Adopting Internet of Things for the development of smart buildings: A review of enabling technologies and applications

M Jia, A Komeily, Y Wang, RS Srinivasan - Automation in construction, 2019 - Elsevier
The 21st century is witnessing a fast-paced digital revolution. A significant trend is that cyber
and physical environments are being unprecedentedly entangled with the emergence of …

An integrated UGV-UAV system for construction site data collection

K Asadi, AK Suresh, A Ender, S Gotad… - Automation in …, 2020 - Elsevier
There have been recent efforts to increase the degree of automation and frequency of data
collection for construction applications using Unmanned Aerial/Ground Vehicles …

Construction payment automation using blockchain-enabled smart contracts and robotic reality capture technologies

H Hamledari, M Fischer - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper introduces an autonomous payment administration solution, integrating
blockchain-enabled smart contracts and robotic reality capture technologies. The …

RF-based drone detection and identification using deep learning approaches: An initiative towards a large open source drone database

MF Al-Sa'd, A Al-Ali, A Mohamed, T Khattab… - Future Generation …, 2019 - Elsevier
The omnipresence of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, among civilians can lead to
technical, security, and public safety issues that need to be addressed, regulated and …

A scientometric analysis and critical review of computer vision applications for construction

P Martinez, M Al-Hussein, R Ahmad - Automation in Construction, 2019 - Elsevier
Practical interest in 'computer vision'has risen remarkably over the last 20 years,
transforming the current state of construction-related research and attracting the worldwide …

Historic Building Information Modelling: performance assessment for diagnosis-aided information modelling and management

S Bruno, M De Fino, F Fatiguso - Automation in Construction, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Building Information Modelling, new paradigm of digital design and management,
shows great potential for the refurbishment process, as it represents a possible way out of …

Applicability of unmanned aerial system (UAS) for safety inspection on construction sites

RRS De Melo, DB Costa, JS Álvares, J Irizarry - Safety science, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of technologies on jobsites is one of the recent challenges for construction
management. To exemplify this, studies report the use of Unmanned Aerial …

Sensor-based safety management

A Asadzadeh, M Arashpour, H Li, T Ngo… - Automation in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The construction industry has one of the most hazardous working environments worldwide,
which accounts for about 1 in every 5 occupational fatalities. The high rates of workplace …

[PDF][PDF] A systematic review of unmanned aerial vehicle application areas and technologies in the AEC domain.

G Albeaino, M Gheisari, BW Franz - Journal of information technology in …, 2019 - itcon.org
The recent increase in the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in civilian usage
stems mainly from modern technological advancements and the devices' abilities to …

Image augmentation to improve construction resource detection using generative adversarial networks, cut-and-paste, and image transformation techniques

S Bang, F Baek, S Park, W Kim, H Kim - Automation in Construction, 2020 - Elsevier
The paper proposes an image augmentation method to construct a large-size dataset for
improving construction resource detection. The method consists of three techniques …