A Comprehensive Map for Integrating Augmented Reality During the Construction Phase

Abstract

The increased complexity of construction projects requires the involvement of a wide range of organizations throughout the project lifecycle-from conceptual planning to decommissioning. Construction project teams, therefore, differ from teams in other industries as they comprise individuals who are employed by organizations that conduct different businesses. These many separate organizations working together in a close harmony over the duration of the project is fundamental to the overall business of construction. Project success relies heavily on the management of the flow of information among players and access to the right information is vital to efficiently perform the work. Therefore, an efficient information access and effective information exchange methods internally and externally with other organizations needs to be achieved. The model-centric approach introduces a unique solution to solve the problems with the information jungle, inconsistency, and disintegration associated with the traditional document-centric approach. As such, a coherent use of information management is required to merge, comanage, and semantically connect the information and artifacts generated throughout the project phases. Adopting a model-centric approach creates a single point of truth that centralizes information and facilitates access to it. A transformation plan is needed to outline the shift of the construction from document-centric to model-centric. This paper proposes a strategy to support the model-centric transformation of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. Five strategic objectives are outlined and discussed in this paper highlighting considerations that need to be made to enable this transformation. This study describes the "what" necessary to enable and support a model-centric AEC industry.

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“…Yet, the construction industry lags behind other major industries in its adoption of technological advances (Osunsanmi et al, 2018). Nassereddine et al (2020a) noted that the complex nature of the construction industry and its heavy reliance of information require the adoption of new and emerging technologies. Challenges facing the construction industry span a multitude of reasons including the daunting decline in productivity, shortage in the workforce, low levels of research and development (R&D), and the inefficient and insufficient transfer of knowledge from project to project (Sawhney et al, 2020;El Jazzar and Hamzeh, 2015;Eljazzar et al, 2013).…”

“…),Schranz et al (2020) andUrban et al (2019) listed different use-cases of AR throughout the construction project lifecycle. Several authors(Arashpour and Aranda- Mena, 2017;Calderon-Hernandez and Brioso, 2018;Schranz et al (2020)) discussed the applications of AR during design and planning Nassereddine, et al (2020a). mapped 23 use-cases of AR during the construction phase of the project.…”