Digital twins in the construction industry: a comprehensive review of current implementations, enabling technologies, and future directions

H Omrany, KM Al-Obaidi, A Husain… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a comprehensive understanding of current digital twin (DT)
implementations in the construction industry, along with providing an overview of …

The role of bim in integrating digital twin in building construction: A literature review

TD Nguyen, S Adhikari - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Today, construction is essential to every economy since it employs many workers and
significantly contributes to GDP. The construction industry's efficiency has lagged behind …

[HTML][HTML] Construction 4.0 in a narrow and broad sense: a systematic and comprehensive literature review

J van der Heijden - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
This article presents a systematic review that assesses the implication of Construction 4.0
from both a narrow perspective centred on technology adaptation, and a broader …

[HTML][HTML] The Digital Building Logbook as a gateway linked to existing national data sources: The cases of Spain and Italy

M Gómez-Gil, MM Sesana, G Salvalai… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Digital Building Logbook (DBL) was first introduced together with the
Renovation Wave initiative, promoted by the European Commission and then defined in the …

Assessment framework for BIM-digital twin readiness in the construction industry

AA Alnaser, A Hassan Ali, HH Elmousalami… - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study introduces a pioneering structural equation modeling (SEM)-based framework to
assess BIM-DT adoption readiness in sustainable construction. The research's approach …

Digital twin-enabled smart facility management: A bibliometric review

O Hakimi, H Liu, O Abudayyeh - Frontiers of Engineering Management, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, the architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management (FM)
industries have been applying various emerging digital technologies to facilitate the design …

An Empty Room is All We Want: Automatic Defurnishing of Indoor Panoramas

M Slavcheva, D Gausebeck, K Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
We propose a pipeline that leverages Stable Diffusion to improve inpainting results in the
context of defurnishing--the removal of furniture items from indoor panorama images …

Immersive technologies-driven building information modeling (BIM) in the context of metaverse

Z Liu, S Gong, Z Tan, P Demian - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
At present, considering the novelty of Immersive Technologies (ImTs) associated with Digital
Twin (DT), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) in the …

Enhancing energy efficiency and building performance through BEMS-BIM integration

M Kozlovska, S Petkanic, F Vranay, D Vranay - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the potential benefits and feasibility of
integrating Building Energy Management Systems (BEMSs) with Building Information …

Delving into the Digital Twin Developments and Applications in the Construction Industry: A PRISMA Approach

M Afzal, RYM Li, M Shoaib, MF Ayyub, LC Tagliabue… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Construction 4.0 is witnessing exponential growth in digital twin (DT) technology
developments and applications, revolutionizing the adoption of building information …