Tracking prefabricated assets and compliance using quick response (QR) codes, blockchain and smart contract technology
•Current manual activities related to contract compliance are inefficient, cause trust issues and incur conflicts.•The acquisition and processing of physical asset data is (semi) automated using a mobile QR application.•A semi-automated comparison between the as-planned and as-built state of assets...
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| Vydané v: | Automation in construction Ročník 141; s. 104420 |
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| Hlavní autori: | , |
| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Elsevier B.V
01.09.2022
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| ISSN: | 0926-5805, 1872-7891 |
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| Shrnutí: | •Current manual activities related to contract compliance are inefficient, cause trust issues and incur conflicts.•The acquisition and processing of physical asset data is (semi) automated using a mobile QR application.•A semi-automated comparison between the as-planned and as-built state of assets is realized by means of smart contracts.•The execution of tokenized payments on Ethereum between stakeholders is semiautomated and verified in various scenarios.•An immutable distributed record of construction activities and token transactions is embedded on a blockchain network.
Construction supply chains (CSC) are characterized by their converging structure and the hierarchical payment system which is inherently related. Due to the pursuit of diverging goals and mutual interdependencies, risks and trust problems between stakeholders occur. Contracts are used to govern these complex collaborations. To track compliance to contract terms, various activities are executed by involved stakeholders. These activities do not add any value to an end-product, cause intransparency, are costly and cause conflicts. Therefore, a combination of asset tracking and blockchain technology is investigated in this paper to address these problems. A plug-and-play framework of interacting applications and a workflow to operate them are proposed. Proof of this concept is provided by developing prototypical applications and by testing them in various practice-based scenarios. Simplified asset tracking throughout supply chains was realized and linked to smart contracts. This resulted in semi-automated compliance tracking and an immutable record of transactions. Therefore, this work provides more insight into combining asset tracking and blockchain for compliance checking in the construction industry. By doing so, further automation of construction processes, increased transparency between stakeholders and a reduction of conflicts can be enabled. However, it remains clear that many other variables impact on transparency and trust; and while technology can make improvements, considerable procedural security and control measures are needed in addition. Therefore, we focus on semi-automation of workflows using distributed ledger technology. |
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| ISSN: | 0926-5805 1872-7891 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104420 |