The importance of building information is highly attached to the ability of conventional
storing to provide professional analysis. The Internet of Things (IoT) and smart devices offer …

The manual creation of digital models of existing buildings for operations and maintenance
is difficult and time-consuming. Machine learning and deep learning techniques have …

Laser scanning, as a rising topic within the Architecture, Engineering and Construction
(AEC) industry, has been increasing both in importance and practice as a means of …

The rapidly expanding field of Scan-to-BIM applications highlights the importance of model
uncertainty assessment in describing the quality of modeling results. Although there have …

Accurate as-built information is required to operate, maintain, and adapt existing buildings.
Scan-to-BIM has become a feasible approach for collecting and modelling 3D as-built …

Abstract The management of Cultural Heritage (CH) requires increasingly efficient, simple
and shareable tools, methods and knowledge. In this environment, a suitable procedure was …

Throughout the history of human civilization, specialization and division of labour have been
key factors of progress. They were made possible by the cooperation of ever-larger groups …

Digital twins (DTs) and building information modelling (BIM) are proving to be valuable tools
for managing the entire life cycle of a building (LCB), from the early design stages to …

Currently, fully automated as-built modeling of building interiors using point-cloud data still
remains an open challenge, due to several problems that repeatedly arise:(1) complex …

As a bridge between physical objects and as-built models, image-based 3D reconstruction
performs a vital role by generating point cloud models, mesh models, textured models, and …