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Enhancing BIM security in emergency construction projects using lightweight blockchain-as-a-service
Rapid design and construction of mobile cabin hospitals (MCHs) have become imperative in the COVID-19 response. However, due to unique design specifications (e.g., parallel design and model pre-revision), collaboration in emergency construction projects (ECPs) like MCHs presents data security vulner...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10073964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37035753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104846 |
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author | Tao, Xingyu Das, Moumita Zheng, Chengliang Liu, Yuhan Wong, Peter Kok-Yiu Xu, Yuqing Liu, Hao Gong, Xingbo Cheng, Jack C.P. |
author_facet | Tao, Xingyu Das, Moumita Zheng, Chengliang Liu, Yuhan Wong, Peter Kok-Yiu Xu, Yuqing Liu, Hao Gong, Xingbo Cheng, Jack C.P. |
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description | Rapid design and construction of mobile cabin hospitals (MCHs) have become imperative in the COVID-19 response. However, due to unique design specifications (e.g., parallel design and model pre-revision), collaboration in emergency construction projects (ECPs) like MCHs presents data security vulnerabilities, including a lack of traceability and transparency. These hazards invariably reduce design effectiveness, leading to undesirable rework and project delay. Blockchain technology is a potential solution to address the aforementioned security issues in ECPs because it offers immutable and traceable data storage. Nevertheless, directly implementing blockchain in ECPs is impractical, for the blockchain has a complex deployment process and provides limited functions supporting BIM-based design. Therefore, this paper develops a lightweight blockchain-as-a-service (LBaaS) prototype to enhance the ECPs design efficiency by securing and automating information exchange while eliminating the difficulties of deploying and using blockchain. This paper contributes three elements: (1) Security vulnerabilities of design in ECP are identified. Taking an MCH in Hong Kong as an example, this paper investigates its design process and determines two design characteristics and associated security flaws. (2) Key technologies to support easy deployment and usage of blockchain in ECPs are developed. New technical elements, including a Multi-to-One mapping (MtOM) kit for easy blockchain registration, an integrated workflow retaining existing design practices, and smart contracts for secure interaction with blockchain, are developed to support LBaaS functionality. (3) An LBaaS prototype is validated and evaluated. The prototype is illustrated and evaluated using design examples based on actual MCH project data. Results show that the LBaaS is a feasible and secure approach for ECPs collaboration. This paper deepens the understanding of data security issues in ECPs and offers technical guidance in establishing blockchain solutions. |
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spelling | pubmed-100739642023-04-05 Enhancing BIM security in emergency construction projects using lightweight blockchain-as-a-service Tao, Xingyu Das, Moumita Zheng, Chengliang Liu, Yuhan Wong, Peter Kok-Yiu Xu, Yuqing Liu, Hao Gong, Xingbo Cheng, Jack C.P. Autom Constr Article Rapid design and construction of mobile cabin hospitals (MCHs) have become imperative in the COVID-19 response. However, due to unique design specifications (e.g., parallel design and model pre-revision), collaboration in emergency construction projects (ECPs) like MCHs presents data security vulnerabilities, including a lack of traceability and transparency. These hazards invariably reduce design effectiveness, leading to undesirable rework and project delay. Blockchain technology is a potential solution to address the aforementioned security issues in ECPs because it offers immutable and traceable data storage. Nevertheless, directly implementing blockchain in ECPs is impractical, for the blockchain has a complex deployment process and provides limited functions supporting BIM-based design. Therefore, this paper develops a lightweight blockchain-as-a-service (LBaaS) prototype to enhance the ECPs design efficiency by securing and automating information exchange while eliminating the difficulties of deploying and using blockchain. This paper contributes three elements: (1) Security vulnerabilities of design in ECP are identified. Taking an MCH in Hong Kong as an example, this paper investigates its design process and determines two design characteristics and associated security flaws. (2) Key technologies to support easy deployment and usage of blockchain in ECPs are developed. New technical elements, including a Multi-to-One mapping (MtOM) kit for easy blockchain registration, an integrated workflow retaining existing design practices, and smart contracts for secure interaction with blockchain, are developed to support LBaaS functionality. (3) An LBaaS prototype is validated and evaluated. The prototype is illustrated and evaluated using design examples based on actual MCH project data. Results show that the LBaaS is a feasible and secure approach for ECPs collaboration. This paper deepens the understanding of data security issues in ECPs and offers technical guidance in establishing blockchain solutions. Elsevier B.V. 2023-06 2023-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10073964/ /pubmed/37035753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104846 Text en © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Tao, Xingyu Das, Moumita Zheng, Chengliang Liu, Yuhan Wong, Peter Kok-Yiu Xu, Yuqing Liu, Hao Gong, Xingbo Cheng, Jack C.P. Enhancing BIM security in emergency construction projects using lightweight blockchain-as-a-service |
title | Enhancing BIM security in emergency construction projects using lightweight blockchain-as-a-service |
title_full | Enhancing BIM security in emergency construction projects using lightweight blockchain-as-a-service |
title_fullStr | Enhancing BIM security in emergency construction projects using lightweight blockchain-as-a-service |
title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing BIM security in emergency construction projects using lightweight blockchain-as-a-service |
title_short | Enhancing BIM security in emergency construction projects using lightweight blockchain-as-a-service |
title_sort | enhancing bim security in emergency construction projects using lightweight blockchain-as-a-service |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10073964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37035753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104846 |
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