A Systematic Review of Construction 4.0 in the Context of the BIM 4.0 Premise

Hana Begić,Mario Galić

doi:10.3390/buildings11080337

Abstract

This paper presents a systematic review of Construction 4.0 in the context of the building information modeling (BIM) 4.0 premise. It comprises a review of the industry in the pre-fourth industrial revolution (4IR) age, the current and anticipated development of the 4IR, Construction 4.0’s origin and applications, and the synergy of its main drivers, i.e., the synergy of BIM with the internet of things (IoT) and big data (BD). The main aim of the paper is to determine the Construction 4.0 drivers and to what extent are they initialized by the 4IR, their development and their synergy with BIM, and the direction of BIM’s implementation in the construction phase. It was found that the main drivers of Construction 4.0, which originated from the 4IR, are BIM, IoT, and BD, but with specific implementations. The results of the analysis of BIM with IoT and/or BD revealed that the integrative approaches combining the aforementioned drivers show signs of project enhancement by providing significant benefits, such as improved real-time monitoring, data exchange and analysis, construction planning, and modeling. Furthermore, it was revealed that the main drivers are mostly applied in the project’s preconstruction phase, which is continuously developing and becoming more automated. The state-of-the-art review presented in this paper suggests that BIM is in transition, adopting Construction 4.0 to become BIM 4.0.

Highlights

The fourth industrial revolution (4IR), colloquially referred to as Industry 4.0, is expected to bring growth, enhancement, and accelerated development to most industries in the near future
Germany leads in the field of Construction 4.0, followed by China and the United States; residual managerial practices are a barrier to implementing Construction 4.0; main enablers: internet of things (IoT), Cloud computing, Big Data (BD), Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, and cybersecurity
This paper presents a literature review of the industry pre-4IR, the 4IR itself, Construction 4.0 technologies, its origin and its applications, and the synergy of the main Construction 4.0 drivers, i.e., the synergy of building information modeling (BIM) with IoT and BD

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Introduction

The fourth industrial revolution (4IR), colloquially referred to as Industry 4.0, is expected to bring growth, enhancement, and accelerated development to most industries in the near future. Industries that have already stepped in and adopted the 4IR report that 4IR changes are mostly stimulated by the emergence of new technologies, i.e., drivers, such as digital twin construction (DTC), building information modeling (BIM), internet of things (IoT), Big Data (BD), and additive manufacturing (AM)/3D printing. These technologies have, to a certain extent, already changed most industries, but industries are still not seriously adopting the full potential of the 4IR. Due to the size of the construction industry, even small improvements would result in significant benefits for society since construction is a determinant of where and how most people live and work [3]

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