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Digitalization Sensemaking in the AEC industry

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Research Team

Our Motivation:

“We have commonly observed that AEC companies are confused in their digitalization journeys and feel that the anticipated value in technology investments is not being achieved. Therefore, in this research we aim to explore:

Is this confusion a necessary part of every digitalization journey or do successful journeys tend to do things differently?”


 

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Research Contribution

A strategic framework for successfully implementing digitalization

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Problem 

Practical Problem

AEC companies are confused and struggling with various misalignments in their digitalization strategies. 

AEC feel that the anticipated value in technology investments is not being achieved.

Conceptual Problem

Most existing work describes “how” a successful digitalization journey should take shape without discussing “who” should be involved in these journeys and “when”.

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Solution

A ‘driver model’ highlighting the key managerial people and perspectives at different levels of the organization required for a successful digitalization journey in an AEC company.

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Added Value For The Industry

A framework that helps the company to formulate its own digital strategy.

Insights into the types and roles of people required to carry out a successful digitalization journey.

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Cooperation Partner

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(WSP, USA) 

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 Timeline

Date

Activity

Outcome

2019

Research became awarded:

"Digital Twin for Construction"

Levels of Digital Twin Framework 

Levels of Digital Twin are defined as a part of this research. The preliminary
study that led to the formulation of this
research can be found in following paper: Digital Twin in Practice: Emergent insights from an ethnographic-action research study.

2020

Research became awarded:

"Digital Strategy for Construction"

Digitalization Framework

A framework for selecting the appropriate level of Digital Twin is proposed. More details can be found in following paper: Digital Twin: From Concept to Practice.

2021

Research became awarded: "Digitalization Sensemaking in AEC Companies"

In Progress.

A strategic framework for implementing
the selected level of digitalization is
being developed as a part of this
research. Stay tuned for updates.

 

 

 

If you want to participate in the project please reach out to Ashwin Agrawal (ashwin15@stanford.edu

Research Update & Progress Report