| dc.description.abstract | This master thesis is done based on literature review and interviews with some experts in the sector. The goal of this study was to close the gap between theory and practice regarding Digital Twin application for Facility Management (FM). Very advanced Digital Twin conceptual frameworks are available in theory, but in practice, it is not very common.
To meet the goal of this study, three research questions were formulated. The first and the main Research Question, which is thesis title as well, (1) How to facilitate FM using Digital Twin? To answer this question, benefits, and challenges of that needed investigation. That brought up second and third research questions. (2) What are the benefits of Digital Twin in the sector.
To answer research questions, a mixed literature review method is conducted in the first step. Regarding Digital Twin and FM more than 1000 articles were found. Analyse of keywords and related topics was done by using VOSviewer software. Most relevant topics were introduced in theory section. Then, in second step a qualitative interview process is done with 10 experts in the Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector. Empirical results were presented in fourth section of this thesis. Finally, both theory information and empirical results were discussed and analyzed together.
The conclusion of this thesis can be abstracted in two messages. The first message is implementation of Digital Twin in the sector is highly entwined with concept of Digital Transformation. This idea is totally missing in literature and has been taken from analyzing empirical results. Digitalisation is considered with Digital Twin, based on literature analyses by VOSviewer software, but Digital Transformation is a missing part that hopefully investigates more in future. The second message, conclusion, is FM-tools are an important part of implementing Digital Twin in sector with purpose of FM. FM-tools are not well investigated in integration with Digital Twin. | |
