City Information Modelling as a support decision tool for planning and management of cities: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis

L Souza, C Bueno - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing demand of the population has caused serious problems for cities and has
become one of the main challenges for city managers. This demand has occurred much …

Big data meets metaverse: A survey

J Sun, W Gan, Z Chen, J Li, PS Yu - arxiv preprint arxiv:2210.16282, 2022 - arxiv.org
We are living in the era of big data. The Metaverse is an emerging technology in the future,
and it has a combination of big data, AI (artificial intelligence), VR (Virtual Reality), AR …

Construction 4.0, Industry 4.0, and Building Information Modeling (BIM) for sustainable building development within the smart city

Y Chen, D Huang, Z Liu, M Osmani, P Demian - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
At present, the smart city offers the most desired state of urban development, encompassing,
as it does, the concept of sustainable development. The creation of a smart city is closely …

Linking permissioned blockchain to Internet of Things (IoT)-BIM platform for off-site production management in modular construction

L Wu, W Lu, F Xue, X Li, R Zhao, M Tang - Computers in Industry, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditionally, construction managers were considered more experienced in project
management than off-site production management, although the latter is gaining importance …

A blockchain 3.0 paradigm for digital twins in construction project management

R Zhao, Z Chen, F Xue - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
Construction project management (CPM) is inherently complex and distributed, while digital
twin and blockchain are recognized as promising solutions for information-reliant CPM. By …

Two-layer adaptive blockchain-based supervision model for off-site modular housing production

X Li, L Wu, R Zhao, W Lu, F Xue - Computers in Industry, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•A scope on supervising spatial-temporal operations of material supply,
production, and inspections.•A novel Two-layer Adaptive Blockchain-based Supervision …

Exploring graph neural networks for semantic enrichment: Room type classification

Z Wang, R Sacks, T Yeung - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Semantic enrichment of Building Information Modeling (BIM) models supplements
models with the implicit semantics for further applications. In this paper, we use the room …

Construction E-inspection 2.0 in the COVID-19 pandemic era: A blockchain-based technical solution

W Lu, L Wu, J Xu, J Lou - Journal of management in engineering, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
An inspection is a crucial construction process that ensures that building works and workers
comply with prescribed codes, standards, and building progress. The traditional inspection …

A room with a view: Automatic assessment of window views for high-rise high-density areas using City Information Models and deep transfer learning

M Li, F Xue, Y Wu, AGO Yeh - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
Every windowed room has a view, which reflects the visibility of nature and landscape and
has a strong influence on the health, living satisfaction, and housing value of inhabitants …

Semantic enrichment for BIM: Enabling technologies and applications

S Jiang, X Feng, B Zhang, J Shi - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a serious information gap between different life-cycle stages and different BIM
platforms, semantic enrichment (SE) for BIM is an important solution to address this issue …