BCRW 2023

Contents of the 4th Blockchain in Construction Research Workshop, hosted by Ruhr-University Bochum and Forum Digital Technologies Berlin in collaboration with the Construction Blockchain Consortium. The workshop took place from the 28th to the 30th of August 2023 in the Forum Digital Technologies building, Berlin, Germany and online. This workshop presented early and ongoing research in the field of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies for the construction sector.

Day 1 - Blockchain & IoT (Technology)

Session 1

Workshop Host Keynote

Markus König | Watch

Keynote: Blockchain for Full Lifecycle Management: From Design, Construction, to Facility Management

Jack C.P. Cheng | Watch

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Blockchain-as-BIM-service (BaBS): Secure and decentralized common data environment for BIM collaboration

Xingyu Tao | Watch

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Optimizing Collaboration: A Management Framework for BIM and Blockchain Integration

Amer Hijazi | Watch

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Implementing blockchain technology in the construction industry's supply chain and asset management operations is made more likely by BIM, which is no longer arguable. Most currently available scholarly work has been on how this integration may occur, mainly through introducing the blockchain as a new tool allowing transparency transactions for BIM delivery without utilising it as technology innovation in leveraging a new way of working on going beyond stakeholders' coordination to stakeholders' collaboration. However, there is still a gap in how to put the blockchain application in motion for implementation, rather than offering only a conceptual framework or technical prototype that overlooks the value proposition of going digital via this integration. Subsequent to the prototyping, the early involvement of the stakeholders enables the integration logic. There are always new stakeholders to consider whenever a new technological paradigm is introduced. The difficulty would be figuring out what is needed for adoption and getting everyone involved on board (buy-in) to get the implementation process moving. Considering the above, this work aims to provide the foundation for integrating BIM and blockchain as a management solution for implementation in the form of a stakeholder's development stack defining the stakeholders, their roles and motivations. The proposed solution will be able to put the integration of BIM and blockchain in motion for implementation alongside its key disruption points. This serves as a catalyst that might enable a shift towards the progression of structured information towards machine-readable datasets (ideal platform).

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Decentralized common data environment

Klaudia Jaskula | Watch

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Blockchain for regenerative built environment governance

Hongyang Wang | Watch

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This presentation focuses on the challenges and potential solutions for governance in the implementation of Blockchain for the regenerative built environment. The lack of effective governance systems is identified as a key obstacle in advancing the practical realization of regenerative concepts. To address this issue, in this presentation, I propose the use of Blockchain Technology as a governance tool to establish socio-economic-ecologic structures for information, complex systems processes, and inclusive ownership and value.

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Session 1: Discussion

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