Judith Fauth is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany at the Chair of Computing in Civil and Building Engineering starting in April 2024. Before she joined her current position, she was Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoc Fellow at the University of Cambridge (UK), postdoctoral researcher at Technische Universität Wien in Vienna (Austria) and researcher in the research project iECO at RIB Software GmbH in Germany. Judith completed several research stays abroad in the USA (University of Southern California), Italy (Fraunhofer Italia), New Zealand (University of Auckland) and Israel (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology). She obtained her Doctorate in Engineering from Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany) from the Department of Construction Engineering and Management in 2021. She received various awards for young scientists in Germany and Austria for her dissertation. Judith graduated with a Bachelor degree in Architecture and a Master degree in Facility and Real Estate Management. Judith’s research interest is on the digitalization of building permits starting in 2016. Her main focus lies on transdisciplinary perspectives of project and process management. She published several scientific journal and conference articles on the topic. Judith is member of the management committee of the EUnet4DBP.

Stefan Fuchs is a postdoctoral researcher and group lead of the Foundation Models group at the Technical University of Munich, Chair of Computing in Civil and Building Engineering and TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute – AI for the Built World. He holds a PostDoctoral scholarship from the TUM Leonhard Obermeyer Center (LOC) and earned his PhD from the School of Computer Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 2024. His doctoral research focused on leveraging neural networks to interpret building regulations, enabling their application in automated compliance checking (ACC). In his postdoctoral research at TUM, Stefan is expanding his expertise in Large Language Models and Vision-Language Models in the context of Building Information Modelling, with the goals of developing a fully automated compliance checking system and using ACC as a feedback signal for generative design.

Robert Amor is a Computer Scientist who received his BSc (Hons) and MSc degrees from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. After receiving his PhD from the University of Auckland, New Zealand he spent five years working at the Centre for Construction IT at the BRE in the UK. He was the Head of Department of Computer Science at the University of Auckland for nine years. Prof Amor undertakes research in the field of Construction Informatics. Achieving interoperability is his core research interest and to achieve this he investigates integrated environments which covers information modelling (e.g., BIM), automated code compliance checking, process modelling, user interaction, implementation frameworks, information mapping, and communication strategies. From 2003-2025 he coordinated the working group CIB W78 (IT for Construction) for the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB). Since 2012 he is Editor-in-Chief of the ITcon journal.

Yonghan Kim is a doctoral researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, at the Chair of Computing in Civil and Building Engineering and the TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute – AI for the Built World. His doctoral research is conducted within the TUM Institute for Advanced Study’s focus group on AI-Based Design Compliance Checking. His research focuses on automated code compliance checking, Building Information Modelling (BIM), and artificial intelligence for the built environment. In particular, he investigates the use of large language models and multimodal AI to interpret textual and graphical building regulations and to integrate regulatory requirements into BIM-based compliance checking workflows. Prior to joining TUM, he conducted research at the Building Informatics Group at Yonsei University in the Republic of Korea. His broader research interests include construction informatics, computer vision, multimodal information processing, and the automation of regulatory compliance processes. His work aims to contribute to more scalable, intelligent, and automated approaches to digital building permitting and compliance checking.

Simon Fischer is a postdoctoral researcher in the Digital Building Process research unit at the TU Wien in Austria. He studied civil engineering and graduated with a doctoral thesis on the automation of building code-compliant escape route analysis and checking for digital building permits. His work generally focuses on process automation using digital building models and openBIM standards. This involves defining information requirements, carrying out automated verification and analysis, and processing results. One of his major projects was the BRISE-Vienna research project, which focused on developing an openBIM building permit process for the City of Vienna, including semi-automated compliance checking. He also disseminates knowledge about BIM and open data standards in this field as a co-author and participates in a national standards committee on openBIM building authority procedures.

Jiabin Wu is a doctoral researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, at the Chair of Computing in Civil and Building Engineering and the TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute. His research focuses on Building Information Modelling (BIM), AI-enabled code compliance checking in early building design, and digital innovation in engineering design. In particular, he investigates BIM-based automated design enrichment and rectification methods that support code-compliant building design. His work includes the development of “Design Healing” approaches, which aim to enhance existing BIM models and adjust non-compliant building designs toward regulatory compliance.

