A Semantic Representation Method of Building Codes Applied to Compliance Checking

Yuchao Li, Mingsong Yang, Qin Zhao (), Zongjian Li (), Zhaoxi Ma, Yunhe Liu and Xinhong Hei
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Yuchao Li: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Mingsong Yang: School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Qin Zhao: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Zongjian Li: State Key Laboratory of Rail Transit Engineering Information, China Railway First Survey and Design Institute Group Co., Ltd., Xi’an 710048, China
Zhaoxi Ma: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Yunhe Liu: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
Xinhong Hei: School of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China

Mathematics, 2023, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-26

Abstract: Compliance checking is a very important step in engineering construction. With the development of information technology, automated compliance checking (ACC) has been paid more and more attention by researchers. One of the most important steps in automated compliance checking is the representation of the code information. However, the relationship constraint is often ignored in the code information and spatial geometric relationship is challenging to represent. The general code representation method does not have enough ability to identify the situation that does not meet the checking conditions because it is easy to cause semantic ambiguity in the checking results. This paper proposes a code representation method, and the building code information is represented in five parts. Relationships in the engineering domain and spatial relationships can be represented in constraint mode; different spatial relationship constraint-checking methods are also explicated. Constraint subject and constraint item can distinguish checking conditions and requirements, which supports semantic checking results. The mapping between the building information ontology and the code concepts is established, which can be used to automatically generate reasoning rules for compliance checking. Finally, the proposed method is verified by the representation of the China Metro Design Code and the application of the actual Metro model.

Keywords: compliance checking; spatial relationship calculation; code representation model; ontology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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