Technology Forecasting: Case of 3D Printing

Balasubramanian, Aparna; Edmondson, Curt; Narvekar, Kruti; Kim, Jisun; Daim, Tuğrul U.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54537-0_6

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“…The combination of results gives insight into future trajectories of digital technologies in the industry and can be related to other forecasting studies in the AEC field (cf. Lee et al, 2007;Hampson and Brandon, 2004;Harty et al, 2007;Lavikka et al, 2018) or forecasting studies focusing on one specific technology such as 3D printing (Balasubramanian et al, 2017).…”

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“…brick-laying machine, automatic generated design and automated quality control 8. 3D printing Machine that produces three-dimensional material objects after drawings made in computer (Balasubramanian et al, 2017;Marchment and Sanjayan, 2020) 9. Self-driving vehicles Cars, buses or other vehicles that are controlled and driven automatically, by the vehicle sensing its surroundings and navigating without human input, e.g.…”

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The hype factor of digital technologies in AEC

Bosch‐Sijtsema

Claeson-Jonsson

Johansson

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Purpose This paper aims to focus on 11 digital technologies (i.e. building information modeling, artificial intelligence and machine learning, 3D scanning, sensors, robots/automation, digital twin, virtual reality, 3D printing, drones, cloud computing and self-driving vehicles) that are portrayed in future trend reports and hype curves. The study concentrates on the current usage and knowledge of digital technologies in the Swedish architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry to gain an insight in the possible expectations and future trajectory of these digital technologies. Design/methodology/approach The study applies an abductive approach which is based on three different types of methods. These methods are a literature and document study which focused on 11 digital technologies, two workshops with industry (13 participants) and an online survey (N = 84). Findings The paper contributes to a current state analysis of the Swedish AEC industry concerning digital technologies and discusses the trajectory of these technologies for the AEC industry. The paper identifies hype factors, in which the knowledge of a digital technology is related to its usage. From the hype factors, four zones that show different stages of digital technology usage and maturity in the industry are induced. Originality/value The contribution of the paper is twofold. The paper shows insight into opportunities, the current barriers, use and knowledge of digital technologies for the different actors in the AEC industry. Furthermore, the study shows that the AEC industry is behind the traditional Gartner hype curves and contributes with defining four zones for digital technologies for the Swedish AEC industry: confusion, excitement, experimentation and integration.

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The hype factor of digital technologies in AEC

Bosch‐Sijtsema

Claeson-Jonsson

Johansson

et al. 2021

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Quality Requirements and Satisfaction of Consumer 3D Printers

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2018

2018 7th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI)

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Key factors influencing the implementation of three-dimensional printing in construction

Umar

2021

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management,

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Due to its wider applications and advantages, 3D printing has attracted the attention of a number of industries in the past years. Although the implementation of 3D printing in many industries still has challenges, the progress in the construction industry is particularly slow. This article, therefore, attempts to explore the key factors that highly influence the 3D printing adaptation and implementation in construction. A qualitative research method considering the systematic review was adopted to achieve this aim.Relevant data spanning over a period of 20 years (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019) considering four main databases were collected using specified keywords. A total of 137 articles were downloaded and 43 were finally selected after the screening criteria were imposed. The results from this review enabled to categorize the derived factors broadly into four categories including Technology, Organization, Environment, and Cost. Each of these main factors is constituted by sub-factors. An understanding of these factors would be helpful to develop effective strategies towards the adaptation and implementation of 3D printing in the construction industry. Since construction industry characteristics vary from region to region, the significance of these factors in different regions could be different and thus need to be investigated further.

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Technology Forecasting: Case of 3D Printing

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The hype factor of digital technologies in AEC

The hype factor of digital technologies in AEC

Quality Requirements and Satisfaction of Consumer 3D Printers

Key factors influencing the implementation of three-dimensional printing in construction

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