Abstract
Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) including blockchain are
increasingly being investigated as a potential solution to address many of the
challenges hindering the construction industry’s performance such as collaboration, information sharing and intellectual property rights. Existing studies addressing blockchain applications within construction and the built environment have ignored the interrelation of social and technological dimensions. To address this gap, this paper proposes a multi-dimensional emergent framework for DLT adoption within the construction sector.
The framework was developed following a focus group discussion and took a
socio-technical systems approach that encompasses three dimensions: political,
social and technical. The framework was overlaid with an extensive set of
construction-related challenges and opportunities and identified a number of
associated agents across the dimensions. The structured and inter-connected
dimensions provided by the framework can be used by field researchers as a point of departure to investigate a range of research questions from political, social or technical perspectives.
increasingly being investigated as a potential solution to address many of the
challenges hindering the construction industry’s performance such as collaboration, information sharing and intellectual property rights. Existing studies addressing blockchain applications within construction and the built environment have ignored the interrelation of social and technological dimensions. To address this gap, this paper proposes a multi-dimensional emergent framework for DLT adoption within the construction sector.
The framework was developed following a focus group discussion and took a
socio-technical systems approach that encompasses three dimensions: political,
social and technical. The framework was overlaid with an extensive set of
construction-related challenges and opportunities and identified a number of
associated agents across the dimensions. The structured and inter-connected
dimensions provided by the framework can be used by field researchers as a point of departure to investigate a range of research questions from political, social or technical perspectives.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Informatics and Computing in Civil and Construction Engineering |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 35th CIB W78 2018 Conference: IT in Design, Construction, and Management |
| Editors | Ivan Mutis, Timo Hartmann |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 51-57 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030002206 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030002190 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| Event | 35th CIB W78 2018 Conference: IT in Design, Construction, and Management - Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, United States Duration: 1 Oct 2018 → 3 Oct 2018 http://mypages.iit.edu/~cibw78/call.html |
Conference
| Conference | 35th CIB W78 2018 Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | CIB W78 '18 |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Chicago |
| Period | 1/10/18 → 3/10/18 |
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Keywords
- blockchain
- distributed ledger technology
- construction industry
- built environment
- socio-technical systems