Jernej Tekavec is a Slovenian researcher, and university teacher at the Chair of Geoinformatics and Real Estate Cadastres, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana (UL FGG). He earned his PhD in Geodesy from UL FGG in 2021. His doctoral research focused on the development of the existing real estate cadastre towards a multipurpose 3D cadastral system. His main research interests include real estate cadastres, 3D cadastral systems, 3D city and indoor modelling, the integration of building information modelling (BIM) and geographic information systems (GIS), spatial data interoperability, and advanced 3D spatial analysis. His work also addresses cadastral data quality, the modelling and integration of indoor and outdoor spaces, and the processing, management, and visualisation of large geospatial datasets. He is actively involved in national and international research and development projects, professional networks, workshops, forums, and scientific conferences. Through this work, he contributes to the development of methods and digital solutions that support modern land administration, spatial planning, geospatial data management, and evidence-based decision-making. He has authored and co-authored scientific publications on topics such as 3D cadastral modelling, indoor spatial models, procedural generation of large 3D datasets, spatial data integration, and the quality of cadastral boundary data. Alongside his research activities, he is involved in teaching geoinformatics, programming and geospatial data processing, spatial statistics, and project-based courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His teaching emphasises the practical application of modern geospatial technologies and the integration of theoretical knowledge with real-world datasets and problems.

Ronny Weinkauf is a Professor of Computer Science, Databases, and Distributed Systems at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, as well as a practitioner with many years of experience in the digitisation of public administration. As a co-founder of brain-SCC GmbH, he develops innovative software solutions and digital services for municipalities, government agencies, and other public institutions. His academic and professional work focuses on the redesign of digital administrative and permitting processes based on cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, building information modelling, geographic information systems, and digital twins. A particular focus is on digital building permits and on scalable solutions that provide end-to-end support to applicants, planners, local building authorities, and other stakeholders throughout the entire process. Ronny Weinkauf combines academic research with the practical implementation of large-scale digitisation projects in the public sector. He has contributed to the development of collaborative technologies and to the nationwide “One-for-All” solution for digital building permit applications in Germany. His current work examines how AI, BIM, and geodata can improve decision-making processes, automate selected reviews, and make administrative procedures more efficient, transparent, and user-friendly. His goal is to introduce modern technologies nationwide, including within federal, state, and local government administrations, thereby creating significant, measurable added value.

Francesca Noardo is a Researcher and Project Manager in the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Prior to join OGC she has developed her research in geomatics at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy), where she obtained her PhD, and in the 3D geoinformation group at the Delft University of Technology (NL), where she worked as a postdoc for more than 3 years. She has been working towards the interoperability and integration of multi-source spatial data, in particular, detailed 3D information systems (from survey or from design), in interoperable 3D maps, leveraging Open standards and adopting a user-centric approach for the concrete uptake of such technologies for urban applications. She is coordinating an international multidisciplinary collaboration as founder and leader of the European Network for Digital Building Permits (EUnet4DBP). She participates in various European projects and coordinated the CHEK project.

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PBShop.store UK

Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom

5-star seller

AbeBooks seller since June 11, 1999

Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.

Item	10 to 20 business days	10 to 20 business days
First item	£ 6.76	£ 6.76

Delivery times are set by sellers and vary by carrier and location. Orders passing through Customs may face delays and buyers are responsible for any associated duties or fees. Sellers may contact you regarding additional charges to cover any increased costs to ship your items.

Payment methods

Store description

**Please note our transit times are from the date of dispatch.** We first started out as “The Paperback Exchange,” a chain of physical bookstores where we would part exchange your beloved books for new stories to transport you to faraway places. However, as shopping started to evolve to online shops and marketplaces, we bid our stores goodbye to become “PBShop.” This transition has only allowed us to blossom as we now ship thousands of titles to book lovers across the globe. We pride ourselves in being a community of local book lovers which allows our passion and devotion to shine in everything we do. In 2020 we not only celebrated our 20th birthday but our 1st birthday as being completely employee owned after becoming an E.O.T in September 2019. We are proud to be different and embrace standing apart on a book mountain by working from a virtual inventory which allows us to provide thousands of books that may be difficult to get for your bookshelf or your studies. Working with a number of different suppliers allows us to explore other avenues such as puzzles, sheet music and even stationery so we really do have something for everyone. Life is about being versatile in all realms of existence. If this is your first purchase with us, or you are a returning customer, we would like to welcome you to the PBShop family, for there is no friend as loyal as a book. We are a company who put our customers at the centre of everything we do as we understand the importance of reading because once you learn to read, you will forever be free. There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours that we are yet to explore, which is why we will forever inspire curious minds.…

