AI-Based Design Compliance Checking (ADCC)

The Focus Group “AI-Based Design Compliance Checking (ADCC)” involves Hans Fischer Senior Fellow Prof. Ghang Lee (Yonsei University) and his host Prof. André Borrmann (Chair of Computational Modeling and Simulation, TUM School of Engineering and Design).

This Focus Group aims to advance automated design compliance checking (ADCC) theories and technologies while addressing management challenges to facilitate its practical adoption. ADCC involves automatically validating design information against specified criteria, which include not only codes and regulations but also contractual and client requirements. 

In the digitally transformed architecture, engineering, and construction industry, the quality of information produced and exchanged among project stakeholders is becoming more critical than the quantity. While the industry still struggles to ensure sufficient information for tasks related to the design, optimization, production, operation, and maintenance of built environments, it is essential to develop theories and technologies that enhance information quality in advance. 

The history of ADCC is intertwined with the development of databases and computer-aided design (CAD). Although advances in large multimodal models (LMMs) and building information modeling (BIM) have enabled the interpretation of complex requirements and expert knowledge into machine-processable formats, these methods remain under exploration.