Bridges play a crucial role in modern societies, regardless of their culture, geographical
location, or economic development. The safest, economical, and most resilient bridges are …

Informatization and automatization are considered mainstream trends in the future
architecture-engineering-construction/facility management (AEC/FM) industry. Building …

With the pervasive use of Building Information Modelling (BIM), lean principles, digital
technologies, and offsite construction, the industry is at the cusp of this transformation. The …

As innovative technologies emerge, extensive research has been undertaken to develop
new structural health monitoring procedures. The current methods, involving on-site visual …

An autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system integrated with a modified faster
region-based convolutional neural network (Faster R-CNN) is proposed to identify various …

Bridges are critical infrastructure, and effective operation and maintenance (O&M) is
essential for ensuring the good condition of bridges. Owing to the increasing complexity of …

Deterioration of bridge infrastructure is a serious concern to transport and government
agencies as it declines serviceability and reliability of bridges and jeopardizes public safety …

Practical interest in 'computer vision'has risen remarkably over the last 20 years,
transforming the current state of construction-related research and attracting the worldwide …

Computer vision has shown potential for assisting post-earthquake inspection of buildings
through automatic damage detection in images. However, assessing the safety of an …

The present work focuses on the use of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), commonly known
as drones, for the inspection and assessment of bridge infrastructures. Recent events, in …