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Digital Transformation in the Construction Sector: Blockchain, BIM and SSI for a More Sustainable and Transparent System
by
Luisanna Cocco
Luisanna Cocco *
and
Roberto Tonelli
Roberto Tonelli
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Future Internet 2024, 16(7), 232; https://doi.org/10.3390/fi16070232 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 14 May 2024
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Revised: 23 June 2024
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Accepted: 24 June 2024
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Published: 28 June 2024
Abstract
This article presents a model built for deep digitalization in the construction industry and for making building information modeling achieve a greater level of transparency, verifiability and effectiveness for the benefit of all stakeholders. Thanks to blockchain and the self-sovereign identity paradigm, the model guarantees data integrity and transaction reliability, enabling the generation of more efficient and productive businesses. The model includes a decentralized application for notarization of the information flow in building information modeling processes; the application is implemented and tested on a local blockchain. The proposed model represents a so-called digital twin and is, hence, a huge system that manages all the information flow associated with a building throughout its life cycle, returning to individuals the control of their own data. In this model, all stakeholders operate based on so-called decentralized identifiers and DID documents, which store on-chain the fingerprints of the information flow in a common data environment.
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Cocco, L.; Tonelli, R.
Digital Transformation in the Construction Sector: Blockchain, BIM and SSI for a More Sustainable and Transparent System. Future Internet 2024, 16, 232.
https://doi.org/10.3390/fi16070232
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Cocco L, Tonelli R.
Digital Transformation in the Construction Sector: Blockchain, BIM and SSI for a More Sustainable and Transparent System. Future Internet. 2024; 16(7):232.
https://doi.org/10.3390/fi16070232
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Cocco, Luisanna, and Roberto Tonelli.
2024. "Digital Transformation in the Construction Sector: Blockchain, BIM and SSI for a More Sustainable and Transparent System" Future Internet 16, no. 7: 232.
https://doi.org/10.3390/fi16070232
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