Computer vision applications in construction: Current state, opportunities & challenges

S Paneru, I Jeelani - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
Thousands of images and videos are collected from construction projects during
construction. These contain valuable data that, if harnessed efficiently, can help automate or …

Automated methods for activity recognition of construction workers and equipment: State-of-the-art review

B Sherafat, CR Ahn, R Akhavian… - Journal of …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Equipment and workers are two important resources in the construction industry.
Performance monitoring of these resources would help project managers improve the …

Remote proximity monitoring between mobile construction resources using camera-mounted UAVs

D Kim, M Liu, SH Lee, VR Kamat - Automation in Construction, 2019 - Elsevier
Struck-by accidents have resulted in a significant number of fatal and nonfatal injuries in the
construction industry. As a proactive safety measure against struck-by hazards, the authors …

Development of an image data set of construction machines for deep learning object detection

B Xiao, SC Kang - Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Deep learning object detection algorithms have proven their capacity to identify a variety of
objects from images and videos in near real-time speed. The construction industry can …

Transfer learning and deep convolutional neural networks for safety guardrail detection in 2D images

Z Kolar, H Chen, X Luo - Automation in Construction, 2018 - Elsevier
Safety has been a concern for the construction industry for decades. Unsafe conditions and
behaviors are considered as the major causes of construction accidents. The current safety …

Automated excavators activity recognition and productivity analysis from construction site surveillance videos

C Chen, Z Zhu, A Hammad - Automation in construction, 2020 - Elsevier
The productivity of construction equipment plays an important role in completing
construction projects within schedule and under budget. However, the current productivity …

End-to-end vision-based detection, tracking and activity analysis of earthmoving equipment filmed at ground level

D Roberts, M Golparvar-Fard - Automation in Construction, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new benchmark dataset for validating vision-based methods that
automatically identifies visually distinctive working activities of excavators and dump trucks …

Combining computer vision with semantic reasoning for on-site safety management in construction

H Wu, B Zhong, H Li, P Love, X Pan, N Zhao - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Computer vision has been utilized to extract safety-related information from images with the
advancement of video monitoring systems and deep learning algorithms. However …

Vision-based method for tracking workers by integrating deep learning instance segmentation in off-site construction

B Xiao, H Xiao, J Wang, Y Chen - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
Vision-based tracking of construction workers is the fundamental step for many automated
applications in off-site construction. This research proposes a vision-based method for …

Utilizing emerging technologies for construction safety risk mitigation

I Okpala, C Nnaji, AA Karakhan - Practice Periodical on Structural …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Despite the use of traditional and novel approaches to improve construction safety
management, safety performance in the construction industry is still considered poor …