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    openBIM Building Permit Process - City of Vienna
    Document Type
    Use Case
    GUID
    53D9E12B-5DF0-4905-8DA2-B03CC6005FD6
    Identifier
    Stadt Wien
    Life Cycle Stage
    ÖNORM
    Revision
    -
    Project Status
    Draft
    Maturity Level
    Outlook
    Published on
    Jul 16, 2024
    Last Change
    May 26, 2025
    Publisher
    buildingSMART Austria
    Authors
    • Christine Horner (ZT Kammer)
    • Daniel Pfeiffer (TU Wien - Digitaler Bauprozess)
    • Harald Urban
    • Markus Icha (Stadt Wien)
    • Roman Schneider (Stadt Wien)
    • Simon Fischer (TU Wien - Digitaler Bauprozess)
    • Wolfgang Kurz (ZT Kammer)
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    openBIM Building Permit Process - City of Vienna

    Use Case Document Definition

    Exchange Requirements

    Imprint

    Copyright

    All documents are licensed as a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
    (Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0). Further information can be found at

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    Handling

    The documents reflect the current best practice and do not claim to be complete. They should not to be understood in the sense of a generally valid recommendation or guideline from a legal point of view. The documents are intended to support appointing and appointed parties in the application of the BIM method. The documents must be adapted to the specific project requirements in each case. The examples listed do not claim to be complete. Its information is based on findings from practical experience and is accordingly to be understood as best practice and not universally applicable. Since we are in a phase in which definitions are only emerging, the publisher cannot guarantee the correctness of individual contents.

    Description

    Update 22.11.2024: Version 1.1 has been released

    Update 25.04.2024: Version 1.2 IDS extension has been added/elements and properties have not been changed

    The use case openBIM building permit procedure of the City of Vienna describes the exchange information requirements for the openBIM submission to the City of Vienna. This information requirement applies to the builder's architectural model - hereinafter referred to as the building application model (BAM) - which is used in the course of the pilot operation for the openBIM building permit procedure of the City of Vienna Building Police. This is an officially published exchange information requirement of the City of Vienna, which is based on the information requirement of the BRISE-Vienna research and development project. It should be noted that the enclosed information requirement represents a development status and that further development (adaptation/addition/reduction) is planned in the course of pilot operation (see version number and revision list).
    The information requirement describes all IFC element classes required in the building application models in their level of detail. The information requirement depth (LOIN) is defined here.

    • Level of Geometry (LOG): The LOG describes the geometric information level (modelling method) of a model element depending on the element class used.
    • Level of Information (LOI): The LOI describes the alphanumeric level of information of a model element depending on the element class used.

    The LOI and the selection sets of the element classes, including details of the value type, the value unit and the location, are listed below in xlsx, pdf and ids formats:
    (Update 1.2 NOTDEFINED has been removed from the IDS)

    • Information requirements-PDF
    • Information requirements-xslx
    • Information requirements-IDS

    (Update 1.2) IDS extension:

    The working group is continuously working on further exploiting the potential of IDS - with the aim of not only enabling formal checks, but also implementing simple logical checks directly within the native software.  The first IDS extension that takes logical dependencies into account has now been published below. The properties and entities used remain identical to the previous version; only the dependency relationships have been added:

    • Information requirements-Extended-IDS
    • Information requirements-Extended-xslx

    The IDS was generated using the openSource IDS4All converter (Website, github).

    The classification requirements of the IFC specification apply in principle; the element classes and their characteristics must be filled according to the specifications of buildingSMART/IFC data structure in accordance with ISO 16739.
    ÖNORM A 6241-2 must be observed with regard to the modelling of building application models. The IFC versions IFC2x3 and IFC4 Add2 TC1 are permitted for the creation of the BAM. The LOI requirements are based on ISO 16739:2024.


