Integrating BIM and Safety: An Automated Rule-Based Checking System for Safety Planning and Simulation Sijie Zhang School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. E-Mail: annazhang@gatech.edu Jin-Kook Lee College of Architect, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. E-Mail: jklee@gatech.edu Manu Venugopal School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. E-Mail: manu.menon@gatech.edu Jochen Teizer * School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. E-Mail: teizer@gatech.edu Charles Eastman College of Architect, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A. E-Mail: charles.eastman@coa.gatech.edu *Corresponding author. E-mail address: teizer@gatech.edu Telephone: 404-894-8269 Fax: 404-894-2278