Abstract
The aim of this paper is first to describe the current achievements regarding digitalization technologies in the engineering and construction sector. The concrete technologies presented are the GIS standards as CityGLM and BIM technologies, and as the EUBIMTG initiative. These two technologies can be applied in a common framework building digital twin environments and platforms. These platforms create a huge capacity of gains for the constructions sector in all phases, and for all the actors, as constructions digitalization has a huge unexplored potential. Most of the participants in the value chain will gain from interventions in the engineering and construction (E&C) phases of design, and engineering, construction and operations. Project management (PM) was described as intervention, which creates potential for new business models to be implemented. Virtual modelling can further develop in the direction of virtualization and construction simulation, and contribute towards the successful digitalization of the E&C sector.
Highlights
For almost 40 years Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are used as industry standards
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the opportunities and describe the business models for the Engineering and Construction (E&C) sector, which the two technologies GIS, and Building Information Modeling (BIM) create in an integrated digital twin environment
This paper explored the opportunities of digitalizing the construction sectors
Summary
For almost 40 years Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are used as industry standards. Since the 1980s they have increase in use and their sophistication has led to new academic interests, which have resulted in an expanding research community in many directions. We have formalized definitions, categorizations, terminologies and standard data structures, showing a remarkable degree of cross-disciplinary work. According to the World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum, 2016) productivity can be improved by using digital technologies. This can help in the direction of reducing any project delays. Even buildings quality can be enhanced, and working conditions improved. All the above could be achieved in compatibility with the environmental requirements, and Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a central enabling and facilitating point for such technologies
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