Digital Twin of a Design Process: An Exploratory Study

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Abstract

Digital twinning is a new approach to enhance the management of design, planning and construction operations. A construction digital twin aims to enhance the reality capture of ongoing operations using sensing technologies and AI functions to enable proactive process management. While a digital twin is clearly defined in the context of construction operations, where a digital replica is generated out of a physical site; a design digital twin lacks a clear framing as both twins are digital. This paper explores an approach to creating a design digital twin using agent-based simulation to mimic real BIM-based design projects. Accordingly, a digital replica is generated as an agent-based model. In addition, several KPIs are introduced to capture data related to BIM model dynamics. The results show that the suggested KPIs can increase the transparency of the design process, capture development dynamics at the level of BIM model elements, increase situational awareness among designers related to model development status, and identify higher clashing risk zones.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC). Edmonton, Canada, 27-29 Jul 2022
PublisherInternational Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
Pages1198-1209
Number of pages12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication
EventAnnual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Duration: 27 Jul 202229 Jul 2022
Conference number: 30

Publication series

NameAnnual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
ISSN (Print)2309-0979
ISSN (Electronic)2789-0015

Conference

ConferenceAnnual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityEdmonton
Period27/07/202229/07/2022

Keywords

  • lean construction
  • visual management
  • process
  • design digital twin

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