Structural sustainability appraisal in BIM

AH Oti, W Tizani, FH Abanda, A Jaly-Zada… - Automation in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The provision of Application Programming Interface (API) in BIM-enable tools can
contribute to facilitating BIM-related research. APIs are useful links for running plug-ins and …

BIM extension for the sustainability appraisal of conceptual steel design

AH Oti, W Tizani - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Contemporary advancements in Information Technology and the efforts from
various research initiatives in the AEC industry are showing evidence of progress with the …

[HTML][HTML] Ontology-based manufacturability analysis automation for industrialized construction

J Cao, E Vakaj, RK Soman, DM Hall - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
The current digital fabrication workflow requires many iterations between design and
manufacturing. Automated manufacturability analysis can reduce the number of iterations at …

An ontology-based approach to data exchanges for robot navigation on construction sites

S Karimi, I Iordanova, D St-Onge - arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.10239, 2021 - arxiv.org
With growth in the use of autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) for automated data
collection from construction projects, the problem of inter-disciplinary semantic data sharing …

Design, data and process issues for mega-scale rapid manufacturing machines used for construction

RA Buswell, A Thorpe, RC Soar, AGF Gibb - Automation in Construction, 2008 - Elsevier
Building three dimensional objects in sequential layers is a technique employed by Rapid
Manufacturing processes which allow great freedom in the design of the manufactured …

Querying a building information model for construction-specific spatial information

MP Nepal, S Staub-French, R Pottinger… - Advanced Engineering …, 2012 - Elsevier
The design and construction community has shown increasing interest in adopting building
information models (BIMs). The richness of information provided by BIMs has the potential to …

[HTML][HTML] A graph-based approach for module library development in industrialized construction

J Cao, DF Bucher, DM Hall, M Eggers - Computers in Industry, 2022 - Elsevier
A library of prefabricated parts and assemblies, ie module library, can help a firm in the
construction industry transition to a more industrialized and product-oriented approach …

BIMSeek++: Retrieving BIM components using similarity measurement of attributes

N Li, Q Li, YS Liu, W Lu, W Wang - Computers in Industry, 2020 - Elsevier
Building information modeling (BIM) has played a central role in architecture, engineering,
and construction (AEC) industry, which also becomes an active research direction in smart …

A framework for integrating syntax, semantics and pragmatics for computer-aided professional practice: With application of costing in construction industry

S Xu, K Liu, LCM Tang, W Li - Computers in Industry, 2016 - Elsevier
Producing a bill of quantity is a knowledge-based, dynamic and collaborative process, and
evolves with variances and current evidence. However, within the context of information …

Cost estimation in building information models

S Xu, K Liu, LCM Tang - … 2013: Construction and Operation in the …, 2013 - ascelibrary.org
Digitalization is the next trend of development in the construction industry, with increasingly
more information being digital in nature. Addressing this development within our industry is …