A BIM-Based Code Checking Approach for Green Construction

With the development of information technology, the application of building information modeling (BIM) technology has been gradually improved, and construction practitioners have put forward urgent requirements for the inspection of open standard industry foundation classes (IFC) documents. In this paper, a universal rule code checking approach is proposed for green construction. The rules from green construction standard are categorized into different rule types and converted to mvdXML templates and rules. These rules are then tested using an application program by combining this program with a BCFier in Revit. We demonstrate the deployment of such automated checking procedures in case study. Based on these experiences, a detailed discussion about identified issues is provided as the starting point for the future research.