ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the transformation of legal requirements, specifically performance-based regulations, into computable rules for automated compliance checking (ACC) through Building Information Modeling. It addresses interpretative challenges associated with performance-based regulations in specifying computable rules. This study examines how methods from legal science can be applied in a manner that is adaptable to the engineering mindset. It starts with describing the role that Common law versus Civil law plays in the processing of rules. It then continues to explore the following methods and principles for legal reasoning that support the process of interpreting requirements into computable rules. This study starts by presenting general principles for defining the scope for digital validation systems in relation to “legal” constraints. This emphasizes Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency in legal science. This is especially relevant in interpreting performance-based requirements. The following principle presented is the European Interoperability Framework, followed by the Tx3 framework, which identifies the “Transcribe–Transform–Transfer” capability of requirements to determine the type of legal challenges that must be addressed before technical development. The awareness and applicability of proposed methods or principles are expected to increase the number of requirements implemented in ACC solutions.
