Real-time monitoring of construction sites: Sensors, methods, and applications

AS Rao, M Radanovic, Y Liu, S Hu, Y Fang… - Automation in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction industry is one of the world's largest industries, with an annual budget of
$10 trillion globally. Despite its size, the efficiency and growth in labour productivity in the …

Machine learning applications for building structural design and performance assessment: State-of-the-art review

H Sun, HV Burton, H Huang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning models have been shown to be useful for predicting and
assessing structural performance, identifying structural condition and informing preemptive …

Construction 4.0

A Sawhney, M Riley, J Irizarry… - Sawhney, A., Riley, M …, 2020 - api.taylorfrancis.com
With the pervasive use of Building Information Modelling (BIM), lean principles, digital
technologies, and offsite construction, the industry is at the cusp of this transformation. The …

On-demand monitoring of construction projects through a game-like hybrid application of BIM and machine learning

FP Rahimian, S Seyedzadeh, S Oliver… - Automation in …, 2020 - Elsevier
While unavoidable, inspections, progress monitoring, and comparing as-planned with as-
built conditions in construction projects do not readily add tangible intrinsic value to the end …

Applications of 3D point cloud data in the construction industry: A fifteen-year review from 2004 to 2018

Q Wang, MK Kim - Advanced engineering informatics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D point cloud data obtained from laser scans, images, and videos are able to
provide accurate and fast records of the 3D geometries of construction-related objects. Thus …

[HTML][HTML] Application of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry

C Wu, Y Yuan, Y Tang, B Tian - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
As a revolutionary technology, terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is attracting increasing
interest in the fields of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC), with outstanding …

A review of 3D reconstruction techniques in civil engineering and their applications

Z Ma, S Liu - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction techniques have been used to obtain the 3D
representations of objects in civil engineering in the form of point cloud models, mesh …

Automated detection of workers and heavy equipment on construction sites: A convolutional neural network approach

W Fang, L Ding, B Zhong, PED Love, H Luo - Advanced Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Detecting the presence of workers, plant, equipment, and materials (ie objects) on sites to
improve safety and productivity has formed an integral part of computer vision-based …

Computational methods of acquisition and processing of 3D point cloud data for construction applications

Q Wang, Y Tan, Z Mei - Archives of computational methods in engineering, 2020 - Springer
Abstract 3D point cloud data from sensing technologies such as 3D laser scanning and
photogrammetry are able to capture the 3D surface geometries of target objects in an …

Semi-automatic geometric digital twinning for existing buildings based on images and CAD drawings

Q Lu, L Chen, S Li, M Pitt - Automation in Construction, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the emerging new data capturing technologies and advanced modelling systems,
the process of geometric digital twin modelling for existing buildings still lacks a systematic …