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The quality traceability system for prefabricated buildings using blockchain: An integrated framework

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The quality traceability of precast components has largely affected the widespread adoption of prefabricated buildings. Blockchain technology provides an effective solution to change the centralized storage mode of traditional traceability system and its related disadvantages. In this paper, we propose a framework of quality traceability system for precast components based on blockchain technology. The system framework adopts a hybrid blockchain architecture and dual storage mode, defines three types of smart contracts, and creates an interactive and efficient source tracing query method, which could effectively achieve the goals of decentralization, openness, and non-tamperability, as well as efficient traceability.

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  1. Institute of Project Management, School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Ziyao Zhang, Zhenmin Yuan & Guodong Ni

  2. School of Information Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Auditing Information Engineering, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, 211815, China

    Han Lin

  3. Department of Building Engineering, College of Civil Engineering; Key Laboratory of Performance Evolution and Control for Engineering Structures of Ministry of Education; Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Yujie Lu

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This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71771125), Major Project of Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Education Department (Grant No. 19KJA1800 02), National Key Research and Development Project (Grant No. 2019YFB1404602), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 2020QN73).

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Zhang, Z., Yuan, Z., Ni, G. et al. The quality traceability system for prefabricated buildings using blockchain: An integrated framework. Front. Eng. Manag. 7, 528–546 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42524-020-0127-z

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