Advances in Digital Construction Management

Dear Colleagues,

Relevant developments within the field of digital construction management have been proposed in recent years to solve the industry’s challenges regarding the effectiveness of project planning, monitoring and controlling activities, as well as resource management, timely data collection, communication, and the distribution of readily and reliable information.

Some of the critical nodes regarding adopting digital solutions have been recognised as a lack of digital culture and maturity of organisations—from both the demand and supply sides—and the scalability of digital transition; for example, construction SMEs could face barriers when innovating their processes due to budget constraints and the complexity of available digital solutions. At the same time, various sources in the construction phase (including both off-site and on-site construction) provide data from different structured and unstructured formats, including building information modelling, project management applications, sensing technologies, wearable devices, mobile technologies, and so forth. Although significant efforts have been made to digitise construction management, there are still unresolved problems and associated difficulties, such as those in relation to data management.

Therefore, it is evident that the topics dealing with digital construction management entail several challenges and provide the opportunity to research multidisciplinary issues in relation to both technical and process-related factors. Journal articles could cover research topics including construction scheduling, construction work progress monitoring and forecasting, cost analysis, construction quality management, and digital change management. A further domain to be investigated could deal with the role to be played by digital construction management in front of the sustainable and circular economy, also comprehending the compliance with the ESG criteria. For such cases, articles could also discuss the application of solutions and approaches such as, though not limited to, building information modelling, advanced data analytics, linked data, digital twins, extended reality, and sensing technologies.

The Special Issue aims to represent the latest developments in relation to digital construction management and identify potential areas for future research.

Dr. Silvia Mastrolembo Ventura
Prof. Dr. Angelo Luigi Camillo Ciribini
Guest Editors

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