Blockchain and Building Information Modeling (BIM)
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 24130
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Collegues,
The Blockchain Technology (BCT) is a growing digital technology which is proposed by Nakamoto (2008) as a (i) decentralized, (ii) full-lifecycle traceable public ledger of transactions for all participants with (iii) security and privacy of the network that is based on consensus algorithms. Due to the three main characteristics of the BCT, it has gained recently widespread traction in various industries in the public and private sectors. (Nawari, 2019).
The introduction of decentralized data exchange technology in any industry would require strengthened security, enforce accountability, and could potentially accelerate a shift in workflow dynamics from current centralized architectures to a decentralized, cooperative chain of command and affect a cultural and societal change by encouraging trust and transparency. BCT aims at creating a system that would offer a robust self-regulating, self-monitoring, and cyber-resilient data transaction operation, assuring the facilitation and protection of a truly efficient data exchange system.
Evolving technologies like BIM and blockchain have seen significant advances in recent years and have been widely tipped to disrupt existing socio-technological hierarchies and workflows. The transformative potential of these new developments is evident, but they are still in their nascent stages. BIM is at the forefront of digital transformation in the AEC industry, and there is an increasing interest in integrating BIM workflow and BCT, with a view toward streamlining a number of operations, such as collaboration and design review while addressing issues such as speed, cybersecurity, reliable data storage, management of permissions, data ownership, and data exchange integrity. This special issue will focus on all topics related to the integration of BCT and BIM process.
Dr. Nawari Nawari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Blockchain
- BIM
- distributed ledger
- Hyperledger Fabric
- Smart Contract
- AEC, BIM Process