Transforming Infrastructure: Frameworks for Bringing the Fourth Industrial Revolution to Infrastructure

Bose, Sujoy; Box, Adrian; Brayham, Ralph; Coutinho, Sylvia; del Valle, Clemente; Ebobissé, Alain; Esty, JoAnna; Guislain, Pierre; Jun, Fu; Kaldany, Rashad; Kefalas, Vicky; Khandelwal, Kavisha; Khelifi Touhami, Mounia; Kielhauser, Clemens; Losavio, Joseph; Maasdorp, Leslie Warren; Madsbjerg, Saadia; Marangoly George, Anita; Marquet, Jean-Patrick; Moser, Joel; ... (2019). Transforming Infrastructure: Frameworks for Bringing the Fourth Industrial Revolution to Infrastructure World Economic Forum

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The technological advances of the Fourth Industrial Revolution have fundamentally altered society in ways both seen and unseen. This digital transformation has changed how people live and work, and everything in between. One area of daily life, however, seems to be largely missing out on this revolution: infrastructure. It remains one of the least digitally transformed sectors of the economy. While individual examples of highly advanced infrastructure systems exist, the sector at large lags behind others in innovation, a fact made all the more apparent by infrastructure’s ubiquity. When the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Infrastructure gathered for its annual meeting in Dubai in November 2018, it sought to understand why. As it began to think through solutions, the Council found a situation full of opportunity. Infrastructure is far from being a staid industry devoid of innovation – indeed, new technologies and ideas are flourishing. Integrating these innovations, which could change the way infrastructure is designed, developed and delivered, requires aligning stakeholders, implementing effective strategies and creating fertile enabling environments. This will allow existing innovation into the space and provide opportunities for new ideas. The Council thus decided to create a guidebook, contained here, that explores major questions about how to bring the Fourth Industrial Revolution to infrastructure.

Item Type:	Report (Report)
Division/Institute:	School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering > Institute for Urban Development and Infrastructure School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering > Institute for Urban Development and Infrastructure > Transport Infrastructure School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering > Institute for Infrastructure and Environment IIU School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering > Institut for Building Materials and Biobased Products IBBM > Mobility and Transport Infrastructure group FGMV
Name:	Bose, Sujoy; Box, Adrian; Brayham, Ralph; Coutinho, Sylvia; del Valle, Clemente; Ebobissé, Alain; Esty, JoAnna; Guislain, Pierre; Jun, Fu; Kaldany, Rashad; Kefalas, Vicky; Khandelwal, Kavisha; Khelifi Touhami, Mounia; Kielhauser, Clemens0000-0003-1385-9909; Losavio, Joseph; Maasdorp, Leslie Warren; Madsbjerg, Saadia; Marangoly George, Anita; Marquet, Jean-Patrick; Moser, Joel; Musallam, Nadia; Nasse Bridier, Emmanuelle; Newfield, Paul; Poloni, Lara; Prizzon, Annalisa; Schwartz, Jordan; Sakamoto, Keisuke; Shemirani, Salar and Threlfall, Richard
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Publisher:	World Economic Forum
Language:	English
Submitter:	Clemens Kielhauser
Date Deposited:	26 Oct 2021 15:28
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2021 15:28
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.15530
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/15530