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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Built Environ.
Sec. Construction Management
Volume 10 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2024.1440513
This article is part of the Research Topic Governance Dynamics in Construction Projects in the Face of Disruptive Events View all articles

Trustworthy Digital Twinning Data Platform for Power Infrastructure Construction Projects using Blockchain and Semantic Web

Provisionally accepted
  • State Grid Shanghai Electric Power Research Institute, Shanghai, China

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    Power infrastructure projects are characterized by complex supply chain structures and numerous stakeholders, presenting significant challenges in maintaining data integrity and ensuring seamless integration of project information. Previous Digital Twins (DTs) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) collaboration methods lack robust mechanisms for data traceability and immutable storage, leading to potential risks such as data loss or tampering. Furthermore, existing project information exchange and data management methods do not adequately integrate diverse data types, such as project documentation, onsite environment monitoring IoT sensor readings and CAD/BIM-based design information. This research introduces a novel DT data platform prototype, utilizing Blockchain and Semantic Web technologies, to establish a trustworthy DT data environment for power infrastructure projects. This system collects heterogeneous data, including manual inputs and IoT-generated data, and processes them into RDF format on dedicated devices. The integrated data is then stored on a Permissioned Blockchain, ensuring traceability and immutability. The framework incorporates Distributed File Systems to enhance storage efficiency and features a semantic gateway that transforms heterogeneous data into RDF graphs, fostering interoperability and the potential for automated data linkage. The efficacy of this prototype was demonstrated through a case study, testing data consistency and showcasing prototype queries enhanced by Semantic Web, thus substantiating the platform's capacity to support multidisciplinary project management.

    Keywords: Digital Twin; Blockchain, Semantic Web, data environment, Power Infrastructure Project, Construction Project Management

    Received: 29 May 2024; Accepted: 14 Oct 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Liang Zhou, State Grid Shanghai Electric Power Research Institute, Shanghai, China

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