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The DAWN readiness model to assess the level of use of Industry 4.0 technologies in the construction industry in Brazil

Daniel Bernardo Ribeiro (Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering – PPGEP, UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil)
Aparecido dos Reis Coutinho (Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering – PPGEP, UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil)
Walter Cardoso Satyro (Postgraduate Program in Project Management, UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil and Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering, UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil)
Fernando Celso de Campos (Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering, UNIMEP, Piracicaba, Brazil)
Carlos Roberto Camello Lima (Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil)
José Celso Contador (Postgraduate Program in Administration, UNIP, Brazil)
Rodrigo Franco Gonçalves (Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering, UNIP, Brazil)

Construction Innovation

ISSN: 1471-4175

Article publication date: 16 September 2022

Issue publication date: 13 February 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

Construction industry (CI) has great prominence for the world economy, and it is expected that, with the use of the innovative technologies and approaches of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), the new industrial paradigm, construction can reach higher levels of productivity. This study aims to develop a model (readiness model) to assess the level of use of I4.0 technologies by the construction sector in Brazil and its most relevant applications.

Design/methodology/approach

The methodology used was bibliographic research, design-science research and a survey to validate the model, carried out with 162 companies, considered among the main ones in the sector in Brazil. The literature review revealed 13 technologies of I4.0 applied to construction; hence, the views of industry experts were based on these technologies.

Findings

The Digital Advancement Within CoNstruction (DAWN) readiness model was proposed, showing that among the 13 evaluated technologies of I4.0 and their applications, the Brazilian construction companies had a low level of utilization; both high and middle-income companies presented this low level of use; some technologies with a greater number of scientific publications were less used in practice in the Brazilian construction.

Originality/value

The originality and theoretical contribution are to present a readiness model to assess the level of use of I4.0 technologies and their most relevant applications in the CI in countries with an economy similar to Brazil’s, making it possible to measure the level of adoption of these technologies.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge CAPES – Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination of the Federal Government, Brazil, for the resources to make this research. Our gratitude to Mrs. Dinan Dhom Pimentel Satyro for providing linguistic help.

Citation

Ribeiro, D.B., Coutinho, A.d.R., Satyro, W.C., Campos, F.C.d., Lima, C.R.C., Contador, J.C. and Gonçalves, R.F. (2024), "The DAWN readiness model to assess the level of use of Industry 4.0 technologies in the construction industry in Brazil", Construction Innovation, Vol. 24 No. 2, pp. 515-536. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-05-2022-0114

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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