Article
Construction & Building Technology
Sanjaya Chathuranga, Shan Jayasinghe, Jurgita Antucheviciene, Ruwan Wickramarachchi, Nilan Udayanga, W. A. S. Weerakkody
Summary: The aim of this study is to identify practices for construction companies to adopt agile project management methods during the design stage of projects that use BIM solutions. Despite the benefits of agile methods, waterfall project management is still more commonly used in the industry. However, recent studies suggest that adopting agile methodologies during the design stage is possible due to the similarities with software development projects. Based on a systematic literature review, the researchers identified 10 practices that can drive agile adoption, and these were validated by an architectural consultancy firm.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Ying Lu, Peizhen Gong, Yuchun Tang, Shuqi Sun, Qiming Li
Summary: Construction Hazard Prevention through Design (CHPtD) can significantly reduce safety risks in the construction industry. This paper proposes a new method for quantitatively assessing construction safety risks during the design stage, using likelihood, consequence, and exposure indexes along with building information modeling technology to aid architects and designers in selecting safe design alternatives quickly.
AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nur Syafika Artika Rahim, Syuhaida Ismail, Chitdrakantan Subramaniam, Siti Nora Haryati Abdullah Habib, Serdar Durdyev
Summary: Building Information Modelling (BIM) plays a significant role in project management decision-making and data integration efforts during the preliminary planning and design stage in the construction industry. The implementation of critical BIM strategies is crucial for the development of sustainable housing construction projects in Malaysia.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Ying Gao, Menghu Yue, Jinyue Zhang, Zishuo Jin, Shuibo Zhang, Kai Pan
Summary: This study investigates the impact of institutional pressures on BIM identity among technical staff in the construction industry. The results show that coercive pressure, mimetic pressure, and normative pressure are positively related to BIM identity. Perceived usefulness plays a mediating role, fully mediating the positive relationship between normative pressure and BIM identity, and partially mediating the positive relationships between the other two forms of pressure and BIM identity. The findings contribute to understanding the psychological process of BIM adoption and provide guidance for project managers to improve BIM performance and productivity.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Razieh Tavallaei, Alinaghi Mashayekhi, Norma Harrison, Masoud Talebian, Roger Moser
Summary: The influence of institutional context on organizations to adopt new technologies has been little studied in the AEC industry. This study examines the relationships between institutional pressures, top management support, and the adoption of building information modeling (BIM) in AEC organizations. The findings show that normative pressure is the most significant institutional pressure affecting BIM adoption in all types of organizations in the industry.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Adrian Castro-Lopez, Victor Iglesias, Maria Leticia Santos-Vijande
Summary: This study examines the effects of institutional pressures and organizational agility on the adoption of circular business models and specific circular practices. Results from a sample of 218 manufacturing firms show that institutional pressures and organizational agility drive changes at a strategic level, which are then reflected in specific circular practices. Organizational capabilities have a stronger influence on circular product innovation and production, while external pressures have a higher impact on changes in recycling processes.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Business
Reyhaneh S. Shojaei, Gemma Burgess
Summary: This study investigates the non-technical barriers to the adoption of digital innovation in the construction industry. The findings highlight the importance of collaborative culture, human-centric leaders, and workforce training for successful adoption of digital technology in construction firms.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Ahsan Waqar, Idris Othman, Saleh Hayat, Dorin Radu, Muhammad Basit Khan, Teofil Florin Galatanu, Hammad R. Almujibah, Marijana Hadzima-Nyarko, Omrane Benjeddou
Summary: This study investigates the disparities in the adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) by analyzing factors such as data interoperability, standardization, collaboration, skill gaps, and resistance to change. The data collected through surveys are analyzed using two statistical techniques. The study reveals significant associations between BIM adoption and factors such as continuous integration, monitoring and control, project management, resolution and performance, structural management, sustainability administration, and value management. It provides valuable insights, recommendations, and highlights the importance of complementary factors for enhancing BIM implementation.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Alcinia Zita Sampaio, Goncalo Azevedo, Augusto Gomes
Summary: The BIM methodology has been implemented in the construction industry, covering various sectors such as design development, planning, and management. A BIM manager is responsible for coordinating tasks and ensuring consistency in building design. The BIM manager plays a crucial role in improving the quality of the final product.
Article
Engineering, Civil
R. V. K. Vigneshwar, S. Shanmugapriya, U. Sindhu Vaardini
Summary: Building information modeling (BIM) provides significant benefits in solving construction problems, but its adoption and implementation are relatively low in Indian construction projects. To improve BIM adoption, it is important to analyze the advantages and obstacles faced by practitioners. Based on survey results, administration support and people competency are identified as important factors in promoting BIM adoption.
