Bunemer, Ricardo (2020) Construction 4.0 proposal for digital technological innovations for the civil construction sector: Case study of a smart house. PhD thesis, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil.
Abstract
The technological advances of recent years are expected to lead to major transformations for the architecture and construction sector, involving the use of mobile internet, embedded electronic devices as well as the concept of cloud computing that bring technological solutions such as digital modeling of the construction site - BIM (Building Information Modeling), collaborative work, the Internet of Things , Augmented Reality or Robotics and the concept of Smart House. This thesis aims to explore the opportunities for digital innovations that involve the different stages of construction at a construction site. In this research project we present some solutions used for this sector based on the 4th Industrial Revolution transposing these concepts for the architecture and civil construction sector. In this paper, some of the currently available tools of Industry 4.0 for the construction industry will be used. In this work, the concept of Smart House was also developed, essential for Construction 4.0. In order to validate the application of this new concept in the civil construction sector, a field research was carried out with about 300 construction managers, site managers and involved in the sector to better understand the level of maturity of these professionals for the use of these digital tools in the as well as to understand what their expectations might be in terms of new uses or technological innovations. Simultaneously, mathematical modeling, simulation and implementation of an embedded hybrid system was developed to improve the energy efficiency of a Smart House. Finally, in this doctoral thesis, the methodology developed and proposed in this research project and results of this survey will be presented initially so that we can propose and validate this new vision for the architecture and civil construction sector of the future based on the new technologies currently used for Industry 4.0.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Rosário, João Maurício |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | civil construction; internet of things; building information modeling; augmented reality; assistive technology |
| Index terms: | augmented reality, construction manager, methodology, smart housing, construction sector, electronic device, cloud computing, proposal, hybrid system, survey, construction site, technological innovation, robotics, site manager, mathematical modelling, internet, modelling, implementation, construction industry, new technology, case study, building information modelling, energy efficiency, construction 4.0, industry 4.0, transformation |
| Subjects: | technology adoption, work location, sustainability and energy, computing systems, computer hardware, business, data collection methods, profession, digital infrastructure, information systems, systems and processes, industry analysis, analytical methods, innovation and technology management, contractual arrangements, project planning, visualization, practitioner, digital engineering, construction type, automation and robotics, research methods |
| Topics: | Digital Applications, Site Management, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Construction Technology, Roles and Professions, Engineering Principles, Project Management, Sustainability, Procurement |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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