Cloud computing for chatbot in the construction industry: An implementation framework for conversational-BIM voice assistant

Sururah A. Bello; Lukumon O. Oyedele; Lukman A. Akanbi; Abdul-Lateef Bello

doi:10.1016/j.dte.2024.100031

Cloud computing for chatbot in the construction industry: An implementation framework for conversational-BIM voice assistant

Sururah A. Bello^*, Lukumon O. Oyedele^* (Corresponding / Lead Author), Lukman A. Akanbi, Abdul-Lateef Bello

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Abstract

This study presents a structural framework for selecting cloud services for the Conversational AI system implementation in the construction industry using Design Thinking Methodology. A focus group discussion approach was used to obtain user requirements from construction workers to implement the Conversational AI for BIM. This resulted in five factors: finance, speed of operation, privacy, estimation, and interface. The user specifications were mapped into technical modules, which were used to select cloud services employed to implement the virtual assistant for the construction industry. The study thus presented the comprehensive requirements for the different categories of construction workers to implement the Conversational-BIM Chatbot (Conversational-BIM) system. Furthermore, the study presented the architecture of Conversational-BIM using Amazon Web Services. The study is useful to researchers and IT developers in implementing chatbots for the construction industry as it presents the relevant considerat

Original language	English
Article number	100031
Number of pages	16
Journal	Digital Engineering
Volume	5
Issue number	100031
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dte.2024.100031
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 25 Dec 2024

Keywords

Software project management
Amazon web services
Cloud computing
Building information modelling (BIM)
Conversational AI
Framework implementation
Chatbot
Construction workers
Design thinking methodology
Focus group
Stakeholders management

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