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Lina Gharaibeh, Sandra T. Matarneh, Kristina Eriksson, Bjorn Lantz
Summary: This paper focuses on exploring the barriers hindering BIM implementation in the Swedish construction industry, specifically in the wood construction sector. Through literature review and expert input, 34 barriers were identified and a conceptual model was developed to recommend solutions for maximizing BIM implementation in the wood construction industry.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Ana Perez-Garcia, Norena Martin-Dorta, Jose Angel Aranda
Summary: The use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the AECO sector is becoming increasingly widespread, allowing for the construction of digital scale models to detect conflicts early, facilitate communication, and streamline processes. While studies on BIM are plentiful, there are few that focus on its inclusion in public procurement, a complex and competitive stage. Spain has made significant progress in implementing BIM in public procurement, with a notable increase in tenders with BIM requirements published in recent years.
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Ethan J. Belcher, Yewande S. Abraham
Summary: Infrastructure plays a crucial role in a nation's economy and sustainability, but the United States has long struggled with inadequate infrastructure. Despite the potential of BIM and digital technologies to revolutionize the building industry, their adoption in infrastructure projects remains limited. This study explores the application of BIM and emerging technologies in transportation projects, identifies research gaps, and discusses the use of technology to address current infrastructure challenges.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ahsan Waqar, Abdul Hannan Qureshi, Wesam Salah Alaloul
Summary: This study identifies and analyzes critical obstacles to using BIM in small construction projects in Malaysia through semi-structured interviews and exploratory factor analysis. The findings reveal that technical adoption barriers, behavioral barriers, management barriers, and implementation hurdles are critical for adopting BIM in Malaysia. The study's results will help policymakers eliminate these barriers and enhance the use of BIM in small construction projects in Malaysia to save costs, save time, boost productivity, and improve quality and sustainability.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Min-Ho Shin, Hwan-Yong Kim
Summary: The study found that while a considerable proportion of respondents have received BIM education, the majority believe that formal BIM education is necessary, citing error checking ability as the biggest advantage of BIM. Survey results show that most respondents believe there should be proper compensation for BIM implementation, with suggestions to increase construction and design fees. In order to successfully apply BIM, a series of issues need to be addressed, including guidelines and details for BIM work and delivery, standardized BIM education, and an appropriate compensation system.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Mengjue Xing, Jiming Cao, Dongping Cao
Summary: This study examines how regional institutional policies impact organizational BIM implementation practices and how these impacts are moderated by different sources of uncertainty related to policy making and enforcement. The results show that regional policy mix comprehensiveness positively affects the level of BIM implementation, but this relationship is strengthened by higher levels of environmental state uncertainty and weakened by higher levels of response uncertainty.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Ergonomics
Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari, Heng Li, Alan Hoi Shou Chan, JoonOh Seo, Shahnawaz Anwer, Hao-Yang Mi, Zezhou Wu, Arnold Yu Lok Wong
Summary: This review systematically analyzed and visualized research on work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among construction workers published between 2000 and 2021. The results identified influential authors and research topics, highlighting the significance of MSDs, ergonomics, and construction in this field. Contributions to WMSD research primarily came from the United States, Hong Kong, and Canada. The review also summarized mainstream research topics, identified research gaps, and proposed future directions.
JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Zengcheng Sun, Ping He, Heng Li, Jiannong Cao, Feiqi Deng
Summary: The group consensus of second-order sample multi-agent systems is investigated using a distributed event-triggered mechanism. A consensus protocol is proposed, which is updated only when the event-triggered condition is met and the update only depends on the data collected at the moment of triggering. The sufficient condition for group consensus is obtained, and a differential equation is constructed to avoid the Zeno phenomenon and obtain a minimum positive and lower bound for any two trigger time intervals. The effectiveness is verified through a simulation example.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II-EXPRESS BRIEFS
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Tiffany H. T. Wong, Kaden S. K. Lee, Sharon M. C. Lo, Mandy M. P. Kan, Crystal Kwan, Emmanuelle Opsommer, Shahnawaz Anwer, Heng Li, Arnold Y. L. Wong, Veronika Schoeb
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the experiences, challenges, concerns, and coping strategies of older women with chronic low back pain (CLBP) in Hong Kong. The findings revealed that CLBP has negative impacts on older women's daily life, both physically and psychologically. They adopted various pain management strategies, with some influenced by the Chinese culture. Family support, as well as social activities and support from elderly community centers, were found to be important factors for their management of CLBP.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Melissa Leung, Mandy M. P. Kan, Hugo M. H. Cheng, Diana E. De Carvalho, Shahnawaz Anwer, Heng Li, Arnold Y. L. Wong
Summary: The use of laptops leads to poor working postures and neck pain among university students. Postural braces have the potential to improve upper back/neck posture and may serve as an ergonomic aid for this population.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Ziwei Qin, Yi Yang, Qingli Tian, Hao-Yang Mi, Heng Li, Runhao Guo, Ying Wang, Chuntai Liu, Changyu Shen
Summary: Developing protective materials with intelligent and stimuli-responsive properties is essential for safety purposes. However, combining contradictory properties into a single polymer is challenging. In this study, a strain-hardening supramolecular polyurethane nanocomposite (SPN) with high mechanical strength and unique impact protection properties is synthesized by incorporating quadruple hydrogen bonds (H-bonds), disulfide bonds, and modified silica nanoparticles into polyurethane elastomer. This SPN material exhibits high energy absorption efficiency and impact protection properties through the dynamic break and re-form characteristic of quadruple H-bonds and the stress dissipation behavior of nanoparticles.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Manufacturing
Ziran Du, Cheng Zhou, Hao-Yang Mi, Heng Li, Ziwei Qin, Ruyan Xu, Yaming Wang, Chuntai Liu, Changyu Shen
Summary: High-performance electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials with low reflection are urgently needed to address secondary electromagnetic pollution. This study proposes ecoflex-encased gradient MXene-decorated melamine foams (eGMMFs) to achieve both ultra-low reflection and efficient shielding. By designing a gradual increased gradient MXene conductive network and a reflector of reduced graphene oxide, the eGMMF integrates multiple layers for improved impedance matching, loss, and reflection, resulting in an average shielding efficiency of 78.8 dB and a reflection coefficient (R) of 0.022 in the X-band. A record-low R value of 3.84 x 10(-5) at 11.52 GHz is achieved, surpassing previously reported MXene-based shields. Furthermore, the developed eGMMF exhibits remarkable piezoresistive sensing and anti-impacting performance. This work provides new insights and guidance for the development of multifunctional shielding and absorbing materials.
