Constructing tomorrow: A multifaceted exploration of Industry 4.0 scientific, patents, and market trend

Abstract

This article investigates the evolution of Industry 4.0 in construction related to a scientific, technological, and commercial perspective. Initially, it was determined which technologies could be considered 4.0 to analyze construction and infrastructure results from scientific literature, patent publications, and market offerings. This study shows a panorama of the development stages of 4.0 industry technologies in the construction and infrastructure sector based on 3155 articles from Web of Science, 14,360 patents from Derwent, and 2346 companies. According to the technologies analyzed in this research, it is shown that in the Construction Industry 4.0, there are different levels of development for all its technologies. The main conclusion of this study was that there is notable scientific and technological activity related to 4.0 technologies in construction. Moreover, the transition from technology to market has been particularly pronounced in Building Information Modeling and artificial intelligence.