Assessment of AEC students' performance using BIM-into-VR

S Alizadehsalehi, A Hadavi, JC Huang - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Virtual reality (VR) have attracted growing attention
within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry in recent years …

Automated workers' ergonomic risk assessment in manual material handling using sEMG wearable sensors and machine learning

SE Mudiyanselage, PHD Nguyen, MS Rajabi… - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Manual material handling tasks have the potential to be highly unsafe from an ergonomic
viewpoint. Safety inspections to monitor body postures can help mitigate ergonomic risks of …

Toward life cycle sustainability in infrastructure: the role of automation and robotics in PPP projects

M Hoeft, M Pieper, K Eriksson, HJ Bargstädt - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article identifies how project life cycle characteristics and automation and robotic
technologies influence the sustainability of public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure …

Construction industry 4.0 and sustainability: an enabling framework

S Balasubramanian, V Shukla, N Islam… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Governments worldwide are taking actions to address the construction sector's sustainability
concerns, including high carbon emissions, health and safety risks, low productivity, and …

A small samples training framework for deep Learning-based automatic information extraction: Case study of construction accident news reports analysis

D Feng, H Chen - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge management is crucial for construction safety management. Widely
collected and well-organized safety-related documents are recognized to be significant in …

Construction activity recognition with convolutional recurrent networks

T Slaton, C Hernandez, R Akhavian - Automation in Construction, 2020 - Elsevier
Although heavy equipment is an indispensable resource in many construction projects, it is
often underutilized. Inefficient usage patterns and frequent idling contribute to increased …

Incentivisation of digital technology takers in the construction industry

A Ebekozien, MS Samsurijan - Engineering, Construction and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Studies showed that digital technology applications in the construction industry are
low, especially in many developing nations. Construction incentivisation (CI) is one of the …

[PDF][PDF] Lean construction 4.0: Exploring the challenges of development in the AEC industry

F Hamzeh, VA González, LF Alarcon… - Proceedings of the 29th …, 2021 - academia.edu
ABSTRACT In 1994, Lean Construction was understood as the application of Toyota
Production principles to Construction. Since then, Lean Construction researchers and …

Implications of machine learning integrated technologies for construction progress detection under industry 4.0 (IR 4.0)

AH Qureshi, WS Alaloul, B Manzoor… - … and Innovation in …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The IR 4.0 and automated construction progress detection are greenfield areas among
researchers in current times. However, the implementation of the IR 4.0 theme for progress …

Interoperability of digital tools for the monitoring and control of construction projects

L Duarte-Vidal, RF Herrera, E Atencio… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Monitoring the progress on a construction site during the construction phase is crucial. An
inadequate understanding of the project status can lead to mistakes and inappropriate …