The construction industry is facing enormous pressure to adopt digital solutions to solve the industry's inherent problems. The digital twin has emerged as a solution that can update a BIM model with real-time data to achieve cyber-physical integration, enabli...

Many challenges to operate digital twins remain, hindering their design and implementation, and are rarely discussed. Furthermore, issues of social and legal nature are often overlooked. We identify the challenges of operating digital twins in the urban contex...

The implementation of emerging technologies generates new possibility for the Architectural Engineering and Construction sector. Specifically, the study focuses on the applications of Digital Twins in the heritage construction sector, an area characterized by ...