ARCOM 41st annual conference sept 2025, circularity -digital twins - methodological discussions by Leon Olde Scholtenhuis

Circularity, Digital Twins and Methodological Discussions at ARCOM 41st Annual Conference

A strong delegation of Construction Management and Engineering-cluster members represented Twente at ARCOMs Annual conference (1-3 September) at Abertay University in Dundee. A team of nine postgraduate researchers and professors presented, took part in plenary sessions and debated in the three days of convening about circularity, procurement, BIM digitalisation and AI, and research methodology. Our team presented:

“Understanding Transformational Changes in Construction from a Critical Realism Perspective” by Andreas Hartmann

“Reducing Costs and Labour Through Team Development in Collaborative Serial Programs” by Eveline Hinfelaar, Julian Krone and Leentje Volker

“Concept and Knowledge Expansions in Circular Viaduct Design” by Marc van den Berg and Tom Coenen

“Dissemination to Co-Production: An Autoethnography of Boundary Spanning in Knowledge Ecosystems” by Ruth Noemi Francia Sloot and Leentje Volker

“Circular (De)Construction Matchmaking: Towards a Morphological Matrix” by Yifei Yu, Marc van den Berg and Devrim Murat Yazan

“Trapped in Technocentric Thinking? Revisiting Digital Twins Through a Pragmatic Framework” by Léon olde Scholtenhuis and Ranjith Kuttantharappel Soman

“Bridging the Gaps: Information Integration for Building Element Reuse” by Li Jiang, Marc van den Berg, Hans Voordijk and Andreas Hartmann

With great honour, the team again received a Conference Price. The Rod Howes Best Paper Award was awarded to their work entitled: “No More Cursory Summaries: Rethinking Literature Reviews in Construction Management” by Léon olde Scholtenhuis, Tom Coenen, Andreas Hartmann and Ramon ter Huurne