The Potential of Blockchain in Building Construction

Dakhli, Zakaria; Lafhaj, Zoubeir; Mossman, Alan

doi:10.3390/buildings9040077

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“…The authors also stated that using this technology should also be accompanied by improvements across the legal, social and process dimensions. Furthermore, Dakhli et al [91] reviewed the possibility of using BC in saving cost for a real estate developer.…”

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Towards Future BIM Technology Innovations: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature

Khudhair

Ren

et al. 2021

Applied Sciences

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The evolution of the construction industry is associated with the continuous implementation of new technologies. Building Information Modelling (BIM) has revolutionised the collaboration and data sharing processes in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. However, it needs to be supported by new technologies that can embrace digital construction by transforming the construction industry into a dynamic environment. There is a lack of understanding of the cutting-edge technologies that have emerged to help with the digital transformation of the construction industry. There is a need to understand all these technologies and how they can be leveraged holistically towards future BIM innovations. Therefore, this article conducts a literature review to evaluate how targeted cutting-edge technologies can be utilised to release the full potential of BIM from a technical perspective. A bibliometric analysis focusing on the co-occurrence of keywords related to various technologies, their links with BIM, and their related research themes was conducted based on the Web of Science (WoS) database holdings from 2010 to 2019. The findings demonstrate that one type of technology can help with solving a specific issue. However, using one technology alone does not solve an issue entirely. The current technology has been utilised independently and not as a coherent system. Thus, a weak information integration and management approach can restrict the leveraging of a smart BIM environment. This paper is not meant to be exclusive. Many new technologies, concepts, and ideas can be added to help realise BIM potentials that are not covered in this study. Furthermore, the analysis was based on the dataset retrieved from WoS and only included the literature in English. Based on those findings, the authors indicated a technology fusion to support BIM development.

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Section: Cluster Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Future BIM Technology Innovations: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature

Khudhair

Ren

et al. 2021

Applied Sciences

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“…Moreover, CCPM, as an innovative approach, was widely discussed in the literature and it is asserted to have great potential to remedy delay related issues of construction projects [78][79][80][81]. Furthermore, other approaches such as smart contracts and blockchain were brought to the agenda to maintain project tasks including delays [82]. In addition to mapping the occurrence of the terms, their magnitudes and subject areas are tabulated in Table 2 below.…”

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“…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. Thus, helping prevent any ambiguity during the execution of projects, blockchain-enabled contract involved in delay management is believed to be promising.…”

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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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“…Each block contains a specific amount of data in the form of ciphers and codes [35], [56]. Once the block's data has been completed and validated, the block is then permanently locked and cannot be modified [57]. Previously, many researchers have used the blockchain to increase the automation of the process, reliability, and credibility through inherited functions of this technology, for instance, smart contract, transparency, and immutability.…”

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Converging Technologies for Safety Planning and Inspection Information System of Portable Firefighting Equipment

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Many construction workers are getting injured or killed in fires and explosion accidents each year. The workers are prone to severe fatal accidents due to unavailability of permanent firefighting system in many construction sites, thus they typically rely on portable firefighting equipment (PFE) to minimize fire damage. Many occupational health and safety agencies have developed safety regulations for PFE installation and monitoring in construction. However, in the traditional construction fire safety management process, the installation spots for PFE's are visually identified in a 2D floor plan and then topdown supervisory approach is used to inspect the active availability of the PFE's. Such manually operated conventional methods of PFE installation and monitoring are expensive, prone to manipulation, and do not provide sufficient motivation for voluntarily following fire safety policies. Therefore, this research study develops a fire safety rule-based PFE installation approach and proposes an alternative method for shifting the top-down inspection approach to the bottom-up voluntarily approach for convenient, transparent, and automated safety inspection information delivery. To validate the bottom-up approach concept, a visual language algorithm is initially developed for PFE installation planning system (PFE-IPS) in BIM, followed by an optical character recognition (OCR) and blockchain-based android application for safety inspection information system (SIIS). This paper also presents two case studies to evaluate the feasibility and practicality of the developed systems. The proposed approach out-turn reduces the safety manager's manual efforts and burdens of government safety auditors while enhancing efficiency and reliability. INDEX TERMS Fire safety rule, Visual languages, BIM, Optical character recognition (OCR), Blockchain, Portable firefighting equipment (PFE).

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The Potential of Blockchain in Building Construction

Cited by 90 publications

References 11 publications

Towards Future BIM Technology Innovations: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature

Towards Future BIM Technology Innovations: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature

An Overarching Review on Delay Analyses in Construction Projects

Converging Technologies for Safety Planning and Inspection Information System of Portable Firefighting Equipment

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