| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT
Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology has emerged as one of the key streams in construction
and civil engineering research within the last decade. Its dimensional presenting technology (4D-BIM)
is now a global digital technology that is widely believed to have the potential to revolutionize
construction planning and management work. This has been mainly a result of worldwide government
initiatives promoting BIM uptake to improve efficiency and quality in delivering construction projects.
Thus, this development has been accompanied by a keen interest in 4D modeling aspects and the release
of a tremendous amount of 4D literature. It is, therefore, essential to comprehend and determine the core
research work, gaps and trends emerging in this field, and its implications for broader research. Previous
studies of similar reviews of identifying the core of 4D research have generally been limited in scope
focusing predominantly on other aspects of BIM applications instead of 4D applications areas or
different selection criteria were used and also a limited number of reviewed papers. This study aims to
conduct a comprehensive and systematic analysis, in which a review of a wide range of existing 4D
literature focusing on the last decade from 2005 to 2016 is completed. A literature review within a 4D
application framework has been conducted and the result reveals a research gap for 4D applications in
the project management domains of construction waste management, quality management, resource
management, site installation logistics, and site security. It was also confirmed that construction progress
tracking, visualization and communication and collaboration, schedule management, workspace
planning, and construction method planning as the sub-categories with the most significant growth in
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