Wawan Solihin

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Biography

Dr Wawan Solihin has spent 30+ years of his professional career focusing on research and development on Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Spatial Data. He focuses on the data: how to manage huge buildings and their surrounding data efficiently, interoperability, and applying automation to perform intelligent interrogation of the building data, for its design intent, and its code compliance.

He started research and development for automated code checking in Singapore with CORENET ePlanCheck initiative by the government of Singapore in early 2000. He spent several years managing BIM software development team in Autodesk and participated in the IFC interoperability feature in Autodesk Revit.

He pursued PhD degree with the father of BIM, the late Prof. Chuck Eastman, in Georgia Institute of Technology, with the mission to solve the challenges of the automated BIM compliance check. He completed his PhD in a record time of 2.5 years.

He continued to do research and development for the BIM automated code checking and successfully led the development of various relevant projects for PUB’s BIM Checking System, URA’s BIM Autochecker for computation of GFA, CORENET-X Model Checker Pilot, JTC’s BIM checker. He led the development of Fornaxcloud which handles complex BIM automated checking in the cloud.

He actively contributes to training next-generation BIM savvy professionals as an adjunct lecturer with NUS (National University of Singapore) Civil Engineering faculty on the subjects of BIM data interoperability, OpenBIM data modelling, and advance use of BIM such as automated code compliance checks. He co-supervises PhD as well as Final Year students on the use of AI for the advanced use with BIM data.

He is also actively involved in the various standardization efforts as a member of the Singapore Technical Committee for Architectural Works, as a Steering Committee member of the Regulatory Domain with buildingSMART International (bSI) organization, and as an Assistant Technical Coordinator with buildingSMART Singapore chapter.

Qualifications

  • PhD (Design Computing), Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2016

Teaching Areas

  • OpenBIM and data interoperability
  • Advanced use of technology on BIM data

Research Interests

  • AI for data quality
  • Intelligent code compliance checking for buildings and their surrounding
  • Managing huge amounts of integrated data in buildings and infrastructures

Selected Publications

 

