Marco Huymajer

Robert Galler

Handle: 20.500.12708/187880; DOI: 10.1109/CBI58679.2023.10187588; Year: 2023; Issued On: 2023-07-25; Type: Publication; Subtype: Inproceedings;

Keywords: Digital transformation, Documentation, Production, Tunneling, Software, Time measurement, Recording
Astract: The digitalization of Architecture, Engineering, & Construction (AEC), specifically the tunneling sector, often lags behind other sectors. Today's invoicing process of tunneling projects frequently involves many manual and paper-based tasks, which are error-prone and time-consuming. Accordingly, replacing this with a fully digital process, from the tunnel face to the project owner, bears high economic potential. This article proposes an integrated digital documentation system for tunnel construction management and invoicing. A month-long case study with data from a real-life construction site is conducted to test the system's suitability. The managed data are exported to commonly used enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for invoicing and compared to actual invoicing data. The case study has shown that the proposed approach is practical and helped streamline and improve the construction documentation processes in conventional tunnel construction. The proposed solution represents an incremental contribution to the digital transformation of the AEC sector.


  Melnyk, O., Huymajer, M., Huemer, C., & Galler, R. (2023). Digitalization in the Construction Industry: The Case of Documentation and Invoicing in Tunneling. In 2023 IEEE 25th Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) (pp. 1–10). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBI58679.2023.10187588

Digitalization in the Construction Industry: The Case of Documentation and Invoicing in Tunneling

Oleksandr Melnyk

Robert Galler

Handle: 20.500.12708/187147; Year: 2023; Issued On: 2023-06-22; Type: Presentation; Subtype: Presentation;

Keywords: tunneling, data capture, invoicing, digitalization, documentation


  Melnyk, O., Huymajer, M., Huemer, C., & Galler, R. (2023, June 22). Digitalization in the Construction Industry: The Case of Documentation and Invoicing in Tunneling [Conference Presentation]. IEEE CBI 2023, Prague, Czechia. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/187147

Aktuelle Forschung im Bereich der Digitalisierung des konventionellen Tunnelbaus

Robert Galler

Thomas Bednar

Robert Wenighofer

Galina Paskaleva

Bernhard Steiner

Oleksandr Melnyk

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Handle: 20.500.12708/191143; DOI: 10.1007/s00501-023-01409-5; Year: 2023; Issued On: 2023-01-01; Type: Publication; Subtype: Article; Peer Reviewed:

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Astract: The digital transformation is having a huge impact on many sectors of the economy. Recently, it has gained momentum in the construction industry and in tunnelling in particular. This article explains the challenges associated with the digital transformation of tunnelling and how they are being addressed by a current research project. The project is an inter-university and interdisciplinary project with the aim of advancing digitalisation in tunnelling. The article discusses the topic using various use cases that demonstrate solutions to the current challenges.


  Galler, R., Huemer, C., Bednar, T., Huymajer, M., Wenighofer, R., Paskaleva, G., Steiner, B., & Melnyk, O. (2023). Aktuelle Forschung im Bereich der Digitalisierung des konventionellen Tunnelbaus. BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte, 168, 601–607. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00501-023-01409-5

The Tunneling Information Management System – A tool for documenting the tunneling process in NATM projects

Dzan Operta

Alexandra Mazak-Huemer

Handle: 20.500.12708/195543; DOI: 10.1002/geot.202100064; Year: 2022; Issued On: 2022-06-01; Type: Publication; Subtype: Article; Peer Reviewed:

Keywords: Construction works, Conventional tunneling, digital transformation, documentation process, General, New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM), software tool, tunnel process management
Astract: The documentation of the tunneling process is a crucial task of every tunnel construction project. It provides evidence of the work performed and thus, serves as a basis for invoicing and for several further analyses. Therefore, continuous digitalisation of this documentation is essential. For this purpose, we provide a digital Tunneling Information Management System (TIMS), which is a prototypically implemented software tool for replacing the still common paper-based documentation process of tunneling projects using the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM). The data model presented here defines the data structures managed by this tool. Based on this, the software architecture and the implementation of TIMS is shown.


  Huymajer, M., Operta, D., Mazak-Huemer, A., & Huemer, C. (2022). The Tunneling Information Management System – A tool for documenting the tunneling process in NATM projects. Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 15(3), 259–264. https://doi.org/10.1002/geot.202100064

Interdisziplinäre Forschungsmatrix zur Digitalisierung in der Bauwirtschaft

Alexandra Mazak