Digital construction: From point solutions to IoT ecosystem

Woodhead, Roy; Stephenson, Paul; Morrey, Denise

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2018.05.004

Cited by 239 publications

(200 citation statements)

References 35 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

190

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Industry 4.0 is also known as "smart manufacturing", "industrial internet", or "integrated industry", which has shifted the value chain of organization and management across the lifecycle of products by integrating complex devices, machines, and networked sensors and software, deployed to predict, control, and plan for better business and societal outcomes [60]. The combination of these digital innovations is collectively called the Internet of Things (IoT) in the cyber-physical system, which are able to meet new emergent needs and provide capabilities that instigate the next evolution of society and its organization or institution [26] and transform how products are designed, fabricated, used, operated, maintained, and serviced [61]. Robotic technologies have been merged with the construction industry, known as construction automation technologies, to create elements of buildings, building components, and building furniture [25].…”

Section: Authors Clusters Technology Security Management Abstract a Bmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Robotic technologies have been merged with the construction industry, known as construction automation technologies, to create elements of buildings, building components, and building furniture [25]. The integration of BIM into the IT environment enables transitioning the current 'react to event' practice to 'predict the event' practice [26]. The integration of BIM into cloud computing allows project stakeholders to collaborate in real-time from different locations to enhance decision-making and ensure project deliverability [5].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…From all the papers found, only three review papers provided significant impact related to Industry 4.0 in construction: "Understanding the implications of digitization and automation in the context of Industry 4.0: A triangulation approach and elements of a research agenda for the construction industry" [32], "Industry 4.0 as an enabler of proximity for construction supply chains: A systematic literature review" [33], and "Digital construction: From point solutions to IoT ecosystem" [26]. These three publications provided an overview of the potential of the industrial revolution in the construction industry in term of practice and supply chain.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Industry 4.0 for the Construction Industry—How Ready Is the Industry?

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Technology and innovations have fueled the evolution of Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution. Industry 4.0 encourages growth and development through its efficiency capacity, as documented in the literature. The growth of the construction industry is a subset of the universal set of the gross domestic product value; thus, Industry 4.0 has a spillover effect on the engineering and construction industry. In this study, we aimed to map the state of Industry 4.0 in the construction industry, to identify its key areas, and evaluate and interpret the available evidence. We focused our literature search on Web of Science and Scopus between January 2015 and May 2019. The search was dependent on the following keywords: “Industry 4.0” OR “Industrial revolution 4.0” AND TOPIC: “construction” OR “building”. From the 82 papers found, 20 full-length papers were included in this review. Results from the targeted papers were split into three clusters: technology, security, and management. With building information modelling (BIM) as the core in the cyber-physical system, the cyber-planning-physical system is able to accommodate BIM functionalities to improve construction lifecycle. This collaboration and autonomous synchronization system are able to automate the design and construction processes, and improve the ability of handling substantial amounts of heterogeneity-laden data. Industry 4.0 is expected to augment both the quality and productivity of construction and attract domestic and foreign investors.

show abstract

Section: Authors Clusters Technology Security Management Abstract a Bmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Industry 4.0 for the Construction Industry—How Ready Is the Industry?

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The concepts of smart manufacturing and other synonyms like industry 4.0, smart production or smart factory have not gained much attention in the construction industry despite the possible benefits. The concepts with a special focus in the construction environment is still in its formative years (Monizza et al 2018;Oesterreich and Teuteberg 2016;Woodhead et al 2018). Although there is no definition for smart manufacturing in the construction industry, Oesterreich and Teuteberg (2016) came up with an industry specific definition for Industry 4.0 concept in the construction industry.…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart Manufacturing Support to Product Platforms in Industrialized House Building

Popovic

Thajudeen

Vestin

2019

mocs

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Swedish house building companies currently face many challenges in terms of fluctuating market demand, need for flexible product offering, non-uniform governmental regulations, high costs, and long lead times. These challenges affect both internal and external efficiency of companies. Product platforms have been used for more than a decade in this industry to improve both internal and external efficiency. However, the industry is still criticized for its inefficient and costly process. Smart manufacturing has emerged as means to improve the efficiency of internal processes and the question is if and how smart manufacturing can complement and support product platforms in industrialized house building. The aim of this study is to explore the potential of smart manufacturing to complement and support product platforms in theory and practice in the context of industrialized house building. A literature review and a multiple case study were chosen to fulfill the study objective. In total fourteen semi-structured interviews were conducted in two timber house building companies. The data was analyzed within and across cases using four platform assets for categorization: components, processes, knowledge and relationships. The results show that the smart manufacturing technologies are in both theory and practice mainly supporting the process platform asset through developing vertical and horizontal IT systems integration, definition and digitalization of flexible building systems, and transferring explicit drafting and engineering knowledge into parametric modelling tools.

show abstract

“…Despite the innate conservative responses of the construction industry to rapid changes, the importance of adopting digital transformation throughout the entire cycle of a construction project has long been emphasized [3]. In particular, the recent trends of applying BIM (Building Information Modeling) and AR/VR (Augmented/ Virtual Reality) technologies have triggered various efforts to revolutionize the productivity and efficiency of construction projects [4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

3D Modeling Approach of Building Construction based on Point Cloud Data Using LiDAR

Oh¹,

Kim²,

Lee³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) emerges as a mapping technology that provides fast, accurate, and reliable data with geometric representation of construction facilities. The technology has received high recognition especially since the importance of digital transformation in construction projects has been emphasized. However, the current state of 3D technologies including LiDAR encounters difficulty in recognizing and extracting accurate information on the as-built status of the buildings and construction sites. As a preliminary study for the development of a 3D architectural geometric representation of building and environment, this paper proposes a 3D modeling approach based on point cloud data obtained by LiDAR technology. This paper suggests a novel method for data acquisition on as-built status of construction sites and buildings during constructionoperation phases. Furthermore, a field test has been performed for visualizing and modeling of the indoors of a residential house. The results of this paper are expected to inaugurate adaptation of LiDAR technology during the as-built process, and further implementation of digital technology after construction phase in construction projects.

show abstract

Digital construction: From point solutions to IoT ecosystem

Cited by 239 publications

References 35 publications

Industry 4.0 for the Construction Industry—How Ready Is the Industry?

Industry 4.0 for the Construction Industry—How Ready Is the Industry?

Smart Manufacturing Support to Product Platforms in Industrialized House Building

3D Modeling Approach of Building Construction based on Point Cloud Data Using LiDAR

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About