Specialty

Hardbacks, Paperbacks

Seller's business information

Pbshop.co.uk

Unit 22 Horcott Industrial Estate, Horcott Road
Fairford, United Kingdom GL7 4BX

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Terms of sale

Returns Policy
We ask all customers to contact us for authorisation should they wish to return their order. Orders returned without authorisation may not be credited.
If you wish to return, please contact us within 14 days of receiving your order to obtain authorisation.
Returns requested beyond this time will not be authorised.
Our team will provide full instructions on how to return your order and once received our returns department will process your refund.
Please note the cost to return any unwanted order to us is borne by the buyer.
Should your order arrive damaged, not as advertised or faulty, we must be advised of this within 14 days of delivery. Please contact us so we can find the best solution for you.

Our Customer Care Team can be contacted by emailing alborders@paperbackshop.co.uk, or by calling our UK Office on +441285 712 917. We are available 9:00am till 5:30pm GMT Monday to Friday.

Right of withdrawal

If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.

Information regarding the right of withdrawal

Statutory right to withdraw

You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.

The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.

To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.

To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.

Effects of withdrawal

If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).

We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.

We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.

We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.

We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.

You shall send back the goods or hand them over to PBShop.store UK, Fairford, United Kingdom, +44 1285 712917, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.

Exceptions to the right of withdrawal

The right of withdrawal does not apply to:

The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.

Shipping terms

Orders are shipped from our UK warehouse. Delivery thereafter is between 4 and 14 business days. Please contact us if you have any queries about our services or products.

Privacy and security

We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal data. This policy tells you how we will collect and use your personal data, and what you should expect in respect of the personal information about you that we have collected.

We are PBShop.co.uk Limited (registered in England & Wales with Company No: 9366362). Our registered office is at Swatton Barn, Badbury, Swindon, SN4 0EU, United Kingdom.

The person with responsibility for our data protection compliance is the Managing Director and they can be contacted via email at help@pbshop.store.

We are the data controller of the personal data that we keep and use, and we are therefore responsible for making sure that our systems, processes and people comply with the relevant data protection laws in respect of that personal data.

We will act in respect of personal data to comply with the six principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which are:

Lawfulness, fairness and transparency;
Purpose limitation;
Data minimisation;
Accuracy;
Storage limitation;
Integrity and confidentiality.
You have rights in respect of how your personal data can be processed; these include the right to request:

a copy of your personal data;
that inaccurate data is rectified; and
that your personal data is, in certain circumstances, erased or restricted.
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner, which you can do by contacting the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) directly. Full contact details, including a helpline number, can be found on the ICO website (www.ico.org.uk). This website also has useful information on your rights and our obligations. However, please raise any concerns or issues with us first so that we may deal with this as quickly as possible for you.

COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
We collect and process data for the following reasons:

personal data collected and created in relation to our selling books and other items; and
personal data relating to our people (which means those people working for our company, or providing services to us, or potentially working or providing services to us, including employees, consultants, temporary or casual workers and contractors).
All of our people are required to abide by our Privacy Policy when handling personal data, and are provided with appropriate data protection training. Any breach of data protection will be taken seriously, and may result in disciplinary action.

Selling books and other items
COLLECTION:
We will collect personal information which may include names, addresses and other information for our customers. This will be done for the management of the commercial relationship with our customers.

We may collect this personal data from you directly, and also from third parties, including publicly available third party sources. Additional personal data will be collected as it is created by or supplied to us in the course of anything we do for you.

USE:
We will use the personal data in the course of making sales and to comply with requirements that we are required to undertake.

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

in performance of a contract (the agreement to sell books and other items); and/or
compliance with a legal obligation; and/or
vital interests of the data subject; and/or
where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
We may also use your personal data in the following situations, which are likely to be far less common:

where we need to protect your interests (or someone else’s interests);
where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.
DISCLOSURE:
We may share personal data with third parties as is necessary in the sale of books and other items, including to third party providers who deliver services to support the operation of our company.

In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.

RETENTION PERIOD:
We will keep personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. Normally, our retention period for personal data collected for this purpose is a minimum of 6 years after the end of the period that we are selling books and other items.

