Author(s)

Shanwen Shi

Corresponding Author

Shanwen Shi

Abstract

Against the backdrop of the digital economy and new urbanization, the construction industry is accelerating its transition toward smart construction. The digital transformation of construction project management has become a critical pathway for driving high-quality industry development. Traditional management models suffer from issues such as information silos, fragmented processes, and low efficiency, rendering them inadequate to meet the demands for collaboration, precision, and intelligence in complex engineering projects. This paper explores digital transformation pathways for construction project management within the smart construction framework. It elucidates the essence and drivers of smart construction and digital transformation in construction project management, revealing how policy direction, technological advancement, and industry demands propel this shift. Practical transformation pathways are analyzed across three dimensions: digital platforms and information integration, intelligent technology-enabled construction management, and collaborative management with organizational transformation. It summarizes challenges encountered during transformation—including lack of standards, high cost investment, data security concerns, and talent shortages—and proposes corresponding countermeasures. Digital transformation not only enhances project management efficiency and resource allocation but also injects new momentum into the sustainable development of the construction industry. With the application of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the metaverse, construction project management will advance toward a new phase of intelligence and smartization.

Keywords

Smart Construction, Construction Project Management, Digital Transformation, Information Integration, Intelligent Construction