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Deep learning-based computer vision methods for shield tunnel defect recognition 基于深度学习的盾构隧道缺陷识别方法

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Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106807

Ya-Dong Xue , Fei Jia , Wei Luo , Dong-Mei Zhang , Jie Liu , Yong-Fa Guo

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Margin-aware maximum classifier discrepancy for BIM-to-scan semantic segmentation of building point clouds 基于边缘感知的建筑点云bim -扫描语义分割最大分类器差异

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Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106799

Difeng Hu , You Dong , Mingkai Li , Hanmo Wang , Tao Wang

{"title":"Margin-aware maximum classifier discrepancy for BIM-to-scan semantic segmentation of building point clouds","authors":"Difeng Hu , You Dong , Mingkai Li , Hanmo Wang , Tao Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106799","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106799","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>BIM-derived point clouds are valuable for semantic segmentation and BIM modeling, but distribution discrepancies between BIM and real-world scans significantly degrade segmentation performance. To mitigate this issue, this paper develops a margin-aware maximum classifier discrepancy (MMCD) method, which extends the conventional MCD framework by incorporating a margin-aware mechanism. Task-specific classifiers act as discriminators to encourage the feature generator to learn domain-invariant yet discriminative features for unlabeled real point clouds, improving BIM-to-scan distribution alignment and segmentation accuracy. A margin-aware discrepancy loss is formulated to enforce sufficient margin between features and classification boundaries, improving robustness to domain shift. In addition, a training strategy is proposed to support MMCD optimization. Finally, a refined RandLA-Net with an attention-based upsampling module is constructed as the backbone for validation. Experiments demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves superior performance, with an IoU of 72.79% and an overall accuracy of 87.99%, outperforming RandLA-Net variants with or without MCD.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8660,"journal":{"name":"Automation in Construction","volume":"183 ","pages":"Article 106799"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146036034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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LLM-enabled multi-agent framework for natural language interaction with graph-based digital twins 支持llm的多代理框架，用于与基于图的数字孪生进行自然语言交互

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Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106791

Yuandong Pan , Mudan Wang , Linjun Lu , Rabindra Lamsal , Erika Pärn , Sisi Zlatanova , Ioannis Brilakis

{"title":"LLM-enabled multi-agent framework for natural language interaction with graph-based digital twins","authors":"Yuandong Pan , Mudan Wang , Linjun Lu , Rabindra Lamsal , Erika Pärn , Sisi Zlatanova , Ioannis Brilakis","doi":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106791","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106791","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Digital twins are increasingly used in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, but their adoption is often hindered by the need for specialised knowledge, such as database querying. This paper presents Graph-DT-GPT, a multi-agent framework that integrates Large Language Models (LLMs) with graph-based digital twins to enable natural language interaction. The framework is designed with modular agents, including decision, query generation, and answer extraction, and grounds all LLMs’ outputs in structured graph data to improve response reliability and reduce hallucinations. The framework is evaluated on two use cases: a city-level graph with over 40,000 building nodes and room-level apartment layout graphs. Graph-DT-GPT achieves 100% and 95.5% answer correctness using Claude Sonnet 4.5 and GPT-4o, respectively, in the city-scale case, and 100% correctness in the room-level case, significantly outperforming baseline methods including LangChain Neo4j pipelines by approximately 40% and 10%, respectively. These results demonstrate its scalability and potential to enhance accessible, accurate information retrieval in AEC digital twin applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8660,"journal":{"name":"Automation in Construction","volume":"183 ","pages":"Article 106791"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146071735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Condition-aware AI framework for automated structural health monitoring 用于自动结构健康监测的状态感知AI框架

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Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106748

