Construction quality information management with blockchains

Da, Sheng; Ding, Lieyun; Zhong, Botao; Love, Peter; Luo, Hui; Chen, Jiageng

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103373

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“…irreversibility and immutability of the process' comes next, in the sixth rank. DLT/BCT has been struggling with long-lasting issues that may discourage stakeholders from using this technology which is the immutability of automated tasks and smart contracts (Saberi et al, 2018;Sheng et al, 2020) and the lack of controlling mechanisms for automated tasks (Expert's idea).…”

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Adopting Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) For The Sustainable Construction Industry: Evaluating The Barriers Using Ordinal Priority Approach (OPA)

Sadeghi

Mahmoudi

Deng

2021

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Construction 4.0 has become a buzzword since the penetration of building information modeling (BIM), cyber-physical systems, digital and computing technologies into the construction industry. Among emerging technologies, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), or blockchain, is a powerful business enhancer whose potential can disrupt projects, AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) firms, and construction supply chain, and in a broader sense, the whole construction industry. This technology has not reached the plateau of productivity due to several barriers and challenges. Previous studies have started to investigate the barriers to implementing DLT in various sectors and segmentations. However, we still need further surveys in the construction industry. This study evaluates the applicability of identified challenges and barriers based on a sustainability perspective. Precisely, we will answer which challenges need to be addressed for the sustainability of the construction industry. To meet the research objective, the Ordinal Priority Approach (OPA) in multiple attributes decision-making (MADM) was utilized. This novel method determines the importance of the sustainability attributes and barriers simultaneously. The results show that DLT implementation needs i) infrastructure for data management, ii) advanced applications and archetypes, and iii) customers’ demand, interest, and tendency, and iv) taxation and reporting. Solving high-ranked challenges is the key to social sustainability from the aspects of ‘supply chain management and procurement,’ ‘transparency, anti-corruption, and anti-counterfeiting,’ and ‘fair operation and honest competition.’

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Section: Case Study and Discussionmentioning

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Adopting Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) For The Sustainable Construction Industry: Evaluating The Barriers Using Ordinal Priority Approach (OPA)

Sadeghi

Mahmoudi

Deng

2021

Preprint

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“…Araszkiewicz proposes the possible directions for further research on the digitalization of property management, and the influence of digitalization on the implementation process of the concept of intelligent sustainable building engineering [80]. Reference [26] proves the potential of blockchain in the construction industry and uses it for quality information management [81] and integrated project delivery (IPD) [32] in construction. Solve the problem of security of payment (SOP) through the integration of blockchain, BIM, and smart sensors [31].…”

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“…For waste management, a unified waste management system based on blockchain will be developed to reuse or recycle construction waste to achieve the sustainability of construction projects. The openness, fairness, and transparency of blockchain can satisfy the decentralized management of construction quality information [81]. All stakeholders are encouraged to cooperate together, and collective interests are put before personal interests [30] to ensure the orderly implementation of decentralized management of the construction industry.…”

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Blockchain and Building Information Management (BIM) for Sustainable Building Development within the Context of Smart Cities

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‘Smart cities’ are a new type of city where stakeholders are jointly responsible for urban management. City Information Management (CIM) is an output tool for smart city planning and management, which assists in achieving the sustainable development of urban infrastructure, and promotes smart cities to achieve the goals of stable global economic development, sustainable environmental development, and improvement of people’s quality of life. Existing research has so far established that blockchain and BIM have great potential to enhance construction project performance. However, there is little research on how blockchain and BIM can support sustainable building design and construction. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to explore the potential impact of the integration of blockchain and BIM in a smart city environment on making buildings more sustainable within the context of CIM/Smart Cities. The paper explores the relationships between blockchain, BIM and sustainable building across the life cycle stage of a construction project. This paper queries the Web of Science (WoS) database with keywords to obtain relevant publication, and then uses the VOSviewer to visually analyze the relationships between blockchain, BIM, and sustainable building within the context of smart cities and CIM, which is conducted in bibliometric analysis followed by micro scheme analysis. The results demonstrate the value of this method in gauging the importance of these three topics, highlighting their interrelationships and identifying trends, giving researchers an objective research direction. Those aspects reported in the paper constitute an original contribution.

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“…The digital transformation through smart contracts is currently being developed to remedy chronical peculiarities in the construction projects such as low productivity, poor regulation, lack of trust, inadequate collaboration, inadequate information sharing, and poor payment practices [142]. Blockchain technology along with smart contracts enables security of data and record transactions sequentially based on a distributed structure without relying on central authority [143]. Dakhli et al [82] addressed that smart contracts should be designed in a way that consider all possible variants related to a task, such as absenteeism of a worker resulting in a delay, which could assist project management team to identify delay causes properly.…”

Section: Contributions Of Blockchain and Smart Contractmentioning

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An Overarching Review on Delay Analyses in Construction Projects

Cevikbas

Işık

2021

Buildings

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Numerous studies have been conducted by researchers on the delay analysis topic, which is one of the primary areas of scientific study due to the effects of delays on time and cost in construction projects. Following fruitful contributions made by the researchers, it is believed to be extremely important to summarize the existing studies in terms of being a road map for future studies and practitioners. In this context, not only does this study aim to detect the most significant authors, sources, organizations and countries contributing to the improvement of delay domain in the construction industry concerning delay analyses worldwide but also to provide the researchers with extensive insights concerning the prominent research themes, trends and gaps in the literature. Hence, 168 documents related to delay analyses from 1982 to 11 February 2021 were detected through the Scopus Database and the Web of Science Database, and scientometric analyses were conducted via VOSviewer software. By evaluating the related research, two main research areas were detected in this field, namely; improving the delay analysis methods and resolving the disputes before they occur. This study is believed to make theoretical and practical contributions in that it examines the delay analysis topic in all aspects such as prominent institutions, countries, authors and sources, synthesizes the data and highlights possible research domains, gaps and trends concerning the delay analysis topic in construction industry.

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Construction quality information management with blockchains

Cited by 175 publications

References 41 publications

Adopting Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) For The Sustainable Construction Industry: Evaluating The Barriers Using Ordinal Priority Approach (OPA)

Adopting Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) For The Sustainable Construction Industry: Evaluating The Barriers Using Ordinal Priority Approach (OPA)

Blockchain and Building Information Management (BIM) for Sustainable Building Development within the Context of Smart Cities

An Overarching Review on Delay Analyses in Construction Projects

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