Smart and Sustainable Built Environment: Volume 13 Issue 1

Guest editorial: Blockchain and building information management: digital construction transformation

Sepehr Abrishami, Faris Elghaish, Tara Brooks, Saeed Talebi

Blockchain-based digital twin data provenance for predictive asset management in building facilities

Peiman Tavakoli, Ibrahim Yitmen, Habib Sadri, Afshin Taheri

The purpose of this study is to focus on structured data provision and asset information model maintenance and develop a data provenance model on a blockchain-based digital twin…

Asset information requirements for blockchain-based digital twins: a data-driven predictive analytics perspective

Benjamin Hellenborn, Oscar Eliasson, Ibrahim Yitmen, Habib Sadri

The purpose of this study is to identify the key data categories and characteristics defined by asset information requirements (AIR) and how this affects the development and…

Toward digital construction supply chain-based Industry 4.0 solutions: scientometric-thematic analysis

Lina Gharaibeh, Kristina Maria Eriksson, Bjorn Lantz, Sandra Matarneh, Faris Elghaish

The wood construction industry has been described as slow in adapting efficiency-increasing activities in its operations and supply chain. The industry is still facing challenges…

Major opportunities of digital twins for smart buildings: a scientometric and content analysis

Frank Ato Ghansah, Weisheng Lu

Digital twins provide enormous opportunities for smart buildings. However, an up-to-date intellectual landscape to understand and identify the major opportunities of digital twins…

Leveraging digital technologies for circular economy in construction industry: a way forward

Navodana Rodrigo, Hossein Omrany, Ruidong Chang, Jian Zuo

This study aims to investigate the literature related to the use of digital technologies for promoting circular economy (CE) in the construction industry.

Blockchain integration into electronic document management (EDM) system in construction common data environment

Mee San Kiu, Kai Wen Lai, Fah Choy Chia, Phui Fung Wong

The digitization of electronic document management (EDM) in the construction industry has become more common in nature with the evolution of technology. However, there are still…

Blockchain technology: a catalyst for reverse logistics of the automobile industry

Karthik Bajar, Aditya Kamat, Saket Shanker, Akhilesh Barve

In recent times, reverse logistics (RL) is gaining significant traction in various automobile industries to recapture returned vehicles’ value. A good RL program can lower…

Industry 4.0 and the circular economy: using design-stage digital technology to reduce construction waste

Anuja Talla, Stephen McIlwaine

This study examines how applying innovative I4.0 technologies at the design stage can help reduce construction waste and improve the recovery, reuse, and recycling of construction…

Developing a collaborative framework for construction projects in emerging economies

Hazhar Faris, Mark Gaterell, David Hutchinson

The construction industry is a primary contributor to the development of emerging economies such as the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. However, the sector is underperforming, and…

Enhancing BIM competencies of built environment undergraduates students using a problem-based learning and network analysis approach

Lovelin Ifeoma Obi, Temitope Omotayo, Damilola Ekundayo, Abiodun Kolawole Oyetunji

Building information modelling (BIM) is an innovative, collaborative process underpinned by digital technologies introduced to improve project performance in the architecture…