Quantitative Review of Construction 4.0 Technology Presence in Construction Project Research
The development of technologies associated with the fourth industrial revolution is rapid. Construction 4.0 represents the architecture, engineering, construction and operations industries exploration of new technologies, equivalent to Industry 4.0 for the manufacturing industry. These concepts addr...
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| author | Pia Schönbeck Malin Löfsjögård Anders Ansell |
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| description | The development of technologies associated with the fourth industrial revolution is rapid. Construction 4.0 represents the architecture, engineering, construction and operations industries exploration of new technologies, equivalent to Industry 4.0 for the manufacturing industry. These concepts address multiple perspectives besides the technological, such as management and processes. The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent research regarding construction projects addresses information and communication, automatisation or industrialisation technologies. A scoping review was the method used to perform a quantitative analysis of over two thousand journal papers published from 2015 onwards. The results show that new technologies are addressed separately, while synergy studies are uncommon. Longitudinal analyses show that there was no significant increase in journal papers concerning new technologies from 2015 to 2019. Information and communication was the search criterion with the least number of papers found. The environmental perspective of new technologies was present but the least common from 2019 to 2020. Hence, this review shows that there is an extensive research gap regarding Construction 4.0 technologies in the context of construction projects. Studies regarding synergy and environmental effects of new technologies should increase to start the progress towards a successful entry into the fourth industrial revolution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c2bb233037f4c2b9ac74d7e4bd5e0012023-11-20T15:29:24ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092020-09-01101017310.3390/buildings10100173Quantitative Review of Construction 4.0 Technology Presence in Construction Project ResearchPia Schönbeck0Malin Löfsjögård1Anders Ansell2Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Civil and Architectural Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Civil and Architectural Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, SwedenThe development of technologies associated with the fourth industrial revolution is rapid. Construction 4.0 represents the architecture, engineering, construction and operations industries exploration of new technologies, equivalent to Industry 4.0 for the manufacturing industry. These concepts address multiple perspectives besides the technological, such as management and processes. The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent research regarding construction projects addresses information and communication, automatisation or industrialisation technologies. A scoping review was the method used to perform a quantitative analysis of over two thousand journal papers published from 2015 onwards. The results show that new technologies are addressed separately, while synergy studies are uncommon. Longitudinal analyses show that there was no significant increase in journal papers concerning new technologies from 2015 to 2019. Information and communication was the search criterion with the least number of papers found. The environmental perspective of new technologies was present but the least common from 2019 to 2020. Hence, this review shows that there is an extensive research gap regarding Construction 4.0 technologies in the context of construction projects. Studies regarding synergy and environmental effects of new technologies should increase to start the progress towards a successful entry into the fourth industrial revolution.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/10/10/173construction 4.0information and communication technologyautomated constructionindustrial constructionproject management |
| spellingShingle | Pia Schönbeck Malin Löfsjögård Anders Ansell Quantitative Review of Construction 4.0 Technology Presence in Construction Project Research Buildings construction 4.0 information and communication technology automated construction industrial construction project management |
| title | Quantitative Review of Construction 4.0 Technology Presence in Construction Project Research |
| title_full | Quantitative Review of Construction 4.0 Technology Presence in Construction Project Research |
| title_fullStr | Quantitative Review of Construction 4.0 Technology Presence in Construction Project Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantitative Review of Construction 4.0 Technology Presence in Construction Project Research |
| title_short | Quantitative Review of Construction 4.0 Technology Presence in Construction Project Research |
| title_sort | quantitative review of construction 4 0 technology presence in construction project research |
| topic | construction 4.0 information and communication technology automated construction industrial construction project management |
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