Natural language processing for smart construction: Current status and future directions

C Wu, X Li, Y Guo, J Wang, Z Ren, M Wang… - Automation in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Unstructured texts dominate data in construction projects. With the achievements of natural
language processing (NLP) techniques, mining unstructured text data for smart construction …

Semantic web technologies in AEC industry: A literature overview

P Pauwels, S Zhang, YC Lee - Automation in construction, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the recent years, the usage of semantic web technologies has notably increased in the
domains of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). These technologies are …

A scientometric analysis and critical review of construction related ontology research

B Zhong, H Wu, H Li, S Sepasgozar, H Luo… - Automation in construction, 2019 - Elsevier
There is a wide range of literature on adopting ontology to solve construction problems, but
no review of existing studies has systematically analyzed and visualized the trends in …

Ontology-based semantic modeling of construction safety knowledge: Towards automated safety planning for job hazard analysis (JHA)

S Zhang, F Boukamp, J Teizer - Automation in Construction, 2015 - Elsevier
Construction safety related knowledge and project specific information are scattered and
fragmented. Despite technological advancements of information and knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] A shared ontology suite for digital construction workflow

Y Zheng, S Törmä, O Seppänen - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
With ongoing advancements in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in all
stages of the construction lifecycle, information from entities related to construction workflow …

IfcOWL: A case of transforming EXPRESS schemas into ontologies

J Beetz, J Van Leeuwen, B De Vries - Ai Edam, 2009 - cambridge.org
Ontologies have been successfully applied as a semantic enabler of communication
between both users and applications in fragmented, heterogeneous multinational business …

A critical review of text-based research in construction: Data source, analysis method, and implications

S Baek, W Jung, SH Han - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
The advancement of natural language processing and text mining techniques facilitate
automatic non-trivial pattern extraction and knowledge discovery from text data. However …

BIM and GIS integration and interoperability based on semantic web technology

EP Karan, J Irizarry, J Haymaker - Journal of Computing in Civil …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
When making design and construction decisions, planners must consider information from
different scales and domains. Currently, building and geospatial data are shared and …

Utilization of semantic web technologies to improve BIM-LCA applications

S Sobhkhiz, H Taghaddos, M Rezvani… - Automation in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Currently, designers require to use numerous incomplete data sources and make multiple
assumptions to conduct an LCA. We argue that traditional methods are incapable of …

Improving knowledge capture and retrieval in the BIM environment: Combining case-based reasoning and natural language processing

H Wang, X Meng, X Zhu - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
Most knowledge management (KM) techniques capture knowledge at the end of a project,
leading to knowledge loss. Building information modeling (BIM) is a building information …