ABSTRACT
With the increase of digitalisation and the spread of digital tools and applications, the Construction sector faces a need for digital platforms and hubs that should allow the development and generalisation of common digital services and data for all stakeholders of the value chain, in all phases of Construction processes. These digital platforms should provide a fluent communication of semantic data models and instances between computer-based systems, a seamless integration of 3rd-party services and ensure a secured data management, based on agreed standards. The H2020 DigiPLACE project aims at devising a European-level consensus on a Reference Architecture Framework for Construction digital platforms and a roadmap for future rapid deployment and use. This paper introduces its preliminary results, namely an inventory and evaluation of existing digital platforms used in the Construction sector and selected other industrial sectors, the identification of success factors and key expected characteristics of such digital platforms functionalities.
