Cyber Threats to Creating Cost Estimates in Construction

Abstract

Construction is one of the most important industries in achieving the goals of sustainable development of society. Digital transformation in the construction industry affects all stages of construction: planning, creation of estimate documentation, procurement of materials and construction work itself, delivery of the project to the customer. Digital technologies are used to monitor situations at the construction site, remote control of construction machines and mechanisms, the use of robotic systems and unmanned aerial vehicles. All these technologies raise certain concerns in the field of cybersecurity. The joint interaction of people and machines at construction sites increases the consequences of the implementation of cyber risks. This paper will analyze the directions of the emergence of cyber risks in the preparation of estimate documentation using new digital technologies. The limitations of the analysis are the lack of a sufficient number of publications devoted to cybersecurity in terms of such a construction business process as drawing up construction estimates. CZU: 004.056.6: [004.78:69]; JEL: O14