Our people
COLLECTION:
We will collect names, addresses, contact details, education and employment history, identity and other background checks (which may include appropriate criminal and financial checks and confirmation of the right to work in the UK), marital status and information on next of kin and dependents, financial information (such as bank details and NI numbers), date of birth, gender, a copy of your passport and driving licence, performance information and compensation history, recruitment information (including references), salary, benefits, pension and annual leave information, disciplinary and grievance information, photographs, information about your use of our information and communications systems and CCTV footage or other information obtained through electronic means.

We may collect and use special categories of personal data as required in the carrying out of obligations and exercising specific rights of us or the data subject in the field of employment. This may include information relating to matters such as health, racial origin, religious belief and offences or alleged offences.

Personal data may be collected from you during the selection process (for example via your application form and CV) and during your employment (including holiday forms, expense claims, performance reviews, any disciplinary or grievance processes), or from third parties, including referees, health service providers, background check providers.

USE:
Personal data of our people will be used for HR administration and management, both in respect of the selection of people to work for us (including suitability, eligibility and/or fitness to work), and those who do work for us, to include learning and development, disciplinary and security (of people, offices and data) requirements, providing and liaising with benefits providers, business management and planning (including accounting and auditing), paying you and dealing with tax and NI deductions, assessing and deciding on salary reviews and compensation, conducting performance reviews and managing performance, dealing with legal disputes involving you or others, preventing fraud, monitoring your use of our information and communications systems, ensuring compliance with our policies, and equal opportunities monitoring.

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

In performance of a contract with you; and/or
compliance with a legal obligation; and/or
vital interests of the data subject; and/or
where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
We may also use your personal data in the following situations, which are likely to be less common:

where we need to protect your interests (or someone else’s interests);
where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.
In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.

In respect of special categories of personal data, we may process this in the following circumstances:

in limited circumstances with your explicit written consent; and/or
where we need to carry out our legal obligations and in line with our policies; and/or
where it is needed in the public interest (such as for equal opportunities monitoring or in relation to our occupational pension scheme), and in line with our policies; and/or
where it is needed to assess your working capacity on health grounds, subject to appropriate confidentiality safeguards.
Less commonly, we may process this type of information where it is needed in relation to legal claims or where it is needed to protect your (or someone else’s) interests and you are not capable of giving your consent, or where you have already made the information public. We may also process such information about our people (or former people) in the course of our legitimate business activities with the appropriate safeguards.

The special categories of personal data may be used in the following ways:

in relation to leaves of absence, to comply with employment and other laws;
in relation to your physical or mental health, or disability status, to ensure your health and safety in the workplace and to assess your fitness to work, to monitor, manage and administer benefits and absences;
in relation to your race, national or ethnic origin, religious, philosophical or moral beliefs, or your sexual life or sexual orientation, to ensure meaningful equal opportunity monitoring and reporting.
DISCLOSURE:
Personal data may be transferred to service providers who support the operation of our business (such as payroll service providers), to other third parties reasonably necessary in the conduct of our business (including insurers, professional advisors, regulators). These third parties may be acting as processor, or controller of personal data in their own right.

RETENTION PERIOD:
We will keep personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. We will normally keep personal data of applicants who we do not employ for six months after we receive it.

We will keep personal data of employees throughout your employment and normally for a minimum of six years after your employment ends.

Changes to your personal data
It is very important that the personal information that we hold about you is accurate and current. Please tell us if your personal information changes during your relationship with us.

Data Security
We have put in place measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those of our people and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and where they have agreed to treat the information confidentially and to keep it secure. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and the ICO of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.

Where we store your personal data
We principally store data, both electronically and on file, at our office.

Personal data may be transferred outside of the EEA by processors acting on our behalf. For transfers to countries not considered adequate by the EC, we will ensure that personal data is adequately protected, as required by the GDPR. This would include by use of the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the EC to protect personal data.

Your rights
Under certain circumstances, you have the right by law to request:

access to your personal data. This enables you to ask to receive a copy of the personal data that we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
erasure of your personal data.
object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on our legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
restriction of processing of your personal data.
transfer of your personal data to another party.
Links from our website
Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties that we permit to make such links. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We recommend that you check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on our website, so please ensure that you are viewing the correct version.

Please contact us if you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this Privacy Policy.

Last amended May 2021.

Digital Building Permitting

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