„Reducing construction quality costs trough ontology-based inspection Planning“
J. Lünig (TU Braunschweig), S. Seiß, P. Schwerdtner (TU Braunschweig), J. Melzner
Advanced Engineering Informatics Volume 68,

A joint research article by the Technische Universität Braunschweig and the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar was recently published in the renowned Journal Advanced Engineering Informatics. The article entitled "Reducing construction quality costs through ontology-based inspection planning" examines how quality assurance measures in construction can be planned more efficiently through the use of semantic technologies (ontologies).

The aim of the study is to automatically determine and compare the costs of quality inspections (appraisal costs, ACs) and non-conformity costs (NCCs) on the basis of BIM data, historical quality data and knowledge models. This allows economically sensible inspection decisions to be made and project-specific inspection plans to be derived - an essential step towards reducing error costs in construction projects.

The work shows the potential of semantic technologies for construction quality management and provides a digital decision model that can contribute to increasing efficiency in the planning of inspection processes in the future.

The close cooperation between the Chair of Construction Engineering and Management at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Institute of Construction Management at TU Braunschweig was crucial to the interdisciplinary success of the study.

Link zur Veröffentlichung:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2025.103650