Towards big data driven construction industry

The construction industry is currently going through an intelligent revolution. The profound transformation of the Industry 4.0 era is made possible by contemporary technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and robotics. Essentially, the vast amount of diverse big data from many sources should be properly utilized to enhance the entire life-cycle construction process. Construction efficiency can be enhanced while material waste and construction expenses are reduced, planning and decision-making processes can be improved while errors are lowered, and applications of big data in construction analytics will make construction sites safer. This article not only offers a comprehensive review of the advantages of associated big data approaches, but it also assesses the current state of the art in the construction industry. Several unresolved difficulties are also discussed. In the end, we express our thoughts on the potential future of big data in the construction industry.