Abstract
Technology and innovations have fueled the evolution of Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution. Industry 4.0 encourages growth and development through its efficiency capacity, as documented in the literature. The growth of the construction industry is a subset of the universal set of the gross domestic product value; thus, Industry 4.0 has a spillover effect on the engineering and construction industry. In this study, we aimed to map the state of Industry 4.0 in the construction industry, to identify its key areas, and evaluate and interpret the available evidence. We focused our literature search on Web of Science and Scopus between January 2015 and May 2019. The search was dependent on the following keywords: “Industry 4.0” OR “Industrial revolution 4.0” AND TOPIC: “construction” OR “building”. From the 82 papers found, 20 full-length papers were included in this review. Results from the targeted papers were split into three clusters: technology, security, and management. With building information modelling (BIM) as the core in the cyber-physical system, the cyber-planning-physical system is able to accommodate BIM functionalities to improve construction lifecycle. This collaboration and autonomous synchronization system are able to automate the design and construction processes, and improve the ability of handling substantial amounts of heterogeneity-laden data. Industry 4.0 is expected to augment both the quality and productivity of construction and attract domestic and foreign investors.
Highlights
The world has never evolved as fast as in the last couple of decades
We started with a broader theme to identify, assess, and analyze the published papers to discover the structure and patterns for the query “Industry 4.0” OR “Industrial revolution 4.0” AND TOPIC: “construction” OR “building”
Whereas the first industrial revolution introduced mechanical power, the second industrial revolution lightened up the industry, and the third industrial revolution digitized the information and production [15,16,19], Industry 4.0 has amalgamated the physical world with the information era directed by the cyber-physical system approach [24]
Summary
The world has never evolved as fast as in the last couple of decades. To provide context, the global construction industry has been affected by the world’s urban population rising by 200,000 people per day [1]. 1830), the mechanical heavy industry experienced exponential growth leading to the creation of a whole host of new building materials These included glass, cast iron, and even steel—all of which were created by engineers and architects to create buildings no one had ever imagined could exist in terms of form, frame, and functionality [15]. The second industrial revolution (1870–1914) was characterized by dense innovation based on useful knowledge being mapped onto technologies that drove the industry with cheap and more efficient mass production of steel, electricity, telegraphs, and railroads [16] This revolution drove the construction industry in terms of innovation in architectural design and lightening vertical space [13] alongside new prefabrication technology and the beginning of computer-aided design (CAD) [17], which provided numerous unforeseen opportunities [9]
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