TY  - CONF
TI  - Digital transformation in construction: evidence from Brazil
C1  - Singapore, Singapore
C3  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
SP  - 294
EP  - 306
PY  - 2026
DO  - 10.24928/2026/0305
AU  - Fernandes, Laura L. de A.
AU  - Costa, Dayana Bastos
AD  - Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Paraiba, João Pessoa, Brazil, luara.fernandes@ct.ufpb.br, orcid.org/0000-0003-4041-8025
AD  - Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Department of Structural and Construction Engineering, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, dayanabcosta@ufba.br, orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-6401
ED  - Hamzeh, Farook
ED  - Poshdar, Mani
ED  - Garcia-Lopez,, Nelly P.
AB  - Recent industrial revolutions have been transforming industries and society, leading to major changes in the construction sector. Despite significant advances in research on Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 in construction in developed countries, the digital transformation of construction industries in less industrialized contexts remains underexplored, especially from a production-stage perspective. Therefore, this study discusses the digital transformation process in construction, drawing on evidence from Brazil. To this end, a Maturity Measurement System (MMS) was applied to six case studies. The MMS assesses digital transformation maturity in construction production using a sociotechnical approach that integrates the principles of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0. The results indicate that digital transformation in these projects remains at an early stage, particularly with respect to social dimensions, which remain underdeveloped. The main contribution of this paper is to provide empirical evidence on the digital transformation process in less industrialized construction contexts, highlighting the role of sociotechnical approaches, Lean Construction, and BIM as key enablers of effective and inclusive digitalization.
KW  - Digital transformation
KW  - construction
KW  - lean construction
KW  - BIM
KW  - sociotechnical approaches.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
DA  - 2026/06/22
CY  - Singapore, Singapore
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2582/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2582
N1  - Export Date: 19 June 2026
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -