Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4943-5200

Date Available

12-30-2024

Year of Publication

2024

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Civil Engineering (MCE)

College

Engineering

Department/School/Program

Civil Engineering

Advisor

Dr. Hala Nassereddine

Abstract

Digitalization has considerable value in the digital transformation of the construction business. It means the use of digital technologies to create revenue, improve business, increase profit and sustainability, and create an environment for digital business whereby digital information is at the core. As such, digital transformation requires skills that involve extracting and exchanging data and analyzing and converting that data into actionable information. In addition to technological solutions, a paramount need is to ensure that the people using these solutions and the processes used to integrate, coordinate between teams, and continuously improve the use of technology are in place. Therefore, in this study, the People, Process, Technology model (PPT) is used to assess the current state of technology implementation and identify potential voids in the related literature to develop a roadmap for practitioners where the research needs to focus for successful business development. Successful organizations must balance these three factors and ensure they continue interacting positively with one another.

To meet the research objective, a structured literature review is performed where the most utilized technologies and their applications are identified, knowledge gaps are captured as themes, and a roadmap is provided that outlines the required changes, as well as the associated constraints, challenges, and implications. The analysis of the literature review shows that the main knowledge gap themes are related to Automation, Data Collection and Processing, Data Integration and Management, and Deformation Detection and modeling. A social network analysis is also performed to better understand the dimension of the themes and interactions among them in the related context.

The limitations of the study are the research is very focused on certain areas and uses specific methods. The literature search is limited to the TRID database, and only the articles published in the past five years are considered for this research. The keyword search is also restrained within the research scope. This research has focused mainly on highlighting future research gaps to evaluate further investigation. As the construction industry is a massive market, it has diverse areas such as asset management, construction utilities, water facilities. Future research should be built on capturing all areas of this diverse field. Opinions can be collected in the form of interviews with construction practitioners, project managers, and risk managers from large and medium-sized organizations to share their experience for a successful transformation towards digitalization.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2024.526

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