Digital Twins

Articles exploring digital twin architectures for the built environment — from sensor integration and data fusion to graph-based asset models, real-time state synchronisation, and event-driven update pipelines. The series goes beyond the buzzword: a digital twin here means a computationally tractable, queryable representation of a physical asset that stays current, not a static 3D model with a dashboard bolted on. Topics include ontology design for asset hierarchies, bidirectional data flows between data models (PIM & AIM) and live telemetry, and the engineering trade-offs involved in keeping a twin consistent at scale. Implementation leans on open standards throughout — no vendor lock-in, no black-box platforms.