Digital Transformation of Building Permitting by Fauth, Judith; Guler, Dogus; Lavikka, Rita;

Short description:

This book represents an initiative to amalgamate research findings from a diverse array of international perspectives on building permits, addressing their innovation and digital evolution. 

Long description:

This book represents an initiative to amalgamate research findings from a diverse array of international perspectives on building permits, addressing their innovation and digital evolution. With a comprehensive approach, the publication endeavours to encapsulate global scientific advancements, practices, and takeaways within the realm of digital building permit systems. Ranging through a diverse set of disciplines, related to the different systems and aspects of digital building permitting, it provides stakeholders and researchers with a comprehensive overview, which should be grasped as a whole to allow for real progress in digitalisation of building permit procedures.

Central to the narrative of the book is the theme of the digital transformation reshaping building permit systems globally. By undertaking an in-depth exploration and examination of best practices, it seeks to furnish readers with a nuanced understanding of the opportunities and challenges inherent in this digital transformation. In consolidating a wealth of knowledge, including best practices and case studies from multiple countries, the book aims to demystify the complex domain of building permit systems. It serves as a comprehensive guide, starting from bothersome tasks, such as breaking down intricate regulations and technicalities into digestible information, thereby facilitating greater accessibility and understanding.

This book significantly contributes to understanding digital building permits from a global perspective. Advancements, projects, and experiences are considered globally to provide the reader with an overview of opportunities and relevant methods to approach building permit digitalisation and innovation (regulations, process, organisational adjustments, legal aspects, 3D data, and software architectures, among others). The book is an essential reading for researchers and professionals with interests in different sectors encompassing the built environment.

Table of Contents:

1: Introduction: Embracing the complexity of building permit systems  PART I. Transitioning to innovative building permit processes: Foundational understanding  2: What is a building permit process? – An international review  3: Maturity models for digital building permits  4: Complexity in building permit decisions – beyond pass and fail  5: Sustainability in building permitting  6: Interconnection of Digital Building Logbooks and Building Permits - realisation, common data and added value  7: Legal reasoning for interpreting requirements  PART II. Evolving technology: Technical developments serving digital building permits  8: Putting automated compliance checking in context  9: AR, VR and XR in building permitting  10: Semantic web technologies for building permitting  11: Integrating emerging technologies to streamline urban planning, cadastral registration, and building approvals  12: Integrating 3D geodata-based spatial plans into 3D land administration for digital building permits  13: Using information delivery specification for compliance checking in building permitting  14: XPlanung and the digital transformation of urban planning in Germany: Standards, practice, and perspectives 15: Data profiling and validation through linked data technologies  16: AI for building permitting – Balancing speed, flexibility and trust  17: AI-driven interpretation of regulatory documents using natural language processing and large language models  PART III. Implementing digital building permits: International experiences and case studies  18: Finland’s digital leap in building permits: Journey through hands-on BIM-piloting and cross-sectoral collaboration  19: BIM-based building permit: Semi-automated code-compliance checks in Estonia  20: Digital building permit service at the municipality of Rotterdam  21: Implementing nationwide public service software in federal systems: A case study of the ‘one for all’ approach in Germany  22: Driving digital transformation in building permits: BIM and automated checks in Vila Nova de Gaia  23: The status of digitalisation of the planning and building permissions system in Ontario, Canada  24: Permitting system digitalisation in USA  25: Brazilian scenario for digital building permits: Initiatives from pioneering municipalities  26: Conclusions