@inproceedings{606830f159d94d82a107da684ec75de5,
title = "Workforce-Related Challenges of Construction 4.0 Technologies in the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction Industry",
abstract = "Construction 4.0 (C4.0) technologies have the potential to revolutionize the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry by providing a safe and productive work environment for the workforce, which results in decreasing project costs and duration. However, the concern about the future of workforce careers has increased as the AEC industry is labor intensive and C4.0 technologies make their way into all projects' phases. This study explores the critical challenges of C4.0 technologies for the workforce in the AEC industry through the existing literature. The results reveal that adopting C4.0 technologies reshapes projects' dynamics and organizations' structures and cultures, which is called routine-biased technological change. The results also demonstrate that demand changes in the job market and increases in the wage gap are the two main challenges of digitalization and automation for the workforce. The outcomes of this study help decision makers advance the uptake of C4.0 in the AEC industry.",
author = "Elnaz Safapour and Anupa Silwal",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 Computing in Civil Engineering 2023: Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2023. All rights reserved.; ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2023: Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation, i3CE 2023 ; Conference date: 25-06-2023 Through 28-06-2023",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1061/9780784485231.074",
language = "English",
series = "Computing in Civil Engineering 2023: Visualization, Information Modeling, and Simulation - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2023",
publisher = "American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)",
pages = "622--629",
editor = "Yelda Turkan and Joseph Louis and Fernanda Leite and Semiha Ergan",
booktitle = "Computing in Civil Engineering 2023",
address = "United States",
}