Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) is the technology that connects billions of physical devices on a large scale to the internet for data collection, sharing and the improvement of information technology as long as computer sensors and wireless networks are available. By adding computer sensors to dumb devices is creating Artificial Intelligence that is making the devices to be effective, these efforts have culminated into real-time communication without human interactions. In the construction industry, the IoT is becoming applicable with the aid of dumb devices becoming response reliable with sensors and responding in real-time. IoT has made significant improvements in decision-making capabilities in several sectors, but little impact noticed in the construction industry subject to the unstructured nature of the process and the manner construction projects are based. The IoT platforms currently available consider not the flow of high data from distributed locations as needed in construction. As IoT advances, the application of IoT in construction projects is expected to upturn considerably especially when 5G internetworks are established. In any business organisation, also the construction industry is not left out, the objective is to render better services to their clients/customers thereby increasing profitability. This paper presented a review of the recent developments, challenges and opportunities of the IoT in Construction Project Management.