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Construction 4.0 and Industry 4.0: Beyond Building Information Modelling
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Construction 4.0 and Industry 4.0: Beyond Building Information Modelling

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2023) | Viewed by 5186

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Žiga Turk

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Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: computer integrated construction; interoperability; construction informatics; construction 4.0; internet science
Dr. Alessandro Carbonari

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Department of Construction, Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICEA), Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
Interests: construction project management; digitalization; intelligent systems for construction; construction 4.0; building information modelling
Dr. Robert Klinc

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Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: computer integrated construction; interoperability; construction informatics; construction 4.0; blockchain; building information modelling
Prof. Dr. Alberto Giretti

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Department of Construction, Civil engineering and Architecture (DICEA), Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
Interests: facility management; artificial intelligence; construction 4.0; knowledge engineering; building information modelling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Our construction industry is currently experiencing another transition; this time it is responding to the developments in other industries known as “Industry 4.0”. A key feature is not just more information technology but the merging of the cyber and the physical worlds into cyber-physical systems where physical and cyber elements interact with increasingly minimal human involvement. Examples of such systems are a construction site, a building being occupied and used, an infrastructure object under operation, etc. This trend calls for the rethinking of our approach to information management. Building Information Models, originally designed with the collaboration and communication needs during the design phase are shifting towards Digital Twins, which aim to create a digital replica of the product, moving beyond form towards function and behaviors monitored and steered with sensors and actuators. The IT infrastructure offers connectivity with cloud computing and 5G networks. The masses of data can only be handled with AI. The Special Issue aims to create a compendium of research directions to study these new trends and related challenges such as organizational and process changes, the need for enhanced skills, improved communication and sensor networks, better standardization across the building lifecycle, regulatory revisions, data management and data security, and knowledge management.

Prof. Dr. Žiga Turk
Dr. Alessandro Carbonari
Dr. Robert Klinc
Prof. Dr. Alberto Giretti
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Industry 4.0
  • construction 4.0
  • construction information technology
  • building information modelling
  • digital twins
  • smart buildings
  • cyber physical systems
  • digital construction

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Deviation-Correcting Interface for Building-Envelope Renovation
by Kepa Iturralde, Ernesto Gambao and Thomas Bock
Buildings 2023, 13(9), 2386; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092386 - 20 Sep 2023
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In order to reach a Zero-Energy-consuming building stock, it is necessary to insulate and add renewable energy sources on top of existing building envelopes. Off-site prefabricated modules have been used for covering building facades, but manual on-site installation procedures are still more competitive [...] Read more.
In order to reach a Zero-Energy-consuming building stock, it is necessary to insulate and add renewable energy sources on top of existing building envelopes. Off-site prefabricated modules have been used for covering building facades, but manual on-site installation procedures are still more competitive than prefabricated ones. Renovation with prefabricated modules requires high precision in order to obtain airtight and waterproof conditions. For that, an accurate installation of the anchors on top of the facade is crucial. With current techniques, this is a time-consuming operation. One of the attempts to solve the above-mentioned issue was to place the part of the anchor on top of a building facade with high tolerances and to use an interface to correct the deviations. In previous research, this concept, named Matching Kit, was validated, but improvements needed to be made to make it more competitive. In this paper, thanks to novel algorithms and the use of Point Clouds, an improved version is presented. The results show a reduction in working time and an increase in precision. With this research, the interface is closer to being used in the construction industry. Full article
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Teaching Building Information Modeling in the Metaverse—An Approach Based on Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of the Students Perspective
by Niels Bartels and Kristina Hahne
Buildings 2023, 13(9), 2198; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092198 - 29 Aug 2023
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The teaching of civil engineering consists of different didactic approaches, such as lectures, group work or research-based teaching, depending on the respective courses. Currently, the metaverse is gaining importance in teaching and offers the possibility of a new teaching approach for civil engineering [...] Read more.
The teaching of civil engineering consists of different didactic approaches, such as lectures, group work or research-based teaching, depending on the respective courses. Currently, the metaverse is gaining importance in teaching and offers the possibility of a new teaching approach for civil engineering and especially for the teaching of courses from the areas of “Digital Design and Construction”. Although the advantages of teaching in the metaverse, such as location and time independence or a higher learning outcome, are mentioned in the literature, there are also challenges that must be considered when teaching in the metaverse. Against this background, this paper examines the implications of using the metaverse as a teaching tool in teaching “Digital Design and Construction”. The impact of teaching BIM in the metaverse is evaluated by (1) a literature review and workshops to evaluate use cases and demands for extended reality (XR) and the metaverse, (2) integrating XR and the metaverse in the courses and valuation by quantitative evaluations and (3) analyzing student papers of the courses and outcomes of a World Café. Due to these steps, this paper presents a novel approach by reflecting the students’ perspective. Furthermore, this paper presents a validated approach for integrating BIM and the metaverse in teaching. Full article
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