Project description
Digital solution for permits management in construction
Managing the process of permits needs to be streamlined. The EU-funded DigiChecks project will build a solution to provide flexibility, ease-of-use and efficiency to the permit validation and approval system in construction project environments. The project will implement the following steps: the first is the creation of a standardised permit ontology comprising a shared language for permits. Next is a digitising permit process tool based on object management group standards, on which several different actors can model their processes. The third step involves the creation of building permit rules, which allow permit authorities to establish rules used as a base for an automated compliance checker. The last step is the integration of the previous steps into a permit service offered through an open application programming interface.
Objective
DigiChecks proposes to build a digital framework that implements the following steps to overcome the challenges mentioned and pave the way to a more streamlined approach to manage and process permits:
Step 1: Standardized Permit Ontology. The first step is to create a shared language for permitting. This language, formalized in a permit ontology, enables the framework to map data from various sources into a common structure and make it processable by a computer in a repeatable manner.
Step 2: Digitizing Permit Processes. To deal with the many different actors and their respective processes for permitting, DigiChecks proposes to develop a tool, based on OMG standards, where these actors can model their processes into DigiChecks. These process models can be updated and or removed when the processess change.
Step 3: Building Permit Rules. DigiChecks? proposed solution contains the ability for permitting authorities to build you?re their own ?rules?. These rules are used as a base for an automated compliancy checker.
Step 4: Integration of the previous steps into a Permit Service (API). To transform the solution into a service, DigiChecks combines steps one (Permit Ontology), two (Permit Process) and three (Permit Rules) into a service offered through an (Open) API. The DigiChecks Permit Service API implements the concepts from the ontology to defined rules and these rules are mapped to a process, thus digitizing the permit workflow. By having an accessible Permit Service, third party developers will be enabled to create new, innovative and reliable permitting applications.
The ultimate objective of the solution is to provide flexibility, ease-of-use and efficiency to the permit validation and approval system in the construction project environments. A solution framework is thus required that allows - regardless of the country, region or municipality -, an easy interoperability with the tools commonly used in construction.
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinator
08007 Barcelona
Spain