ASHVIN Digital Toolkit: An introduction

ASHVIN project aims at the digitalization of the construction industry to increase productivity, resource efficiency, and safety. Towards this goal, digital twin technology is only one means to an end. Therefore, the core of all ASHVIN development aims at introducing two major process innovations enabled by the possibility to closely match as-build information with as-designed […]

Performance Indicators for Construction Projects: A literature review

Many companies are using Performance Indicators to compare their construction projects and to assess how the strategic goals of the company are fulfilled. However, the construction industry lacks objective benchmarks, or a way to measure excellence across the industry. One reason for the absence of industry benchmarks is the lack of centralized data necessary to […]

ASHVIN at Sustainable Places 2021!

ASHVIN joined forces with COGITO, BIM2TWIN and BIMprove and organized a 120-minute hybrid workshop at the 9th annual edition of Sustainable Places (SP2021) on “Digital Twin for the Construction Phase“.  The hybrid workshop took place on the 30th of September 2021, discussing about the challenges of creating digital twin for the construction. The workshop was chaired by Gabor Sziebig from SINTEF, who is the coordinator of BIMprove project, while an opening […]

D7.1 ASHVIN technology demonstration plan is out!

ASHVIN aims at the digitalization of the construction industry to increase productivity, resource efficiency, and safety. Towards this goal, digital twin technology is only one means to an end. Therefore, the core of all ASHVIN development aims at introducing two major process innovations enabled by the possibility to closely match as-build information with as-designed information […]

D4.1 A set of kpis to plan and monitor productive, resource efficient, and safe construction sites is out!

The work carried out in this report serves to develop a set of Performance Indicators for planning and controlling construction site activities, ranging from supply chain logistic planning, resource allocation, to site layout planning that allow site managers to steer all planning and control activities towards productive, resource efficient, and safe construction. This document summarised […]

D2.1 A set of KPIS to design for productivity, resource efficiency, and safety is out!

ASHVIN develops digital processes that will allow for the seamless integration of all stakeholders within and across the design, construction, and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure. This will be achieved by possibilities for back- and forward information and knowledge flow through all stages of the product development process. ASHVIN establishes design and engineering processes that […]

ASHVIN in the “Digital twins and integration of AI in construction industry” webinar!

ASHVIN’s Scientific Coordinator, Rahul Tomar from DTT, represented the project during the “Digital twins and integration of AI in construction industry” webinar, which took place at July 15th, 2021. The webinar was organized by the Artificial Intelligence Research, Development and Innovation Network for Sustainable Cities and was funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering under […]

ASHVIN at BIM-international summer school!

Dr Lucian-Constantin Ungureanu from TUB represented ASHVIN in the 4th BIM International Summer School, that took place during 5-16 July 2021, at Iasi – Romania. The BIM International Summer School targets mainly architecture and engineering undergraduate students. During the two weeks of the summer school, common lectures are being held in order to understand the importance of working as a team. Dr […]

ASHVIN’s 1st Newsletter is here!

Our first newsletter is a fact! It highlights information regarding our recent achievements and activities during this first phase of the project. You can read our newsletter online directly from here or download it in .pdf from here!   Do you want to know more about our project? You can go through of all our public deliverables from here and follow […]

Meet our Advisory Board!

The ASHVIN Advisory Board (AB) is a partner-nominated group of external advisors who assist in reviewing the project’s development and progress as a whole, and wherever possible, contribute to ASHVIN’s success, integration, and continuation on an international scale. Our Advisory Board members are: Dr. H. Sebnem Düzgün from Colorado School of Mines, USA; Prof. Heng […]