  1.  Solihin, W., Liu, Z., Lu, Y., & Wei, L. (2024). BIM-based automated rule-checking in the AECO industry: Learning from semiconductor manufacturing. Automation in Construction, 162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105406
  2.  Zhou, Y., Yeoh, J. K., & Solihin, W. (2024). Studying the impact of building morphology on occupants’ movement using a rule mining approach. Building and Environment, 249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.111116
  3.  Zhou, Y., Yeoh, J. K., Li, Y. E., & Solihin, W. (2024). Large-scale indoor occupant tracking using distributed acoustic sensing and machine learning. Building and Environment, 247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.111005
  4.  Yuhan Zhou, Wawan Solihin, Justin K. W. Yeoh (2023), Facilitating Knowledge Transfer during Code Compliance Checking Using Conceptual Graphs, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Volume 37, Issue 5, https://doi.org/10.1061/JCCEE5.CPENG-4884
  5.  Yuhan Zhou, Wawan Solihin, Justin K. W. Yeoh (2021), Knowledge Loss Measurement through Quality Evaluation of Conceptual Graphs, Computing in Civil Engineering 2021, pp 506-513, https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483893.063
  6.  Yong-Cheol Lee, Charles M Eastman, Wawan Solihin (2021), Rules and validation processes for interoperable BIM data exchange, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2021, Pages 97–114, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa064
  7.  Wawan Solihin, Johannes Dimyadi, Yong-Cheol Lee, Charles Eastman, Robert Amor (2020), Simplified schema queries for supporting BIM-based rule-checking applications, Automation in Construction, Volume 117, 2020, 103248, ISSN 0926-5805,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103248
  8.  Yong-Cheol Lee, Pedram Ghannad, Johannes Dimyadi, Jin-Kook Lee, Wawan Solihin, Jiansong Zhang (2020), A Comparative Analysis of Five Rule-Based Model Checking Platforms, Construction Research Congress 2020, pp. 1127-1136,  https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482865.119
  9.  Ghannad, P., Lee, Y.C, Dimyadi, J., Solihin, W. Automated BIM data validation integrating open-standard schema with visual programming language. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 40 (2019), 14-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2019.01.006
  10.  Lee, Y.C., Solihin, W., Eastman, C. (2019). The Mechanism and Challenges of Validating a Building Information Model Regarding Data Exchange Standards. Automation in Construction, 100 (2019) 118-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2018.12.025
  11.  Ghannad P., Lee YC., Dimyadi J., Solihin W. (2019) Modularized BIM Data Validation Framework Integrating Visual Programming Language with LegalRuleML. In: Mutis I., Hartmann T. (eds) Advances in Informatics and Computing in Civil and Construction Engineering.  Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00220-6_11
  12.  Solihin W., Dimyadi J., Lee YC. (2018) In Search of Open and Practical Language-Driven BIM-Based Automated Rule Checking Systems. In: Mutis I., Hartmann T. (eds) Advances in Informatics and Computing in Civil and Construction Engineering, 2018. Springer, Cham.  Doi https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00220-6_69
  13.  Dimyadi, J., Solihin, W., Amor, R., Using IFC to Support Enclosure Fire Dynamics Simulation”, Smith I., Domer B. (eds) Advanced Computing Strategies for Engineering. EG-ICE 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10864, 2018. Springer, Cham. doi  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91638-5_19
  14.  Solihin, W., Eastman, C., Lee, Y.-C., & Yang, D.-H. (2017). A simplified relational database schema for the transformation of BIM data into a query-efficient and spatially enabled database. Automation in Construction, 84, 367–383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2017.10.002
  15.  Solihin, W., Eastman, C., & Lee, Y.-C. (2017). Multiple representation approach to achieve high-performance spatial queries of 3D BIM data using a relational database. Automation in Construction, 81, 369–388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2017.03.014
  16.  Solihin, W., Dimyadi, J., Yong-Cheol Lee, Eastman, C., and Amor, R. (2017). “The Critical Role of the Accessible Data for BIM-Based Automated Rule Checking System” In: Lean & Computing in Construction Congress (LC3), Vol. 1 (CIB W78), Heraklion, Greece, July 4-13,  2017. https://doi.org/10.24928/JC3-2017/0161
  17.  Lee, Y. C., Eastman, C., Solihin, W, Logic for Ensuring the Data Exchange Integrity of Building Information Models. Automation in Construction 85 (2018), 249-262. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2017.08.010
  18.  Solihin, W., Eastman, C. A Knowledge Representation Approach in BIM Rule Requirement Analysis using the Conceptual Graph, Special Issue CIB W78 2015 Special track on Compliance Checking, Vol. 21, p. 370-401, 2016. http://www.itcon.org/2016/24.
  19.  Dimyadi, J., Solihin, W., Eastman, C., & Amor, R. (2016). Integrating the BIM Rule Language into Compliant Design Audit Processes. In CBI W78 2016 (33rd CIB International Conference on IT in Construction).
  20.  Lee, Y. C., Eastman, C., & Solihin, W, An Ontology-Based Approach for Developing Data Exchange Requirements and Model Views for Building Information Modeling, accepted for publication in Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2016.
  21.  Solihin, W., Eastman, C., & Lee, Y. C. A framework for fully integrated building information models in a federated environment. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2016. 30(2), 168-189. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2016.02.007
  22.  Lee, Y.-C., Eastman, M., Solihin, W., & See, R. Modularized rule-based validation of a BIM model pertaining to model views. Automation in Construction, 2016. 63, 1-11.
  23.  Solihin, W. and C. Eastman, Classification of rules for automated BIM rule checking development. Automation in Construction, 2015. 53(0): p. 69-82.
  24.  Solihin, W. and C. Eastman, A Knowledge Representation Approach to Capturing BIM Based Rule Checking Requirements Using Conceptual Graph, in CIB W78 Conference 2015. 2015: Eindhoven, the Netherland.
  25.  Solihin, W., C. Eastman, and Y.-C. Lee, Toward robust and quantifiable automated IFC quality validation. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2015. 29(3): p. 739-756.

 

Staff Details

Email Address

wsolihin@nus.edu.sg