Digital twin and industry 4.0 enablers in building and construction: a survey

W Hu, KYH Lim, Y Cai - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
With increasing interest in automatic and intelligent systems to enhance the building and
construction industry, digital twins (DT) are gaining popularity as cost-effective solutions to …

Developing an integrative framework for digital twin applications in the building construction industry: A systematic literature review

W Long, Z Bao, K Chen, ST Ng, IY Wuni - Advanced Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to the global advocacy for digitalization, numerous industrial sectors are actively
advancing the implementation of digital twins (DTs). However, the construction industry has …

Construction and maintenance of building geometric digital twins: state of the art review

V Drobnyi, Z Hu, Y Fathy, I Brilakis - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Most of the buildings that exist today were built based on 2D drawings. Building information
models that represent design-stage product information have become prevalent in the …

CityGML in the Integration of BIM and the GIS: Challenges and Opportunities

Y Tan, Y Liang, J Zhu - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
CityGML (City Geography Markup Language) is the most investigated standard in the
integration of building information modeling (BIM) and the geographic information system …

[HTML][HTML] Geometric parameter updating in digital twin of built assets: A systematic literature review

I Osadcha, A Jurelionis, P Fokaides - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The use of Digital Twin (DT) is becoming increasingly widespread in the
construction industry. Considering that buildings are complex geometric structures that may …

[HTML][HTML] Scan-to-graph: automatic generation and representation of highway geometric digital twins from point cloud data

Y Pan, M Wang, L Lu, R Wei, S Cavazzi, M Peck… - Automation in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Constructing geometric digital twins of highways at present still demands substantial human
effort. Unlike most previous work that uses deep learning models to segment point clouds of …

Automated two-dimensional geometric model reconstruction from point cloud data for construction quality inspection and maintenance

M Kim, D Lee - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the availability of 3D digital models, 2D floor plans remain extensively used for
quality inspection and maintenance as they offer firsthand information. While laser scanners …

Digital twins in the built environment: Definition, applications, and challenges

W AlBalkhy, D Karmaoui, L Ducoulombier… - Automation in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Digital Twins (DT) implementation in the Built Environment (BE) industry is still in its early
stages. Aiming to increase the knowledge about DT, this study analyzes how DT can be …

A mixed reality application for the on-site assessment of building renovation: development and testing

A Carbonari, C Franco, B Naticchia, F Spegni… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper contributes to a sustainable construction design management approach to
increase the successful renovation rate of existing residential building stock. Indeed …

[HTML][HTML] Connectivity detection for automatic construction of building geometric digital twins

V Drobnyi, S Li, I Brilakis - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
Existing buildings' geometry digitisation using Point Cloud Datasets is important. This is
evident given the lack of digital as-designed models for older buildings, which can serve as …