Digital Twin (DT) concept has recently emerged in civil engineering; however, some
problems still need to be addressed. First, DT can be easily confused with Building …

Scan-to-BIM of existing buildings is in high demand by the construction industry. However,
these models are costly and time-consuming to create. The automation of this process is still …

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 …

There is a serious information gap between different life-cycle stages and different BIM
platforms, semantic enrichment (SE) for BIM is an important solution to address this issue …

In recent times, there has been a growing interest in urban building energy modeling
(UBEM), owing to its potential benefits for cities. These benefits include aiding city decision …

The study outlines the state-of-art on interoperability between Building Information Modeling
(BIM) and Building Performance Simulation (BPS). First, the paper organises the result of a …

Full interoperability between BIM and energy simulation tools has not yet been achieved.
Performance prediction metamodels can help to overcome this issue and serve as an …

Digitalization and sustainability are twin trends in the construction industry (CI). Mobile
devices are becoming more and more powerful, gaining the ability to support tasks that, until …

3D virtual management is a topic of growing interest. The AEC industry is undergoing a real
revolution because of the technological changes that are taking place. Synchronized 3D …

According to the European Commission, the Digital Building Logbook (DBL) is a repository
of all of the relevant data of a building. It was first introduced at the European scale in the …