ABSTRACT

Emerging digitalization is radically changing industrial world. Disruptive technologies give companies great challenges, but also huge opportunities to develop their businesses. One perspective for gaining business benefit from digitalization wave is to utilize ecosystem-based thinking. This paper presents a development of an ecosystem and platform analysis for AEC/FM industry information sharing. The objective of this paper is to identify and classify existing information sharing ecosystems and platforms applicable to AEC/FM industry. Web of Building Data initiative is introduced as one of the construction industry approaches for information sharing. Presented work is a part of a project where the objective is to provide information sharing method and technology for AEC/FM industry. As a part of the project an information sharing platform on the basis of the Web of Building Data is developed. Ecosystem analysis is used as a base for conceptualize an open ecosystem to be formed around platform.