built structure
Let an agent handle built structures as the parent of buildings and infrastructure, with type, construction, owner, safety and heritage.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle built structures as the parent of buildings and infrastructure, with type, construction, owner, safety and heritage.
Anything built or constructed by people and fixed in place, including buildings, bridges, towers, dams, walls, monuments and other structures.
What it is for: The entry above all constructed fixed works.
It can be design, build and maintain it; inspect it for safety; protect it as heritage; demolish it, under rules.
Distinguishing features
Constructed and fixed in place
Includes buildings and non-building structures
Subject to building and planning law
Many are heritage assets
What it looks like
Every fixed human construction.
How it is recognised
Fixed, constructed works
Specific kinds are separate entries
Registers of buildings and structures
Related models
has kind - kinds
is a kind of - made thing
is regulated by - rules
is protected as - listing
In practice
Families and kinds
buildings
bridges and tunnels
towers and masts
dams and walls
monuments
Standards and regulation
Building codes and Eurocodes
Planning law
Heritage protection law
Failure modes and hazards
Structural failure
Fire
Loss of heritage
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identity Which structure.
Kind and location first.
Kind
Type.
Kind
Type.
- What kind of structure is it? definition
- Is there a more specific entry? action
Location
Where.
Location
Location and owner.
- Where is it, and who owns it? provenance
- Which registers list it? provenance
Construction How it was built.
Construction decides maintenance.
Materials
Structure.
Materials
Materials and system.
- What is it made of, and how? definition
- When was it built? provenance
Condition
State.
Condition
Condition.
- What condition is it in? measurement
- When was it inspected? provenance
Safety Structural and fire.
Safety is paramount.
Structural
Integrity.
Structural
Structural safety.
- Is it structurally safe? boundary
- Are there restrictions? boundary
Fire
Fire safety.
Fire
Fire safety.
- What fire safety measures exist? definition
- Who is responsible? provenance
Heritage Protection.
Many structures are protected.
Status
Listing.
Status
Heritage status.
- Is it protected? provenance
- At what level? provenance
Change
Consent for works.
Consent
Consent needed.
- What consent is needed to alter or demolish it? boundary
- From whom? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- How should the registry organise built structures?
- How should structures and buildings be linked?
- Which registers should be linked?