HE proposal on compliance of building/infrastructure construction

Hi!
We're looking to join (or even help create) a consortium to submit a
proposal on the following topic.

HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-10: Digital permits and compliance
checks for buildings and infrastructure (IA)

The proposal should be *based on semantic technologies*.
- It matches very well the recent presentation by Thomas Beach
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dIhJpqTCxJ9l3Y95JlP5mJbT-umBZNk5DhJGSiTWEqA/edit#heading=h.tchag0qbnkni
- There are numerous research challenges to address: how to parse
regulations, how to structure them into something that you can reason with,
how to capture the "essence" of architectural data that has a bearing upon
compliance, how to split reasonably between RDF and non-RDF storage
(previously we discussed here HDF5 etc)
- On the more pragmatic side: how to involve regulation bodies, how to
design relevant use cases and get relevant construction data

*Can we include this topic in one of the forthcoming telcos?*

Info:
- proposal opening: April
- submission deadline: September
- from: Horizon Europe - Work Programme 2021-2022; cluster 4 Digital,
Industry and Space; Part 7 - Page 33 of 440

Expected Outcome: Projects are expected to contribute to the following
outcomes:
- Efficiency and productivity gains in design and construction processes;
- Fewer errors in planning, design and construction processes;
- Automated, faster, more accurate and more efficient permitting and
compliance for
construction works (e.g. regulatory, health and safety, performance);
- Improved build quality and resource efficiency in construction.
Scope: There is a need to develop, connect and align new technologies and
digital tools for
construction, including improved and automated methods of designing,
building and
authorising construction works. The manual processing and delivery of
administrative, legal
and regulatory information such as planning and construction permits, and
related compliance
processes, are complicated and lengthy procedures. This leads to delays and
ambiguity in the
construction process, as well as errors, extra costs, waste and
inefficiency.
Information generated or imported into digital models during early design
phases can
potentially streamline the application and granting of digital
administrative permits. This will
in turn facilitate informed decision making including compliance checks
later in the design
and construction process and throughout the life cycle of the built asset.
Proposals should:
- Develop and demonstrate novel ways of digitalising permitting and
compliance
processes for construction works;
- Demonstrate new tools and solutions for the storing, processing, analysis
and retrieval of
administrative and regulatory information related to construction works.
The new
solutions should make use of neutral data formats, addressing rule
interpretation and
machine-readable information, and supporting analysis and exploitation of
relevant
digitalised acts, regulations, requirements and standards;
- Ensure that the new solutions are interoperable and integrated, where
relevant, with other
relevant tools, databases and processes. These can include Building
Information Models
(BIM), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), public registries, Life Cycle
Analysis
data, digital twins including those of greater scale (e.g. city, regional
or national level),
3D cadastre, digital building logbooks, and models of larger scale of the
built
environment, including those that are handled by public authorities.
Proposals should
ensure that spatial information, where relevant, aligns with the aims of
the INSPIRE
Directive https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/about-inspire/563 ;
- Ensure that the new solutions developed can handle a wide variety of
relevant data, for
example spatial and location data relating to the buildings or
infrastructure and their
context; urban height limits and setbacks; visual corridors or protected
views;
environmental information such as flood risk models and protected trees;
cultural
heritage rules and protections; utilities and services including energy,
water and telecoms
infrastructure;
- Develop solutions that harness the potential of digitalisation to
accelerate processes and
improve productivity, open up new methods of working and business models.
For
example, proposals should make use of disruptive technologies such as
Artificial
Intelligence, algorithm based checks, Human Aided Design and Compliance;
- Address potential barriers to the use of digital building permits and
compliance checks
including knowledge gaps, technology deployment, and the regulatory and
policy
context;
- Take into account the wide range of actors involved in applying for,
receiving and using
permits and the related compliance (e.g. design, engineering and other
construction
professionals, researchers, industry especially SMEs, and public
authorities), taking into
consideration questions of accessibility and user acceptance;
- Take into account the international contexts and developments in
construction-related
data including BIM and GIS but also the capacities and opportunities
presented in
different parts of Europe. Proposals should therefore build on previous
research, such as
the outputs of the DigiPLACE project
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/856943 ;
- Address the potential for upskilling and re-skilling of the construction
value chain as a
result of the innovation;
- Contribute to an EU-wide framework for the digitalisation and automation
of machine
readable permits and compliance checks for construction works, including by
collaborating with similar projects including those funded under this call;
- Develop technical guidelines and semantic models applicable to different
EU countries.
Proposals may address any or all types of buildings and infrastructure as
appropriate.

-- 
Vladimir Alexiev, PhD, PMP
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