Meng, Y; Antwi-Afari, M F; Mehmood, I; Anwer, S and Umer, W (2024) Building information modelling-based digital twin applications in construction safety management: A review. In: Thomson, C (ed.) Proceedings of 40th Annual ARCOM Conference, 2-4 September 2024, London South Bank University, UK.
Abstract
In the last decade, digital technologies have led to an industrial transformation that has sparked research attention. The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry has widely used building information modelling (BIM) and digital twin (DT), particularly in the context of construction safety management. This paper aimed to conduct a science mapping review of BIM-based DT applications to identify current hot topics and future research directions in this domain. In total, 85 relevant articles from the Scopus database were screened and analysed using a bibliometric and science mapping approach. The results show that the prominent research keywords in the literature on BIM-based DT focused on BIM, DT, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Moreover, the current hot topics include advanced technologies, asset management, facility management, and operation and maintenance. Furthermore, a framework for future research directions was presented to offer novel and practical insights to researchers and practitioners. Overall, these findings not only provide current hot topics of BIM-based DT applications in construction safety but also contribute to extending the research agenda towards Construction 4.0.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building information modelling; digital twins; safety management; science mapping review |
| Index terms: | internet, safety management, construction safety, digital twin, digital technology, practitioner, mapping, transformation, database, science, asset management, operation and maintenance, research agenda, construction 4.0, building information modelling |
| Subjects: | digital engineering, business, practitioner, computing systems, specialized education, spatial and geospatial analysis, maintenance engineering, research management, asset management, occupational health and safety management, data management, information systems, environmental health |
| Topics: | Education, Digital Applications, Roles and Professions, Sustainability, Business Strategy, Health and Safety, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here