TY - GEN
T1 - Risk Associated with Digitalization in the Construction Industry
T2 - Future Technologies Conference, FTC 2025
AU - Ogungbe, Mayowa Adedapo
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
AU - Oke, Ayodeji Emmanuel
AU - Ikuabe, Matthew
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.
PY - 2026
Y1 - 2026
N2 - The construction industry is undergoing a transformative shift through the adoption of digital technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT). While these innovations promise significant benefits in terms of efficiency, cost reduction, and safety, they also introduce new risks that must be carefully managed. This study conducts a bibliometric review to explore the risks associated with construction digitalization, analyzing trends, key contributors, and emerging research topics in the field. By examining 32 peer-reviewed articles from the Web of Science (WoS) database from 2014 to 2024, this study, using Vosviewer, identifies publications and citations over time, the most prolific authors, and co-occurrence keywords. The study reveals that digitalization and associated risks have gained substantial scholarly attention, particularly in the last few years, with a marked increase in both publications and citations. The findings highlight the dominance of topics such as AI, robotics, and digital twin technology, while also pointing out the need for further exploration in areas like digital partnerships and IoT applications. This review not only maps the current landscape of research but also identifies gaps and provides directions for future studies to ensure a smooth and secure transition to digitalization in the construction industry. As this literature review has limitations related to its scope and search criteria, future studies can provide a broader investigation into these areas.
AB - The construction industry is undergoing a transformative shift through the adoption of digital technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT). While these innovations promise significant benefits in terms of efficiency, cost reduction, and safety, they also introduce new risks that must be carefully managed. This study conducts a bibliometric review to explore the risks associated with construction digitalization, analyzing trends, key contributors, and emerging research topics in the field. By examining 32 peer-reviewed articles from the Web of Science (WoS) database from 2014 to 2024, this study, using Vosviewer, identifies publications and citations over time, the most prolific authors, and co-occurrence keywords. The study reveals that digitalization and associated risks have gained substantial scholarly attention, particularly in the last few years, with a marked increase in both publications and citations. The findings highlight the dominance of topics such as AI, robotics, and digital twin technology, while also pointing out the need for further exploration in areas like digital partnerships and IoT applications. This review not only maps the current landscape of research but also identifies gaps and provides directions for future studies to ensure a smooth and secure transition to digitalization in the construction industry. As this literature review has limitations related to its scope and search criteria, future studies can provide a broader investigation into these areas.
KW - Bibliometric review
KW - Construction digitalization
KW - Construction industry
KW - Risk
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105028364747
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-032-07995-4_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-032-07995-4_32
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105028364747
SN - 9783032079947
T3 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
SP - 487
EP - 501
BT - Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference, FTC 2025, Volume 3
A2 - Arai, Kohei
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 6 November 2025 through 7 November 2025
ER -