The Department of Digital Design, Construction and Operation (DPBB) at the University of Wuppertal is leading the first work package in Construct-X, in which standards for process and data models for use cases are being developed. The chair is also in charge of the "material data passports" use case.

The Institute for Technologies and Management of Digital Transformation (TMDT) at the University of Wuppertal is responsible for implementing semantic interoperability in data spaces and, in a further work package, for managing and supporting application development based on the developed semantic data space.

In the three-year research project, digital standards, tools and processes are being developed by a network of almost 40 partners. The Construct-X network team is made up of well-known companies from the construction industry, the skilled trades, IT technology and research and university institutions. Key construction industry and trade associations are also involved.

Among other things, Construct-X develops data rooms based on open source principles, a cloud-based open source reference architecture and cloud edge applications relevant to the construction sector. This also includes the development of technologies for the multi-provider cloud edge continuum, which will enable latency-free and secure processing of data on construction sites.

Construct-X is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the European Union and is part of the EU initiative IPCEI-CIS, Important Project of Common European Interest - Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure and Services. Construct-X is thus part of the EU strategy to strengthen Europe's digital sovereignty.

The DPBB teaching and research department at the University of Wuppertal is part of the Construct-X project network and will use its expertise in standardisation and process identification to develop templates for use cases in order to enable end-to-end project synchronisation in the overall project. From this, the project team will derive a reference process model and a core data model to provide a basis for the implementation of further use cases beyond the project duration. The DPBB is also responsible for setting up a feature library for construction product information.

The DPBB is taking the lead in the "Material data passports" use case. Digital product passports are created for the construction sector. The digital product passport is a data set that summarises the components, materials and chemical substances or information on reparability, spare parts or proper disposal for a product. The data can thus be used for various purposes in all phases of the product life cycle.

The TMDT at the University of Wuppertal is also part of Construct-X and is responsible for implementing semantic interoperability in data spaces as part of a work package for the project - this supports the structuring and harmonisation of data (structures) through the uniform use of terms. The tasks of the project team include the development of methods for the automatic creation of semantic models and the development of corresponding modelling tools.

The TMDT is also responsible for supporting application development based on the developed semantic data space. This includes the development of training courses on semantic modelling. Together with the BUW project partner DPBB, an application for material data passports is also being implemented.