Towards a semantic Construction Digital Twin: directions for future research

Boje, Calin, Guerriero, Annie, Kubicki, Sylvain and Rezgui, Yacine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5711-8400 2020. Towards a semantic Construction Digital Twin: directions for future research. Automation in Construction 114 , 103179. 10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103179

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Abstract

As the Architecture, Engineering and Construction sector is embracing the digital age, the processes involved in the design, construction and operation of built assets are more and more influenced by technologies dealing with value-added monitoring of data from sensor networks, management of this data in secure and resilient storage systems underpinned by semantic models, as well as the simulation and optimisation of engineering systems. Aside from enhancing the efficiency of the value chain, such information-intensive models and associated technologies play a decisive role in minimising the lifecycle impacts of our buildings. While Building Information Modelling provides procedures, technologies and data schemas enabling a standardised semantic representation of building components and systems, the concept of a Digital Twin conveys a more holistic socio-technical and process-oriented characterisation of the complex artefacts involved by leveraging the synchronicity of the cyber-physical bi-directional data flows. Moreover, BIM lacks semantic completeness in areas such as control systems, including sensor networks, social systems, and urban artefacts beyond the scope of buildings, thus requiring a holistic, scalable semantic approach that factors in dynamic data at different levels. The paper reviews the multi-faceted applications of BIM during the construction stage and highlights limits and requirements, paving the way to the concept of a Construction Digital Twin. A definition of such a concept is then given, described in terms of underpinning research themes, while elaborating on areas for future research.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0926-5805
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	1 April 2020
Date of Acceptance:	10 March 2020
Last Modified:	04 May 2023 21:26
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/130694

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