Scene understanding in construction and buildings using image processing methods: A comprehensive review and a case study

M Arashpour, T Ngo, H Li - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Acquiring photos and videos has become a new norm in construction and building projects.
However, imagery data is not utilized effectively due to the shortage of required skillsets in …

Critical analysis about emerging technologies for building's façade inspection

IS Dias, I Flores-Colen, A Silva - Buildings, 2021 - mdpi.com
The diagnosis of the building's façades pathology is extremely important to support rational
and technically informed decisions regarding maintenance and rehabilitation actions. With a …

Automated computer vision-based detection of components of under-construction indoor partitions

H Hamledari, B McCabe, S Davari - Automation in Construction, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a computer vision-based algorithm that automatically detects the
components of an interior partition and infers its current state using 2D digital images. The …

Product inspection policy for an imperfect production system with inspection errors and warranty cost

B Sarkar, S Saren - European Journal of Operational Research, 2016 - Elsevier
During manufacturing of products, all produced items are considered as perfect in general.
This viewpoint of taking all finished products are perfect is not correct always. Defective …

Instance-level recognition and quantification for concrete surface bughole based on deep learning

F Wei, G Yao, Y Yang, Y Sun - Automation in Construction, 2019 - Elsevier
Bughole is one of the primary influences affecting the surface quality of concrete, the
traditional measurement methods are carried out by manual inspection, which is considered …

A multi-scale robotic approach for precise crack measurement in concrete structures

AG Alamdari, A Ebrahimkhanlou - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a multi-scale robotic approach for measuring the width, length, shape,
and profile of hairline cracks in concrete structures. The approach uses a convolutional …

Deep learning-based weathering type recognition in historical stone monuments

ME Hatir, M Barstuğan, İ İnce - Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2020 - Elsevier
Stone cultural heritages provide meaningful value and information about the culture,
religion, economics, and esthetics of the period in which they were built. However, these …

How and why we need to capture tacit knowledge in manufacturing: Case studies of visual inspection

TL Johnson, SR Fletcher, W Baker, RL Charles - Applied ergonomics, 2019 - Elsevier
Human visual inspection skills remain superior for ensuring product quality and
conformance to standards in the manufacturing industry. However, at present these skills …

Vision-based inspection of prefabricated components using camera poses: Addressing inherent limitations of image-based 3D reconstruction

D Lee, GY Nie, K Han - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Modular construction can lead to additional cost overruns and delays when a defect is found
on the construction site and is not easily repairable. Researchers have developed various …

Effects of variable production rate on quality of products in a single-vendor multi-buyer supply chain management

B Sarkar, A Majumder, M Sarkar, N Kim… - The International Journal …, 2018 - Springer
A supply chain with multiple buyers leads to a hike in demand and for satisfying them, a high
standard production manufacturing system is required. A predetermined production rate in a …