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
(2023)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Xin Fang, Heng Li, Haitao Wu, Lang Fan, Ting Kong, Yue Wu
Summary: This paper introduces a method based on 360 degrees panoramic images and deep learning for fast end-to-end interior progress evaluation. The proposed method takes only one or two 360 degrees panoramic images as input, estimates key corners, generates and registers room layouts, and semantically segments sparse point cloud. The experimental results show that the proposed method achieves comparable performance against those on public data sets.
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
(2023)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Xin Fang, Heng Li, Sherong Zhang, Jikang Zhang, Chao Wang, Xiaohua Wang, Ziao Ma, He Jia
Summary: This study provides an innovative automated underwater inspection analysis scheme using ROV and computer vision techniques to inspect and evaluate the invasion of L. fortunei in water conveyance structures. The scheme improves underwater image quality and accurately detects L. fortunei through image enhancement and segmentation methods.
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Pan Zhang, Haitao Wu, Heng Li, Botao Zhong, Ivan W. H. Fung, Yiu Yin Raymond Lee
Summary: Efficient information sharing is crucial for the success of Modular integrated Construction (MiC) projects. Blockchain provides powerful solutions to address information barriers and foster trust among MiC stakeholders. However, the construction industry lacks empirical evidence and is cautious about adopting this disruptive technology. This study uses game theory to examine stakeholders' decision-making processes and identifies key factors influencing their decisions, such as diffusion rate value thresholds, benefits of blockchain adoption, government subsidies, and relevant costs. The study also suggests pilot projects and subsidy or incentive policies to enhance stakeholders' perceived values and promote blockchain adoption in MiC projects.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Mingxiao Li, Guangbin Wang, Dongping Cao, Jide Sun, Guangshe Jia
Summary: Accurately estimating construction duration and setting reasonable project schedule goals are crucial in airport projects due to their substantial economic and social benefits. However, the uncertainties and complexities associated with terminal construction projects limit the usability of traditional estimation methods. Case-based reasoning (CBR) has been employed to estimate construction duration in the early project stage, but the detailed procedures require further investigation to enhance its performance.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Shahnawaz Anwer, Heng Li, Waleed Umer, Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari, Imran Mehmood, Yantao Yu, Carl Haas, Arnold Yu Lok Wong
Summary: This study analyzed heart rate variability (HRV) using nonlinear methods to determine the level of physical fatigue in construction workers. It showed that both linear and nonlinear HRV analyses can be used to detect and classify physical fatigue in construction workers.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Hanyue Yang, Heng Li, Guangbin Wang, Dongping Cao
Summary: This study investigates the impact of employment opportunity and environmental amenity disparities on the interregional migration patterns of construction workers. The findings suggest that the interregional migration of construction workers is primarily driven by disparities in employment opportunities, while disparities in environment amenities play a lesser role.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Haiyi Zong, Guangbin Wang, Dongping Cao
Summary: This study characterizes the complexity of collaborative networks between contractors and subcontractors in infrastructure development by comparing the structural characteristics and formation mechanisms of two types of infrastructure projects: public works owned by government agencies and public utilities owned by non-government agencies. The empirical results show that public works networks are more globally connected and open to new subcontractors compared to public utilities networks. Additionally, while organizational and geographical homophily have a positive impact on the formation of both networks, institutional homophily has an opposite effect.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Tai Wai Kwok, SiWei Chang, Heng Li
Summary: This study investigates client satisfaction with UCWS products in Hong Kong and identifies reduction in construction time and reduction in construction waste as the most important factors influencing client satisfaction.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
