Blockchain technology for the construction industry

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Autor(a) principal: Mota, Tiago Furtado Piques Martins
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/20985
Resumo: One of the challenges that the construction industry faces is the lack of trust between participants and information sharing processes. Blockchain is a disruptive and emerging technology that can be used to add immutability, trust and transparency to information. This dissertation proposes a platform that aims to mitigate the problem of information sharing in the construction industry using blockchain technology. The platform allows to keep an immutable record of file interactions between construction participants and simulate document signatures that can later be verified. A proof-of-concept was developed using the Ethereum network, which was also used to evaluate the gas price influence in the execution duration of the transaction and its cost. It is concluded that blockchain technology can support information sharing in the construction industry.
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spelling Blockchain technology for the construction industryBlockchainConstruction industrySmart contractEthereumIndústria da construçãoOne of the challenges that the construction industry faces is the lack of trust between participants and information sharing processes. Blockchain is a disruptive and emerging technology that can be used to add immutability, trust and transparency to information. This dissertation proposes a platform that aims to mitigate the problem of information sharing in the construction industry using blockchain technology. The platform allows to keep an immutable record of file interactions between construction participants and simulate document signatures that can later be verified. A proof-of-concept was developed using the Ethereum network, which was also used to evaluate the gas price influence in the execution duration of the transaction and its cost. It is concluded that blockchain technology can support information sharing in the construction industry.Um dos desafios que a indústria da construção enfrenta é a falta de confiança entre os intervenientes e os sistemas de partilha de informação. Blockchain é uma tecnologia disruptiva e emergente que pode ser usada para adicionar imutabilidade, confiança e transparência à informação. A presente dissertação propõe uma plataforma que pretende mitigar o problema de partilha de informação na indústria da construção utilizando a tecnologia blockchain. A plataforma permite manter um registo imutável das alterações efetuadas em ficheiros partilhados entre os vários intervenientes da obra e simular assinaturas de documentos que possam ser, posteriormente, verificadas. Foi desenvolvida uma prova de conceito utilizando a rede Ethereum sendo, de seguida, utilizada para avaliar a influência do preço unitário do gas na duração de execução da transação e o seu custo. Conclui-se que a tecnologia blockchain pode auxiliar a partilha de informação na indústria da construção.2022-10-30T00:00:00Z2020-10-30T00:00:00Z2020-10-302020-09info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/20985TID:202552624engMota, Tiago Furtado Piques Martinsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:31:45Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/20985Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:14:17.906726Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Blockchain technology for the construction industry
title Blockchain technology for the construction industry
spellingShingle Blockchain technology for the construction industry
Mota, Tiago Furtado Piques Martins
Blockchain
Construction industry
Smart contract
Ethereum
Indústria da construção
title_short Blockchain technology for the construction industry
title_full Blockchain technology for the construction industry
title_fullStr Blockchain technology for the construction industry
title_full_unstemmed Blockchain technology for the construction industry
title_sort Blockchain technology for the construction industry
author Mota, Tiago Furtado Piques Martins
author_facet Mota, Tiago Furtado Piques Martins
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mota, Tiago Furtado Piques Martins
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Blockchain
Construction industry
Smart contract
Ethereum
Indústria da construção
topic Blockchain
Construction industry
Smart contract
Ethereum
Indústria da construção
description One of the challenges that the construction industry faces is the lack of trust between participants and information sharing processes. Blockchain is a disruptive and emerging technology that can be used to add immutability, trust and transparency to information. This dissertation proposes a platform that aims to mitigate the problem of information sharing in the construction industry using blockchain technology. The platform allows to keep an immutable record of file interactions between construction participants and simulate document signatures that can later be verified. A proof-of-concept was developed using the Ethereum network, which was also used to evaluate the gas price influence in the execution duration of the transaction and its cost. It is concluded that blockchain technology can support information sharing in the construction industry.
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