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Intro -- Preface -- About This Book -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Part I Industry 4.0 and Drivers for Change -- 1 What Is Industry 4.0? -- 1 Additive Manufacturing -- 2 Data and Analytics -- 2.1 Construction's Historic Data Problems -- 2.2 The Development of Analysis -- 2.3 Data Use by Contractors -- 2.4 Data Use by Asset Owners -- 2.5 Data and Analytics Now-A Platform for Industry 4.0? -- 3 Artificial Intelligence -- 4 Robotics and Automation -- 5 Virtual, Augmented, Mixed, and Extended Reality -- 6 IoT and 5G -- 7 Digital Twins -- 8 Nanotechnology -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- 2 The Global Environmental Imperative -- 1 Climate Emergency -- 2 Overview of Construction industry's Contribution to Global Carbon -- 3 Carbon Mitigation Initiatives and Sustainable Development -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Industry 4.0 and Drivers for Socioeconomic Sustainability in the Construction Sector -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Population Forecasts and Urbanization Challenges Under Industry 4.0 -- 3 Construction 4.0 and Sustainable Development -- 4 Future-Proof Construction Industry: The Need for Crisis Resilience -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 4 The Circular Construction Industry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Principles of Circular Economy Concept -- 3 Innovative Technologies for Circular Construction -- 4 Construction and Demolition Waste Management -- 4.1 Construction and Demolition Waste Valorisation -- 5 Circular Construction Practices in the Industry -- 6 Conclusions and Prospective -- References -- Part II Innovation in Construction: A New Future for the Construction Industry. Areas of Focus for a Step Change in Construction -- 5 Fundamentals of Innovation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definition -- 3 Case Study 1-The de Havilland Comet -- 4 Case Study 2-Concorde -- 5 Case Study 3-Boeing 737 -- 6 Fundamentals -- 7 Conclusion -- References.