Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry: Latest Advances and Prospects
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 28062
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building information modeling; construction project management; construction planning; digital construction; (construction) innovation diffusion
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: management of projects and organisations in the construction industry; implications of the interlinked challenges of digitalisation and sustainability on the construction industry, businesses, and projects
Interests: building information modelling (BIM); digitalisation in construction; modern methods of construction (MMC); innovation-adoption, organisational change; sociology in construction; psychology of managing change; decision-making; construction policies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The main aim of this Special Issue is to stimulate theoretically and empirically informed discussions regarding the latest digital transformation advances and prospects in the construction sector. Specifically, the Special Issue calls for papers that are methodologically robust, with a strong theoretical grounding, containing either theoretical contributions or refinement, or the development and application of new theories relevant to this context. Whilst papers could consider or assess the impact of digitalization on project-, firm- or sector-level performance, work that specifically considers the role of supplier-level firms and how these are influenced or are impacted upon by digital transformations is also particularly encouraged. This Special Issue welcomes discussions of the latest digital innovations in construction and evaluations of their potential for improving construction project delivery or managerial practice. In addition, submissions for this Special Issue are encouraged to explore any undesirable or indirect/unanticipated consequences of the diffusion of digital innovations in the context of construction. Finally, papers that explore digital approaches to leadership and teamworking at the project/firm level, organizational learning being digitally facilitated at the firm level and sector-level means of improving sustainability through digital means are also welcomed.
Dr. Barry Gledson
Prof. Dr. Sambo Lyson Zulu
Dr. Ali M. Saad
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- blockchain and distributed ledger technology
- data and intelligent control
- diffusion
- digital leadership and teamwork
- digital innovations in construction
- digital twin
- impact of digital technologies on construction processes
- innovation
- product (3D) and process (4D, etc.) Modeling
- robotics in construction
- theory
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