IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/wsi/wschap/9789811298875_0002.html

Digital Technology Applications in Modern Construction Projects

In: Building a Body of Knowledge in Modern Methods of Construction and Offsite Construction

Author

Listed:
  • Paes D.
  • Feng Z.
  • Lovreglio R.
  • Kumar V.

Abstract

This chapter aims to provide an overview of state-of-the-art technology applications in modern construction projects. It focuses on digital and computing technologies that rely on computer software and hardware resources. The chapter begins with an introduction to the role and impact of digital technologies in the construction sector and then focuses on some solutions being used nowadays. These include Building Information Modelling (BIM) solutions, Extended Reality (XR) technologies — such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) — and Reality Capture techniques — such as photogrammetry using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) and Laser Scanning (LS). We provide basic definitions and application examples for each technology and discuss some of the adoption benefits and challenges. The chapter also describes the technical characteristics of systems and devices that make up powerful tools for connecting people, processes, and data throughout the delivery of construction projects. In conclusion, we provide a summary of the technologies and their synergy, followed by a discussion on future trends. This chapter is a valuable resource for construction professionals, stakeholders, and researchers who wish to get to grips with the most recent technological developments that are transforming the sector.

Suggested Citation

  • Paes D. & Feng Z. & Lovreglio R. & Kumar V., 2025. "Digital Technology Applications in Modern Construction Projects," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Wajiha M Shahzad & Monty Sutrisna (ed.), Building a Body of Knowledge in Modern Methods of Construction and Offsite Construction, chapter 2, pages 16-36, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811298875_0002
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789811298875_0002
    Download Restriction: Ebook Access is available upon purchase.
    File URL: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789811298875_0002
    Download Restriction: Ebook Access is available upon purchase.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to

    for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    JEL classification:

    • L74 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - Construction
    • L7 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811298875_0002. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Tai Tone Lim (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.worldscientific.com/page/worldscibooks .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.