Creating Information Delivery Specifications using Linked Data
The article is Open Access. It was originally published here: Link to article. The use of Building Information Management (BIM) has become mainstream in many countries. Exchanging data in open standards like the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) is seen as the only workable solution for collaboration. To define information needs for collaboration, many organizations are […]
Towards a Decentralised Common Data Environment using Linked Building Data and the Solid Ecosystem
The article is Open Access. It was originally published on September 2019 on Research Gate. Link to article. With the emergence of Building Information Modelling (BIM), the construction industry is rapidly catching up with the digital revolution that has boosted productivity in virtually all economic sectors. In current practice, the focus of BIM lies on […]
A Checking Approach for Distributed Building Data
The article is Open Access. It was originally published on September 2019 on Reasearch Gate. Link to article. Since the early 2000s, the building industry has been steadily embracing the concept of Building Information Modelling (BIM). Currently, the BIM focus lies on file-based collaboration, although with the rise of semantic web technologies, the benefits of […]
Semantic query languages for knowledge-based web services in a construction context
The article is Open Access. It was originally published on July 2019 on Research Gate. Link to article. Since the early 2000s, different frameworks were set up to enable web-based collaboration in building projects. Unfortunately, none of these initiatives was granted a long life. Recently, however, the use of web technologies in the building industry […]
Querying Heterogeneous Linked Building Data with Context-expanded GraphQL Queries
The article is Open Access. It was originally published on June 2019 on Research Gate. Link to article. Linked Data in the construction industry is a topic gaining serious interest over the last years. However, this interest remains largely academic and has not sparked much adoption of web technologies in the field. To nourish adoption […]
BIM4Ren: Barriers to BIM Implementation in Renovation Processes in the Italian Market
The article is Open Access. It was originally published on August 30th, 2019 on MDPI. Link to article. An analysis of the barriers of the renovation process, the potential of digitalization to overcome those barriers, and the requirements to ensure a successful digital workflow. This paper focuses on the Italian market where surveys, interviews, and […]