Transitioning to Intelligent Compliance Checking in Construction: A Review of BIM-based Applications and Prospects

In response to increasing demands for precision and efficiency in the construction industry, intelligent compliance checking has emerged as a promising avenue for innovation. This review explores the evolution, application, and potential of intelligent compliance checking within the context of Building Information Modeling (BIM). This study commences by outlining the use of traditional compliance checking methods in the construction industry, emphasizing their limitations in handling the complexities of regulatory requirements and their inefficiency in large-scale applications. This sets the stage for the introduction of intelligent compliance checking as a more sophisticated, efficient, and accurate solution. The current state of BIM-based compliance checking research is delved into in this review, tracing the evolution from automated compliance checking to intelligent compliance checking. This exploration illustrates the advantages and transformative potential of intelligent compliance checking. Despite its promise, challenges that hinder its widespread adoption, such as data incompleteness, issues of interpretability, and the need for consistent reliability, are acknowledged. An in-depth analysis of these bottlenecks is presented, and future directions are proposed to stimulate further development and refinement of intelligent compliance checking technology. In conclusion, it is argued that while intelligent compliance checking presents an array of benefits such as improved efficiency, reduced error rates, and enhanced work quality, its full potential can only be realized by addressing the aforementioned challenges. This paper offers a comprehensive review for researchers and practitioners, aiming to contribute to the discourse on BIM-based intelligent compliance checking and its role in shaping the future of the construction industry.