Revision as of 12:39, 12 April 2023

Abstract

This presentation gives a high-level overview of recent research on how to connect BIM and digital twins to Blockchain. Three research papers are summarized that demonstrate: 1) Construction Payment Automation Using Reality Capture, 2) Construction Information Sharing Using a Digital Twin of Robotic Fabrication, and 3) Performance-based Smart Contracts Using a Digital Twin. The ongoing research shows interesting combinations of automated payment and tokenization, provides a basis to understand the transition period of human-machine participation, and demonstrates how new cryptoeconomic incentive models can solve industry fragmentation and “broken agency” in the industry.

Keywords

BIM, Digital Twins, Smart Contracts, Blockchain.