Best Practices of Modern Digital Building Permitting Processes in Europe

Petr Hradil; Markku Kiviniemi; Rita Lavikka; Sven Anton; Katja Breitenfelder; Rafael Hron; Gonçal  Costa; Franco Cheung; Thomas Beach; Kai-Uwe Krause; Hülya Lasch; Cigdem Askar; Konstantin Schneider; Nataliya Keberle; Arkadiusz Chadzynski

Best Practices of Modern Digital Building Permitting Processes in Europe

Petr Hradil
, Markku Kiviniemi
, Rita Lavikka
, Sven Anton
, Katja Breitenfelder
, Rafael Hron
, Gonçal Costa
, Franco Cheung
, Thomas Beach
, Kai-Uwe Krause
, Hülya Lasch
, Cigdem Askar
, Konstantin Schneider
, Nataliya Keberle
, Arkadiusz Chadzynski

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Abstract

This report is part of the EU project ACCORD (Automated Compliance Checks for Construction, Renovation or Demolition Works). The project aims to digitalize permitting and compliance processes using BIM and other data sources to improve productivity and quality in design and construction, support climate-neutral building designs, and advance a sustainable built environment in line with the EU Green Deal and the new European Bauhaus initiative. It develops a semantic framework and a cloud architecture for European digital building permitting processes, regulations, data, and tools, driving rule formalization and integration of existing compliance tools as microservices. The project supports work programme Key Strategic Objectives (KSOs) of the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan by developing interoperability, automating environmental regulation checks, involving stakeholders through co-creation, and creating information guidelines for structured data models.

Original language	English
Publisher	ACCORD project
Number of pages	108
Publication status	Published - 26 Aug 2025
MoE publication type	D4 Published development or research report or study

Publication series

Series	Deliverable
Number	D5.1

Funding

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101056973. UK Participants in Horizon Europe Project [ACCORD] are supported by UKRI grant numbers [10040207] (Cardiff University), [10038999] (Birmingham City University) and [10049977] (Building Smart International).

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ACCORD: Automated Compliance Checks for Construction, Renovation or Demolition Works
Lavikka, R. (Manager), Hradil, P. (Participant), Kiviniemi, M. (Participant) & Mäkeläinen, T. (Participant)
1/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: EU project

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Hradil, P., Kiviniemi, M., Lavikka, R., Anton, S., Breitenfelder, K., Hron, R., Costa, G., Cheung, F., Beach, T., Krause, K.-U., Lasch, H., Askar, C., Schneider, K., Keberle, N., & Chadzynski , A. (2025). Best Practices of Modern Digital Building Permitting Processes in Europe. ACCORD project. Deliverable No. D5.1 https://accordproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ACCORD_D5.1_Best_Practices_of_Modern_Digital_Building_Permitting_Processes_in_Europe.pdf

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