Digital Workflows in AEC: From Conceptual Design to Constructed Reality
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 249
Special Issue Editors
Interests: construction health and safety; alteration and refurbishment; sustainability; digital construction
Interests: advanced digital technologies for architectural design and construction
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Interests: built environment digital transformation; sustainable built environment and construction health and safety
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite contributions to an upcoming Special Issue of Buildings entitled “Digital Workflows in AEC: From Conceptual Design to Constructed Reality”. Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309) is open access and peer reviewed. Buildings is abstracted and indexed by Scopus, SCIE, Ei Compendex, Inspec, DOAJ. The Impact Factor of the Journal is 3.1. This Special Issue will explore how emerging digital technologies are reshaping the architecture, engineering and construction sectors, bridging the gap between early design intent and real-world delivery.
We welcome high-quality original research, case studies and critical reviews addressing themes such as integrated BIM-enabled design processes; digital twins for lifecycle optimisation; parametric and generative design workflows; Scan-to-BIM and reality capture for existing-asset modelling; IoT-driven construction monitoring; the use of AI throughout the design and construction process, machine learning and automation in design coordination; computational fabrication and off-site manufacturing; immersive technologies including AR/VR/MR for collaborative planning; cloud-based project platforms and the digital handover of asset information for operation and maintenance.
Submissions should highlight methodological innovations, tested frameworks or practical implementations that demonstrate measurable impacts on project efficiency, accuracy, sustainability and decision-making across the AEC value chain. We also encourage industry-based case studies of technological implementations that are grounded on appropriate methodologies and solid research bases.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and showcasing cutting-edge research that advance the digital transformation of our industry.
Prof. Dr. David Oloke
Prof. Dr. David Heesom
Prof. Dr. Innocent Musonda
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 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
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 semimonthly 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
- buildings
- alteration and refurbishment
- building information modelling/digital twins
- AI
- industry 4.0/5.0
- digital construction
- automation
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