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Open Access

Blockchain-Based Platform for the Compliance Inspection of the Ready-Mixed Concrete Supply Chain

Department of Transportation Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China and also with Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Department of Construction and Real Estate, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China and also with Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Department of Transportation Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Department of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Abstract

Compliance inspection is essential to ensure the quality of the ready-mixed concrete (RMC) supply chain. However, the current RMC compliance inspection is a labor-intensive and time-consuming manual task and lacks efficiency and transparency. This paper proposes a blockchain-based platform to cope with these challenges. Besides, an auto-generation method of smart contract for RMC compliance inspection based on ontology is proposed to reduce the barrier to utilizing blockchain. The framework design and information interaction flow are then demonstrated in detail. Furthermore, the performance of the platform in actual projects is evaluated using a case study. The results indicate that the proposed platform can improve the efficiency, transparency, and traceability of the RMC compliance inspection and facilitate the further applications of blockchain in the construction sector.

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blockchainsmart contractready-mixed concrete supply chaincompliance inspection

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Tsinghua Science and Technology
Volume 30 Issue 2,
April 2025
Pages 769-781
DOI: 10.26599/TST.2024.9010019
Cite this article:
Wang W, Zhang G, Hu H, et al. Blockchain-Based Platform for the Compliance Inspection of the Ready-Mixed Concrete Supply Chain. Tsinghua Science and Technology, 2025, 30(2): 769-781. https://doi.org/10.26599/TST.2024.9010019

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Received: 27 August 2023
Revised: 21 December 2023
Accepted: 21 January 2024
Published: 23 May 2024
© The Author(s) 2025.

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