, and Decision Makers 

  • Date: 14/05/2025 
  • Hour: 11:00 – 12:00 (CET) 
  • Target group: Standardization bodies, Policy Making, and Decision Makers 
  • Registration Link: here 

Training material 

  • Video 1: Current state of the industry and current views from the industrial survey. 
  • Video 2: Transformation Pathways towards digital and automated permitting, the national level roadmaps - Finnish / Spanish transformation pathways story. 
  • Video 3: Why and how was BCRL created? and how to utilise it? 
  • Video 4: Building and dwelling data (Finland Use Case 1)  
  • Video 5: Accessibility (Finland Use Case 2) and Operational safety (Finland Use Case 4) 
  • Video 6: CO2e calculation (Finland Use Case 3) 
  • Video 7: Automating compliance checks of structural components (UK Use Case 1) 
  • Video 8: Planned land use permitting (Germany Use Case 1) 
  • Video 9: Environmental compliance checking (Germany Use Case 2) 
  • Video 10: Architectural Design Compliance of Timber Construction Systems (Germany Use Case 3) 
  • Video 11: Urban Regulations / Parameters (Spain Use Case 1) 

 

Webinar agenda 

11:00 Welcome and Overview of the ACCORD 3rd training Pack 

11:15 Interactive session 

11:50 Reflection and wrap-up 

12:00 Closure 

 

ACCORD Team  

  • Rita Lavikka, Research Team Leader 
  • Thomas Beach, Reader in Construction Informatics at Cardiff University 
  • Tarja Mäkeläinen, Senior Scientist at VTT 
  • Pasi Paasiala, Principal Architect at Solibri, Inc 
  • Markku Kiviniemi, Senior Scientist at VTT 
  • Sven Anton, Information Techonology Bussiness Manager at Ministry of Climate of Estonia 
  • Franco Cheun, Professor in Sustainable Built Environment, College Lead in Research, Innovation and Enterprise at Birmingham City University 
  • Katja Breitenfelder, Project and Business Developer at Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP 
  • Petr Hradil, Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 
  • Gonçal Costa Jutglar, researcher and professor at La Salle - Ramon Llull University