    Contact details
    Municipal Department 37 - Building Police
    Department for Technology, Digitalisation and Innovation
    tdi@ma37.wien.gv.at
    +43 1 4000 37300
    1200 Vienna, Dresdner Straße 82, Vienna
    Creation and processing:
    The further development of the openBIM construction process and corresponding adaptation of the information request
    is carried out by:
    Municipal Department 37 - Building Police
    Department for Technology, Digitalisation and Innovation
    Roman Schneider, MSc (Head of Unit)
    Dipl.-Ing. Markus Icha, BSc (clerk)
    In co-operation with:
    Vienna University of Technology
    Institute of Construction Management and Construction Industry
    Research Department Digital Construction Process
    Assistant Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn Harald Urban (Deputy Head)
    Univ.Ass. Dipl.-Ing. Simon Fischer, BSc (Assistant)
    Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Pfeiffer, BSc (Assistant)
    Chamber of Civil Engineers
    Architects and Engineers
    Vienna. Lower Austria. Burgenland.
    Arch. Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Kurz (Member, BIM Committee)
    Arch. Dipl.-Ing. Christine Horner (Member, BIM Committee)

    Life Cycle Stages

    ÖNORM

    Prerequisite / Framework Conditions

    Referenzen 

    BRISE-Vienna - Smarte und innovative Verwaltung - Digitales Wien

    Baueinreichung - Mein Wien

    The information requirements are based on the EU research project BRISE-Vienna. The following publications exist for this project:

    Bauingenieur Bd. 95 (2020), Nr. 9, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster, S. 335–344
    Entwicklung eines openBIM-Bewilligungsverfahrens (pdf), öffnet eine Datei in einem neuen Fenster

    BIMcert Handbuch: Grundlagenwissen openBIM. Ausgabe 2024 (pdf), öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
    bSAT BIMcert-Handbuch als Gratis-PDF (mit klickbaren Links)

    Automation in Construction 156 (2023), 105092, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
    Automation of escape route analysis for BIM-based building code checking (pdf), öffnet eine Datei in einem neuen Fenster

     

    Frontiers in Built Environment 8:834671 (2022), öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster:
    Digital Twins in the Construction Industry: A Perspective of Practitioners and Building Authority (pdf)

    Process graphic of the BRISE Vienna research project:

    Attention, the operational implementation currently deviates from this: No reference model and survey plan submission, currently parallel submission (BIM+pdf) required.

    Urban, H.; Fischer, S.; Schranz, C.; Pelikan, G.; Krasa, J. OpenBIM Permit Process of the Vienna Building Authority; TU Wien: Vienna,
    Austria, 2024. DOI: 10.48436/6zph3-vbj73

    Description Process graphic research project BRISE Vienna:

    Buildings, Vol. 14, Issue 4, 1135, Special Issue "Unearthing the Value of Data in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
    Adapting to an OpenBIM Building Permit Process: A Case Study Using the Example of the City of Vienna

     Developments in the Built Environment, October 2024,, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster 100499
    Generation of new BIM domain models from escape route analysis results, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster

    Developments in the Built Environment, December 2024, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster, 100560
    Extending Information Delivery Specifications for digital building permit requirements

    Abbreviations

    Abkürzungen
    BRISE-Vienna Building Regulations Information for Submission Envolvement – Vienna
    WBO Wiener Bauordnung
    WGG Wiener Garagengesetz
    OIB Österreichisches Institut für Bautechnik
    ÖNORM Österreichische Norm
    BW Bauwerber*in
    PV Planverfasser*in
    BIM Building Information Modeling
    IFC Industry Foundation Classes
    LOIN Level of Information Need
    LOG Level of Geometry
    LOI Level of Information
    BAM Bauantragsmodell
    REM Referenzmodell
    Pset Property Set entsprechend ISO 16739 (Verortung)
    WienBV Wien Bauverfahren Property Set (Verortung)
    Qto Element Quantity
    ND Nicht Definiert
    NE Nicht Erforderlich

    Process

    Process diagram

    Overall process

    Description

    Process graphic of the BRISE Vienna research project:

    Attention, the operational implementation currently deviates from this: No reference model and survey plan submission, currently parallel submission (BIM+pdf) required.

    Urban, H.; Fischer, S.; Schranz, C.; Pelikan, G.; Krasa, J. OpenBIM Permit Process of the Vienna Building Authority; TU Wien: Vienna,
    Austria, 2024. DOI: 10.48436/6zph3-vbj73

     

    Description Process graphic research project BRISE Vienna:

    Buildings, Vol. 14, Issue 4, 1135, Special Issue "Unearthing the Value of Data in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry, öffnet eine externe URL in einem neuen Fenster
    Adapting to an OpenBIM Building Permit Process: A Case Study Using the Example of the City of Vienna

    ÖNORM

    2.4 | Planning submission