Construction with digital twin information systems
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The concept of a “digital twin” as a model for data-driven management and control of physical systems has emerged over the past decade in the domains of manufacturing, production, and operations. In the context of buildings and civil infrastructure, the notion of a digital twin remains ill-defined, with little or no consensus among researchers and practitioners of the ways in which digital twin processes and data-centric technologies can support design and construction. This paper builds on existing concepts of Building Information Modeling (BIM), lean project production systems, automated data acquisition from construction sites and supply chains, and artificial intelligence to formulate a mode of construction that applies digital twin information systems to achieve closed loop control systems. It contributes a set of four core information and control concepts for digital twin construction (DTC), which define the dimensions of the conceptual space for the information used in DTC workflows. Working from the core concepts, we propose a DTC information system workflow—including information stores, information processing functions, and monitoring technologies—according to three concentric control workflow cycles. DTC should be viewed as a comprehensive mode of construction that prioritizes closing the control loops rather than an extension of BIM tools integrated with sensing and monitoring technologies.
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- Authors
- Sacks, R., Brilakis, I., Pikas, E., Xie, H. S., & Girolami, M.
- Affiliations
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Aalto University (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Sacks, Rafael
- Venue
- Data-Centric Engineering
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2020
- Volume
- 1
- ISSN
- 2632-6736 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3107782157
- Cited by
- 609
- References
- 91
- Citations by year
- 2026: 133 · 2025: 129 · 2024: 128 · 2023: 106 · 2022: 73 · 2021: 40
- FWCI
- 29.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Data-Centric Engineering (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database (submittedVersion)
- Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Apollo (cc-by)
- Funders
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK Government
- UK Research and Innovation
- University of Cambridge
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R034710/1)
- Innovate UK
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › BIM and Construction Integration
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Digital Transformation in Industry
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Construction Management and Sustainability
- Keywords
- digital twin, construction, building information modeling, lean construction, feedback control, construction information systems, construction monitoring, data acquisition, artificial intelligence in construction, civil infrastructure
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