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Challenge

Build an IFC 4D Construction Task Sequence Synchronizer

Correlate IFC architectural components with construction schedules using ifc4d conventions. Identify elements missing work package assignments and flag schedule sequence anomalies.

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Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

Correlate IFC architectural components with construction schedules using ifc4d conventions. Identify elements missing work package assignments and flag schedule sequence anomalies.

Construction project scheduler

Upload IFC structural files alongside Gantt schedule task arrays.

Link IFC element identifiers to scheduled construction tasks.

Verify task predecessors and detect unscheduled structural elements.

Generate 4D synchronization logs for project superintendent review.

Split-pane web view displaying Gantt timeline on the left and IFC entity schedule matrix on the right.

Use open-source synthetic IFC models combined with standard CSV task schedules. Starter examples below are synthetic. They are not downloaded records.

IfcOpenShell Applies the ifc4d module referenced in IfcOpenShell to link IFC entities with project management timelines.

mastra-ai, fastapi. Mastra AI provides deterministic workflow orchestration to trace entity-to-task relationships and schedule states. Local or hosted LLM with fast structured JSON output for linking descriptions to tasks.

Submit runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, a working interface, example outputs, and a recorded end-to-end demo. Include tests and an action log.

Links IFC component GUIDs to scheduled task IDs.

Flags structural elements lacking corresponding task assignments.

Highlights chronological dependencies where tasks precede element prerequisites.

```json [ { "input": { "tasks": [ { "task_id": "T1", "name": "Pour Footings", "start": "2025-04-01", "end": "2025-04-05" }, { "task_id": "T2", "name": "Erect Columns", "start": "2025-04-06", "end": "2025-04-10" } ], "elements": [ { "guid": "col-01", "type": "IfcColumn", "task_id": "T2" } ] }, "expected_output": { "synchronized": true, "assigned_elements": 1, "unassigned_elements": [], "schedule_alerts": [] } }, { "input": { "tasks": [ { "task_id": "T1", "name": "Pour Footings", "start": "2025-04-01", "end": "2025-04-05" } ], "elements": [ { "guid": "col-02", "type": "IfcColumn", "task_id": null } ] }, "expected_output": { "synchronized": false, "assigned_elements": 0, "unassigned_elements": [ "col-02" ], "schedule_alerts": [ "Element col-02 has no assigned construction task." ] } } ] ```

Simulates schedule linkages; does not issue live contractor dispatch orders or change construction site operations. Use mock external writes. Require human review before any real deployment.

Rules

Participation guide

Simulates schedule linkages; does not issue live contractor dispatch orders or change construction site operations. Use mock external writes and human review.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

Links IFC component GUIDs to scheduled task IDs. Flags structural elements lacking corresponding task assignments. Highlights chronological dependencies where tasks precede element prerequisites.

Submission format

Runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, working interface, example outputs, recorded demo, tests, and action logs.

Datasets

Challenge datasets

Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.

Evaluation rubric

How submissions are scored

These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.

Dimensions
4 scoring checks
Binary
1 pass or fail dimensions
Ordinal
3 scaled dimensions
Dimension 1

Complete workflow

Upload IFC structural files alongside Gantt schedule task arrays. Link IFC element identifiers to scheduled construction tasks. Verify task predecessors and detect unscheduled structural elements. Generate 4D synchronization logs for project superintendent review.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 2

Correctness and evidence

Links IFC component GUIDs to scheduled task IDs. Flags structural elements lacking corresponding task assignments. Highlights chronological dependencies where tasks precede element prerequisites.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 3

Review interface

Split-pane web view displaying Gantt timeline on the left and IFC entity schedule matrix on the right.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 4

Safe execution

Simulates schedule linkages; does not issue live contractor dispatch orders or change construction site operations.

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Upload IFC structural files alongside Gantt schedule task arrays.

  • Link IFC element identifiers to scheduled construction tasks.

  • Verify task predecessors and detect unscheduled structural elements.

  • Generate 4D synchronization logs for project superintendent review.

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Use open-source synthetic IFC models combined with standard CSV task schedules. Supplied starter examples are synthetic, not source extracts.

Challenge setup

Configuration summary for this challenge.

Challenge input

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Mastra AI

TypeScript agent framework.

Evaluated output

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Evaluation checks
  • Upload IFC structural files alongside Gantt schedule task arrays. Link IFC element identifiers to scheduled...
  • Links IFC component GUIDs to scheduled task IDs. Flags structural elements lacking corresponding task assig...
  • Split-pane web view displaying Gantt timeline on the left and IFC entity schedule matrix on the right.
Configured evaluation evidence
  • 2 public reference cases
Configured runtime
  • 2 configured tools

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Configured tools

Action Space
  • Mastra AI · Optional
Orchestration
  • Mastra AI · Optional

Evaluation contract

  • Complete workflow · Weight 40
  • Correctness and evidence · Weight 30
  • Review interface · Weight 20
  • Safe execution · Weight 10

Reference cases

  • 2 public reference cases

Workflow tasks

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Recipe freeze marker

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