TY - JOUR
T1 - Automated compliance checking in healthcare building design
AU - Soliman-Junior, Joao
AU - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia
AU - Parise Baldauf, Juliana
AU - Pedo, Barbara
AU - Kagioglou, Mike
AU - Formoso, Carlos T.
AU - Humphreys, Julian S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper presents results from the research project “Recommendations for automated checking of regulations and requirements management in healthcare design” funded by the Centre for Digital Built Britain , under Innovate UK grant number RG96233 . In the context of open science, data sharing can be requested by contacting the authors.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Regulatory frameworks associated to building design are usually complex, representing extensive sets of requirements. For healthcare projects in the UK, this includes statutory and guidance documents. Existing research indicates that they contain subjective requirements, which challenge the practical adoption of automated compliance checking, leading to limited outcomes. This paper aims to propose recommendations for the adoption of automated compliance checking in the design of healthcare buildings. Design Science Research was used to gain a detailed understanding of how information from existing regulatory requirements affects automation, through an empirical study in the design of a primary healthcare facility. In this study, a previously proposed taxonomy was implemented and refined, resulting in the identification of different types of subjective requirements. Based on empirical data emerging from the research, a set of recommendations was proposed focusing on the revision of regulatory documents, as well as to aid designers implementing automated compliance in practice.
AB - Regulatory frameworks associated to building design are usually complex, representing extensive sets of requirements. For healthcare projects in the UK, this includes statutory and guidance documents. Existing research indicates that they contain subjective requirements, which challenge the practical adoption of automated compliance checking, leading to limited outcomes. This paper aims to propose recommendations for the adoption of automated compliance checking in the design of healthcare buildings. Design Science Research was used to gain a detailed understanding of how information from existing regulatory requirements affects automation, through an empirical study in the design of a primary healthcare facility. In this study, a previously proposed taxonomy was implemented and refined, resulting in the identification of different types of subjective requirements. Based on empirical data emerging from the research, a set of recommendations was proposed focusing on the revision of regulatory documents, as well as to aid designers implementing automated compliance in practice.
KW - Healthcare Design
KW - Automation
KW - Regulatory requirements
KW - Compliance checking
KW - Healthcare Building Design
KW - Automated Compliance Checking
KW - Requirements Taxonomy
KW - Recommendations
KW - Subjectivity
KW - Requirements taxonomy
KW - Automated compliance checking
KW - Healthcare building design
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U2 - 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103822
DO - 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103822
M3 - Article
VL - 129
JO - Automation in Construction
JF - Automation in Construction
SN - 0926-5805
M1 - 103822
ER -
