Purpose The future construction site will be pervasive, context aware and embedded with
intelligence. The purpose of this paper is to explore and define the concept of the digital skin …

With the pervasive use of Building Information Modelling (BIM), lean principles, digital
technologies, and offsite construction, the industry is at the cusp of this transformation. The …

This paper takes a longitudinal view of literature to explain the current period as disruptive
technology drives an evolutionary adaptation of the construction industry in a historical socio …

Construction supply chain management (CSCM) has gained rapid development in last
decades. As a result, the conventional Internet fails to fulfill demands for real-time …

Due to the unstructured, fast-changing environment of construction sites, robots require
human assistance to perform various tasks, especially those involving high dexterity and …

Having timely access to information on the performance of a construction project enables the
design team and contractor to improve their decision-making so as to ensure project …

Within the construction industry, accident statistics indicate that there are fatalities and
serious injuries in confined spaces due to exposure to hazardous environment. A review of …

The advent of smartphones, coupled with mobile computing technology, provides
construction engineers with unprecedented opportunities to improve the existing processes …

Construction sites still present high accident rates. The advent of advanced sensing
technologies has motivated the development of unprecedented automated systems, capable …

Management of construction projects requires effective and well-organized communication
and coordination between all stakeholders as a vital aspect of the successful project. The …