Advances in Informatics and Computing in Civil and Construction Engineering

Wearable Electromyography (EMG) to Assess Construction Workers' Muscle Fatigue.- Tacit knowledge: how can we capture it?.- Inside the Collective Mind: Features Extraction to Support Automated Design Space Explorations.- Detecting falls-from-height with wearable sensors and reducing consequences of occupational fall accidents leveraging IoT.- Using Augmented Reality to Facilitate Construction Site Activities.- Semantic frame-based information extraction from utility regulatory documents to support compliance checking.- Ontology-based Semantic Retrieval of Energy Consumption Management.- Visualisation of risk information in BIM to support risk mitigation and communication: case studies.- Team interactions in digitally-mediated design meetings.- User perceptions of and needs for smart home technology in South Africa.- Seamless integration of multi-touch table and immersive VR for collaborative design - a real-world case of designing healthcare environments.- Development and Usability Testing ofa Panoramic Augmented Reality Environment for Fall Hazard Safety Training.- The Negative Effects of Mobile ICT on Productivity in Indian Construction Projects.- Augmented reality combined with location-based management system to improve the construction process, quality control and information flow.- Workflow in Virtual Reality too Development for AEC Industry.- Implementation of Augmented Reality Throughout the Lifecycle of Construction Projects.- Challenges around integrating collaborative immersive technologies into a large infrastructure engineering project.- Part 3. Computer Support in Design and Construction.- Cyber Security Management Framework for a Cloud- based BIM Computing Model.- A System for Early Detection of Maintainability Issues using BIM.- Towards automated analysis of ambiguity in modular construction contract documents (a qualitative & quantitative study).- Adopting Parametric Construction Analysis in Integrated Design Teams.- Integrating BIM, Optimization and a multi-criteria decision-making method in Building Design Process.- A BIM-based decision support system for building maintenance.- Structural behaviour analysis and optimisation, integrating MATLAB with Autodesk Robot.- An Assessment of BIM-CAREM against the Selected BIM Capability Assessment Models.- Towards a BIM-agile method in architectural design: assessment of a pedagogical experiment.- A Generalized Adaptive Framework for Automating Design Review Process: Technical Principles.- An integrated simulation-based approach for considering effects of weather on formwork removal time.- Exploring Future Stakeholder Feedback on Performance-based Design across the Virtuality Continuum.- A BIM Based Simulation Framework for Fire Evacuation Planning.- Do We Look? An Eye-Tracking Study of Architectural Features in Building Design.- Developing a Framework of a Multi-objective and Multi- Criteria Based Approach for Integration of LCA-LCC and Dynamic Analysis in Industrialized Multi-Storey Timber Construction.- Collective decision-making with 4D BIM: Collaboration group persona study.- Post-Occupancy Evaluation parameters in Multi-Objective Optimization-based design process.- Social Paradigms in Contemporary Airport Design.- A method for facilitating 4D modeling by automating task information generation and mapping.- Part 4. Intelligent Autonomous Systems.- An autonomous Thermal Scanning System with which to Obtain 3D Thermal Models of Buildings.- Productivity Improvement in the Construction Industry: A Case Study of Mechanization in Singapore.- Automated Building Information Models Reconstruction using 2D Mechanical Drawings.- Architectural Symmetry Detection from 3D Urban Point Clouds: A Derivative-Free Optimization (DFO) approach.- Sequential Pattern Analyses of Damages on Bridge Elements for Preventive Maintenance.- Sound Event Recognition-Based Classification Model for Automated Emergency Detection in Indoor Environment.- Improved Window Detection in Facade Images.- Path Planning of LiDAR-equipped UAV for Bridge Inspection Considering Potential Locations of Defects.- Automatic Annotation of Web Images for Domain-Specific Crack Classification.- A Machine Learning Approach for Compliance Checking-Specific Semantic Role Labeling of Building Code Sentences.- Requirement Text Detection from Contract Packages to Support Project Definition Determination.- In Search of Open and Practical Language-Driven BIM-based Automated Rule Checking Systems.- Image-based Localization for Facilitating Construction Field Reporting on Mobile Devices.- Towards an Automated Asphalt Paving Construction Inspection Operation.- Computer vision and deep learning for real-time pavement distress detection.- A Flight Simulator for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Flights Over Construction Job Sites.- Bridge Inspection using Bridge Information Modeling (BrIM) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).- Part 5. Cyber-Physical-Systems.- Comparison Between Current Methods of Indoor Network Analysis for Emergency Response Through BIM-GIS Integration.- Instrumentation and Data Collection Methodology to Enhance Productivity in Construction Sites Using Embedded Systems and IoT Technologies.- A cyber-physical middleware platform for buildings in smart cities.- A Framework for CPS-based Real-time Mobile Crane Operations.- Drive towards real-time reasoning of building performance: Development of a live, cloud-based system.- Bayesian Network Modeling of Airport Runway Incursion Occurring Processes for Predictive Accident Control.- A Low Cost System For Monitoring Tower Crane Productivity Cycles Combining Inertial Measurement Units, Load Cells and Lora Networks.- The interface of a BIM-IoT prototype for Energy Consumption Monitoring.- Predicting Energy Consumption of Office Buildings: A Hybrid Machine Learning-Based Approach.- Part 6. Computing and Innovations for Design Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure.- Thermal Performance Assessment of Curtain Walls of Fully Operational Buildings Using Infrared Thermography and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.- BIM and Lean-Business Process Reengineering for Energy Management Optimization of Existing Buildings.- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) based visual analytics framework for highway project performance evaluation.- Usage of Interface Management in adaptive reuse of buildings.- Semantic Enrichment of As-is BIMs for Building Energy Simulation.- Proof of Concept for a BIM-based Material Passport.- Learning from Class-Imbalanced Bridge and Weather Data for Supporting Bridge Deterioration Prediction.- Machine-Learning-Based Model for Supporting Energy Performance Benchmarking for Office Buildings.- Occupants Behavior-based Design Study Using BIM-GIS Integration: An Alternative Design Approach for Architects.- Standardisation of Whole Life Cost estimation for early design decision-making utilising Building Information Modelling.- Data Model Centered Road Maintenance Support System Using Mobile Device.- Ontology-based Semantic Modelingof Disaster Resilient Construction Operations: Towards a Knowledge-based Decision Support System.- A methodology for real-time 3D visualization of asphalt thermal behavior during road construction.- Eliminating Building and Construction Waste with Computer-Aided Manufacturing and Prefabrication.- A methodological proposal for risk analysis in the construction of tunnels.- Technology Alternatives for Workplace Safety Risk Mitigation in Construction: Exploratory Study.- Part 7. Education, Training, and Learning with Technologies.- BIM4VET, towards BIM training recommendation for AEC professionals.- Teaching effective collaborative information delivery and management in response to a BIM mandate.- A Story of Online Construction Masters' Project: Is An Active Online Independent Study Course Possible?.- Lessons learned from a multi-year initiative to integrate data-driven design using BIM into undergraduate architectural education.- Integrated and collaborative architectural design: 10 years of experience teaching BIM.- Toward a Roadmap for BIM Adoption and Implementation by Small-Sized Construction Companies.- BIM Implementation in Mega Projects: Challenges and Enablers in the Istanbul Grand Airport (IGA) Project.- Virtual Learning for Workers in Robot Deployed Construction Sites.- Building Energy Modeling in Airport Architecture Design.