Digitization of building systems using IFC to support performance analysis and code checking: standard limits and technological barriers. A case study on fire safety

The study presented in this paper is part of a digitization project developed for the University Padua. It aims at demonstrating how IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) ISO Standard can be used as reliable data model to support Performance Analysis (PA) and code checking construction disciplines. Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) analyzed challenging test field because it highly affects different building aspects highlights interoperability issues. methodology proposed consists digital approach PA based on information classes that express both users’ requirements performance specification technical elements develop computational checking. This method by creating virtual representing built systems using relation attributes check if fulfil requirements. By forcing standardized classes, verifies IFC, an standard, universal scalable reference analysis More specifically, focuses availability IFC’s define model. research achievement goals FSE (Section 2) then limits affect IFC-based 3). Finally, feasibility methodology’s market implementation 4). study’s innovative related fact often exchange format, not model, where relations between ontologies simulated. Digital relational are experimented with following approach. These reports conformance analyses element specification. indicates modelling discipline could shaped encourage better.