The BIM-Based Building Permit Process: Factors Affecting Adoption

Public organizations responsible for building permits are increasingly considering the potential applications of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in their workflows, but BIM adoption still remains a complex challenge. This research aims to investigate the factors affecting BIM adoption for building permits through a case study of a public organization currently developing and piloting a BIM-based building permit process. A thematic analysis of semi-structured interview data revealed ten factors that influence BIM adoption for building permits: complexity (in both development and use) of a BIM-based building permit system; relative advantages/disadvantages of BIM for building permits; the existing building permit system; management support for a BIM-based building permit process; organizational culture; BIM awareness; training and learning; available expertise for a BIM-based building permit process; external pressure; and legal context. The findings are important for public authorities’ understanding of both the enablers and challenges of the BIM-based building permit process, and have practical implications for professionals in public authorities in particular, and also the Architecture Engineering Construction/Facilities Management (AEC/FM) industry in general, to guide their steps towards adopting BIM. This research also highlights the potential benefits of BIM adoption for the building permit process.

Official Statistics, Building Censuses, and OpenStreetMap Completeness in Italy

The present study provides a simplified framework verifying the degree of coverage and completeness of settlement maps derived from the OpenStreetMap (OSM) database at the national scale, with a possible use in official statistics. Measuring the completeness of the objects (i.e., buildings) derived from OpenStreetMap database supports its potential use in building/population censuses and other diachronic surveys, as well as administrative sources such as the register of building permits and land-use cadasters. A series of measurements at different scales are proposed and tested for Italy, in line with earlier studies. While recognizing the potential of the OpenStreetMap database for official statistics, the present work underlines the urgent need of an additional (spatially explicit) analysis overcoming the data heterogeneity and sub-optimal coverage of the OSM information source.

A dynamic image of the final authority act of local public administrations exercised by issuing building permits. Case study: the South-East Development Region of Romania

In Romania, territorial/spatial development is understood as the process of transforming the geography of inhabited territories, taking into consideration: territorial planning, urban planning and development, public works, habitat and housing, construction. It is governed by the regulatory framework in force, aligning its policies and strategies with the main reference documents at the European level. The construction sector is a key sector for investment and economic development, playing an important role in achieving the sustainable development objectives through the impact that the quality of construction has on the quality of life and by ensuring the necessary environment for most human activities. The building permit is the final authority act of the local public administration on the basis of which the execution of construction works is allowed in accordance with the measures provided by law regarding the placement, design, construction, operation and post-use of buildings. Starting from comparative structural analyses on the number of building permits issued by the local public administrations in the South-East Region, the objective of this research has been to obtain a dynamic image, through a quantitative assessment, of the number of building permits issued for residential buildings, highlighting the way in which they directly influence the sustainable development of urban and rural localities in the South-East Region of Romania.

Community Perspectives on the Implementation of Building Permits (IMB) for Environmental Sustainability in South Jakarta, Indonesia

Building construction will increase along with the increase in population in urban areas. For maintaining the carrying capacity of the environment to remain in balance, it is necessary to have a control instrument in the development of urban areas, one of which is through a Building Permit (IMB). To increase the effectiveness of the policy for implementing the IMB, it is essential to know the public’s perception of the IMB and experts regarding their views. Through interviews, questionnaires, spatial analysis, and AHP, this research is expected to be a material consideration for stakeholders in deciding policies for implementing IMB in South Jakarta. Spatial analysis was used to compare land cover, questionnaires were used to see people’s perceptions of building permits as an instrument for controlling and protecting urban areas, and AHP was used to validate the expert team’s opinion regarding IMB. The increase in green land in South Jakarta, the perception of public awareness in South Jakarta regarding the obligation to build a IMB and its impact on the environment is still high, and the accountability factor of the implementing licensing organization is one of the factors that can increase the effectiveness of the application of a building permit (IMB) in South Jakarta.

Private Green Open Space Arrangement through Indonesian Building Permits

Private Green Open Space (GOS) is a part of the proportion of Urban GOS of 10%, complemented by 20% of public GOS. In 2019, DKI Jakarta Province had an urban GOS area proportion of 9.8%. The arrangement of private GOS is inseparable from limitations based on the provisions of space intensity, space requirements, and availability of land ownership. This study discusses the arrangement of private GOS through building permits that can increase the proportion of urban GOS. This research was conducted in Jatinegara District, East Jakarta City. The research method that will be used is quantitative. The descriptive statistical analysis method was used to process secondary data in Public GOS data shows the proportion is currently still far from 30% and building permit data for the 2019-2020 period in Jatinegara District shows the proportion of private GOS at 33.46%. For housing with limited land, alternatives are needed to provide private GOS such as green roofs or vertical gardens.

Implementasi Kebijakan Pembuatan Izin Mendirikan Bandungan (IMB) Di Dinas Penanaman Modal Dan Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu (DPMPTSP) Kota Bandung.

This research was carried out to acknowledge the factors that influence the implementation of the One-Stop Integrated Licensing Service Management Information System (SIM-PPTSP) policy in the building permits at the Bandung City, Indonesia. This research is motivated by the IMB service that has not been maximized, this can be observed from the lack of public interest in managing the building permit due to the convoluted process, the high cost, and the long process of obtaining the license (IMB). Based on this background, the authors researched with the major hypothesis, whether the factors of communication, resources, disposition, and bureaucratic structure together affect the implementation of SIM-PPTSP policies in the city. The theory of Edward III (1980) was applied in the study. Participants of the study were selected through a simple random sampling technique. The data collection procedure was carried out by distributing questionnaires, observations, and reviewing works of literature. Questionnaires were distributed to 58 employees at the Bandung City Government's Integrated Licensing Service Agency. The data analysis method used is path analysis. The results show that from the sub-variables of communication, resources, disposition, and bureaucratic structure, there is one sub-variable that is not significant to policy implementation, namely resources. This confirms that the sub-variable resources have not been implemented properly. When viewed simultaneously, the effect is large; 0.928.

Unveiling the Actual Progress of Digital Building Permit: Getting Awareness through a Critical State of the Art Review

Growing interest is awarded to the digitalization of the building permitting use case and many works are developed about the topic. However, the subject is very complex and many aspects are usually tackled separately, making it very hard for traditional literature reviews to grasp the actual progress in the overall topic. This paper unveils the detailed state of the art in Digital Building Permitting (DBP) by critically analyzing the literature by means of a set of coding tags (research progress, implementation, affected DBP workflow steps, ambitions addressed) assigned by a multidisciplinary team. The mainly addressed aspects of the digitalization of building permits resulted to be the technologies to check the compliance of design proposals against regulations, followed by the digitalization of regulations. Lacking aspects are instead the involvement of officers, scalability of solutions and interoperability of data, intended both as data validation and as integration of geoinformation with building models.

Tenancy Laws in Berlin

Berlin is facing large increases in rent levels over the last decades. To overcome pressure on the market, the Senate of the city has repeatedly introduced rent controls. While the German Constitutional Court has found the latest rent-controlling legislation, the Price Ceiling Act of 2020 to be violating German constitutional law and hence invalid and void, there is strong economic evidence for why rent controls do more harm than good and after all even lead to a decrease in housing provided. To provide for affordable housing, the City of Berlin needs to pursue other measures that stipulate the construction of new housing: the increase and acceleration of the granting of building permits, release of shallow land and actively engage in municipal construction.