Navigating building standards and building warrant processes in Scotland building information repositories.

Belkouri, Daria; Yau, Ho Man; Dounas, Theodoros; Yorkston, Jamie

Abstract

Our paper explores the improvements needed navigating the building standards and in workflows for building warrants completion processes in Scotland. We examine this optimization with a user experience, information and data flow lens, under the directive of improving the service provided to citizens by the Scottish government. We used the development of a web application and a digital process map as vehicles for engagement with our audience, developing the knowledge for improvements and optimization through social sciences qualitative methods. The paper concludes with a discussion and proposals for improvement into the process including the use of linked data, BIM, Ontologies and blockchain in an upgrade of the process.

Citation

BELKOURI, D. YAU, H.M., DOUNAS, T. and YORKSTON, J. 2024. Navigating building standards and building warrant processes in Scotland building information repositories. In Srećković, M., Kassem, M., Soman, R. and Chassiakos, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2024 European conference on computing in construction (EC3 2024), 14-17 July 2024, Chania, Greece. Newcastle: Newcastle University [online], pages 372-379. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2024.272

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2024 European conference on computing in construction (EC3 2024)
• Start Date: Jul 14, 2024
• End Date: Jul 17, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Mar 15, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Aug 10, 2024
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2024
• Deposit Date: Aug 8, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 10, 2024
• Publisher: Newcastle University
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 372-379
• Series Title: Computing in construction
• Series ISSN: 2684-1150
• ISBN: 9789083451305
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.35490/EC3.2024.272
• Keywords: User experience (UX); User interfaces (UIs); Building standards; Building warrants; Scotland; Building warrant workflows; Digitisation of building permit
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2428611