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Automated compliance checking in healthcare building design
Abstract 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.
Highlights Automated compliance checking has been approached mostly replacing human operations. Automation can be easily achieved for quantitative and objective requirements. Subjectivity is still a fundamental constraint in the automated compliance process. Requirements subjectivity has been identified as natural or artificial. Need of multiple automated compliance approaches due to diversity of requirements.
Automated compliance checking in healthcare building design
Abstract 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.
Highlights Automated compliance checking has been approached mostly replacing human operations. Automation can be easily achieved for quantitative and objective requirements. Subjectivity is still a fundamental constraint in the automated compliance process. Requirements subjectivity has been identified as natural or artificial. Need of multiple automated compliance approaches due to diversity of requirements.
Automated compliance checking in healthcare building design
Soliman-Junior, Joao (author) / Tzortzopoulos, Patricia (author) / Baldauf, Juliana Parise (author) / Pedo, Barbara (author) / Kagioglou, Mike (author) / Formoso, Carlos Torres (author) / Humphreys, Julian (author)
2021-06-26
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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