^3rd training material and webinar pack

The third and last webinar in the series will take place on the 14th of May from 11:00 to 12:00 (CET) as part of the 5th Building Digital Twin International Congress.

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

 Video 1: State of the BIM Building permiting industry and current views 

Content description 

This training material provides an overview BIM building permiting state of industry survey and current views from industry gathered in ACCORD project. 

Target group 

This training material targets building authorities, policy makers, standardisation bodies, architects and applicants. 

  Learning objectives 

• Knowledge of the the industry landscape and summary of the survey results.  

• Understanding the desired outcomes, obstacles and key requirements from the industry acoording to the survey. 

• Awareness of industry landscape review.  

Author 

Thomas Beach, Reader in Construction Informatics at Cardiff University  

Supporting material 

• Presentation here. 
• Landscape Review report – here 

Video 2: Transformation pathways: Roadmaps and Recommendations 

Content description 

This training material provides an insight into two cases of the BIM-based building permit transformation pathways from Finland and Spain. The material describes the vision, roadmap and actor-specific actions, and recommendations for the ransion to BIM-based building permits. 

Target group 

This training material targets building authorities, policy makers, standardisation bodies. 

Learning objectives 

• Knowledge of State of Practice (SoP) in Spain and Finland. 

• Understanding of the recommendations and visons for Spain and Finland cases for poly makers and municipalities. 

• Awareness of the roadmap/pathway method, to-be reference process, actor specific recommendations. 

Author 

• Tarja Mäkeläinen, Senior Scientist at VTT  
• Gonçal Costa Jutglar, researcher and professor at La Salle - Ramon Llull University    

Supporting material 

• Presentation here 
• Transformation pathway training material here 

Video 3: Building Compliance Rule Language (BCRL) and its role in automated compliance checking 

Content description 

This training material provides an overview on the BCRL and RASE methodology and its application in ACCORD rule formalisation tool and Solibri services. 

Target group 

This training material targets building authorities, policy makers, standardisation bodies. 

Learning objectives 

• Knowledge of BCRL concept, use, structure and RASE methodology. 

• Understanding of BCRL and RASE methodology and its application in ACCORD Rule Formalisation tool and Solibri services. 

• Awareness of ACCORD Rule formalistion tool application.  

Author 

• Thomas Beach, Reader in Construction Informatics at Cardiff University  
• Pasi Paasiala, Principal Architect at Solibri 
• Gonçal Costa Jutglar, researcher and professor at La Salle - Ramon Llull University  

  Supporting material 

• Presentation here.  
• Rule Formalisation Tool - here 

Video 4:BIM-based building permit: Accessibility, operational safety & information retrieval use cases in FI

Content description

This training material provides an overview of the use cases 1, 2 and 4 tested in two demonstration buildings in Finland. The first use case covers the retrieval and handling of general official information about the building and the construction process.

The second and fourth use cases cover Accessibility and Operational Safety compliance checking. The ACCORD rule formalisation tool translates building code parameters into machine-readable rules so the model can be checked against the building code

regulations (Compliance checking). Use case 3 is the whole life cycle carbon (CO2) calculation tool presented in another training material. 

Target group 

This training material targets building authorities, architects and applicants. 

  Learning objectives 

• Knowledge of the ACCORD demonstration on the tools for retrieving official information from BIM models and compliance checking tools for accessibility and safety.  

• Understanding Finnish use cases 1,2 and 4 methodology and services set up. 

• Awareness of the challenges and opportunities from the feedback given by authorities and architects. 

 Author 

• Markku Kiviniemi, Senior Scientist at VTT  
• Pasi Paasiala, Principal Architect at Solibri  
• Ilkka Mattila, Chief Innovation Officer at Cloudpermit  
• Anna-Ritta Kallinen, company owner at Arkcon 

Supporting material 

• Find them here and here. 

Video 5:BIM base building permit – Whole life cycle carbon (CO2) calculation use case – Demonstration cases in Finland and Estonia   

Content description 

This training material provides an overview of the Use Case 3 about the whole life cycle carbon calculation tool used in the demonstration buildings in Finland and Estonia. The tool checks if the whole life cycle carbon footprint is lower than the requirement in the regulation. 

Target group 

This training material targets building authorities, policy makers, standardisation bodies, architects and applicants. 

Learning objectives 

• Knowledge of the ACCORD tool on whole life cycle.  

• Understanding Finnish use case 3 methodology and services set up. 

• Awareness of the challenges and opportunities from the feedback given by authorities and architects. 

Author 

Petr Hradil, Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 

Supporting material 

• Find it here. 
• AC(CO2)RD tool training material here 

Video 6:Automating compliance checks of structural components - Demonstration Case in UK

This training material provides an overview of the Use Case 3 about the whole life cycle carbon calculation tool used in the demonstration buildings in Finland and Estonia. The tool checks if the whole life cycle carbon footprint is lower than the requirement in the regulation. 

This training material presents the UK demonstration case from the ACCORD project, focusing on automating compliance checking for structural components in modular steel housing. The approach integrates semantic web technologies, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to verify structural integrity against Eurocode standards. The demonstration showcases a workflow that combines BIM-based inputs with open-source FEA tools, enabling automated compliance verification through a web-based interface.

Target group:

This training material targets Structural engineers, BIM professionals, Modular construction manufacturers, Regulatory bodies, and building control authorities, Researchers in construction informatics and digital compliance.

Learning objectives:

• Knowledge of the workflow from BIM model validation to automated compliance reporting
• Understanding the approach for integration of semantic web technologies with BIM and FEA for automated compliance checking.
• Awareness of the potential for scalability and adaptability of the approach to other regulatory domains and construction methods.

Authors:

• Dr. Ioannis Christovasilis, Aether Engineering
• Dr. Lorenzo Riparbelli, Aether Engineering
• Dr. Panagiotis Patlakas, Birmingham City University
• Prof. Franco Cheung, Birmingham City University

Supporting materials:

Check the supporting materials below at this zenodo link: https://zenodo.org/records/15374643   

Video 7:BIM base buidling permit – Checking Urban Parameters use case – Demonstration cases in Spain 

Content description 

This training material provides an overview use case on urban parameters checking tested in the Spanish demonstration building.  

Target group 

This training material targets building authorities, architects and applicants. 

Learning objectives 

• Knowledge of the process of the for the automation of urban parameter checking.  

• Understanding spanish use cases 1 methodology and setting up. 

• Awareness of the possible use of the checker. 

  Author 

• Gonçal Costa Jutglar, researcher and professor at La Salle - Ramon Llull University 

Supporting material 

Find it here. 

Video 8: BIMbased building permit: Fire safety, accessibility & health requirement for school buildings in Estonia

This training material provides an overview of three use cases in covering fire safety, accessibility, and health requirements for school buildings. The use cases were tested in two demonstration buildings in Estonia.

Target group