Engineering design review, which is a time-consuming task in the building permit process,
faces challenges such as a scarcity of design review specialists, vulnerability to …

Sharing building data or building models still represents a problem within design practices
in the architecture, engineering and construction industry. Additionally, digitalization …

With the recent advances in Information and Communication Technologies in the
construction industry, information is exchanged digitally with little regard to the contracts that …

Protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) in the architecture, engineering, and construction
(AEC) industry is a long-standing challenge. In the collaborative digital environments, where …

Information exchange among architects, contractors, and clients is found to be limited and
not completely digital, which creates difficulty in tracking and analyzing the generated …

Deficiencies of tendering systems in public projects can leave governments with subsequent
issues in projects and waste taxpayers' money. Electronic tendering (e-tendering) systems …

Blockchain can be regarded as a distributed database that records transaction data in a
shared manner. This new technology is considered destructive and can transfer many data …

Existing tendering methods for construction projects are centralized and rely on a third
party's involvement during the process, hence, the methods raise critical concerns regarding …

Tendering & Bidding generally involve many construction units participating in a project
bidding. The purchaser selects the best bidder with a short construction period, low cost …

With recent advances in information and communication technologies, trust and
collaboration have become imperative in the construction industry. The increasing exchange …