First published in 1995, the award-winning Civil Engineering Handbook soon became
known as the field's definitive reference. To retain its standing as a complete, authoritative …

Emerging vision-based frameworks have demonstrated the great potential to robustly
perform volumetric measurements on point cloud models, which has several applications for …

Techniques to rapidly model local spaces, using 3D range data, can enable implementation
of:(1) real-time obstacle avoidance for improved safety,(2) advanced automated equipment …

Unlike manufacturing robots, whose kinematics are pre-programmed based on robust
metrology, tight tolerances, and rigid workpieces, construction robots operate under …

The demand for urban underground space has been increasing in the past decades to
create living space and to avoid traffic congestion. A critical concern during the design and …

The growing need for better monitoring and control of road construction projects, together
with rapid technological progress, have led to a number of interesting developments, which …

Recently, there has been an increase in the demand to enhance the intelligence of
construction equipment and systems. Especially for semiautonomous and autonomous …

This paper provides an overview of recent progress in the automation related to earthmoving
systems. While a previous survey [28] has comprehensively examined various aspects of …

Site modeling can be useful in various safety-enhancement applications and for as-built
data acquisition. In this article, a rapid, on-site, spatial-modeling method using a “sparse …