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Semantic Approach to Formalize Knowledge from Building Renovation Domain: Application to the IsoBIM Project

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The introduction of semantic technologies to the construction field is a concept that has been explored many times over the last few years. However, building renovation tends to be overlooked when talking about advancements in construction. Even if renovation projects consists 57% of construction activities, the renovation field is still the least developed. Information exchange between the project’s different actors is still a persistent problem. Therefore, this paper proposes a semantic approach that aims to formalize knowledge from the renovation domain, using BIM as the information source, to design a dynamic digital representation of a renovation project (construction digital twin). In this context, and to highlight the remaining scientific questions, a case study of a renovation project is used to assess the current state of the renovation process and to test the ontology under development.

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Notes

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    This paper deals with the renovation of the exteriors of buildings. Hence, the term “building renovation” refers to “renovation of the external envelope of buildings using external insulation.”.

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    www.europarl.europa.eu

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    ANR ISOBIM project website: http://isobim.cran.univ-lorraine.fr.

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Naanaa, H., El Haouzi, H.B., Derigent, W., Lezoche, M. (2023). Semantic Approach to Formalize Knowledge from Building Renovation Domain: Application to the IsoBIM Project. In: Borangiu, T., Trentesaux, D., Leitão, P. (eds) Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future. SOHOMA 2022. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1083. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24291-5_17

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