Hamed Hasani, Francesco Freddi

{"title":"Condition-aware AI framework for automated structural health monitoring","authors":"Hamed Hasani, Francesco Freddi","doi":"10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106748","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106748","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents an AI-powered framework for automated structural health monitoring that integrates modal identification, anomaly detection, and damage localization under varying environmental and operational conditions. The approach combines stochastic subspace identification with frequency–spatial domain decomposition for automated modal extraction and a condition-aware anomaly detector based on a conditional variational autoencoder. A secondary SSA–OC-SVM module verifies and localizes damage. The methodology is validated on a laboratory-scale structure through 500 one-hour tests under temperature variations up to 35 °C and diverse loading conditions. The identified modes exhibit MAC = 0.99–1.00, confirming reliable automated identification. The CVAE reconstructs healthy-state modal frequencies with MAPE = 0.23%, RMSE = 0.027 Hz, and <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></math></span> = 0.836, effectively distinguishing environmental effects (<span><math><mrow><mo>≤</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>.</mo><mn>27</mn></mrow></math></span> pp) from genuine structural changes. The integrated framework further accurately localizes all induced damage scenarios across nine structural zones, demonstrating high accuracy, robustness, and scalability for next-generation SHM automation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8660,"journal":{"name":"Automation in Construction","volume":"183 ","pages":"Article 106748"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145976055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Lightweight semantic segmentation for construction progress monitoring using 3D point clouds 基于三维点云的施工进度监测轻量级语义分割

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Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106765

Jinting Huang , Zhonghua Xiao , Ankang Ji , Limao Zhang

{"title":"Lightweight semantic segmentation for construction progress monitoring using 3D point clouds","authors":"Jinting Huang , Zhonghua Xiao , Ankang Ji , Limao Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106765","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106765","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper proposes a lightweight semantic segmentation framework utilizing 3D point cloud data to enable automatic and rapid construction progress monitoring in high-rise building projects. This study centers on developing an efficient L-PointNet++ model that integrates self-attention mechanisms and MobileNetV3 modules, significantly reducing computational complexity and achieving a 95.63 % reduction in total training time compared to traditional PointNet++. A dual-stage training strategy is adopted to effectively address class imbalance, resulting in high segmentation accuracy with mean Intersection over Union (mIoU) values of 0.9308 for edge points and 0.9300 for corner points. Experimental results indicate that the developed framework can significantly enhance the speed and adaptability of as-built BIM model reconstruction and provide substantial improvements in decision-making efficiency and project management through the implementation of a visualization-based progress monitoring and early-warning system. Overall, the proposed approach demonstrates notable advantages in 3D reconstruction accuracy, speed, and project control, providing a robust solution for real-time construction progress monitoring applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8660,"journal":{"name":"Automation in Construction","volume":"183 ","pages":"Article 106765"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145995538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Construction productivity and digital technologies 建筑生产力和数字技术

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Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106768

Zijian Wang , Ronen Barak , Rafael Sacks , Sitsofe K. Yevu , Arnon Bentur , Georgios M. Hadjidemetriou

{"title":"Construction productivity and digital technologies","authors":"Zijian Wang , Ronen Barak , Rafael Sacks , Sitsofe K. Yevu , Arnon Bentur , Georgios M. Hadjidemetriou","doi":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106768","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106768","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although digital technologies are increasingly studied in construction, their specific impacts on productivity remain partially understood. This review aims to investigates the relationship between digital technologies and construction productivity. The methodology comprises a bibliometric analysis and a systematic literature review of studies published over the past decade. Scopus was selected as the primary database for data retrieval, with 346 publications across 16 journals being identified and analyzed. The bibliometric analysis reveals publication trends and technology interrelations, highlighting AI and optimization as central to a cohesive ecosystem involving BIM, digital twins, sensors, and robotics. The systematic literature review is structured around categorising the use of technology for productivity into four dimensions: measurement, estimation, optimisation, and enhancement. Despite this qualitative synthesis being influenced by the authors' judgement and subjectivity, it highlights the practical benefits such as improved prediction and automation, alongside challenges including data standardization, integration, and workforce adaptation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8660,"journal":{"name":"Automation in Construction","volume":"183 ","pages":"Article 106768"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146000934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Automated construction progress monitoring and control through AI-based image recognition and BIM integration 通过基于ai的图像识别和BIM集成实现施工进度自动化监控

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Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106783

Chang-Cheng Hsieh, Hung-Ming Chen, Wan-Yu Chen, Ting-Yu Wu

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Bridging dual knowledge graphs for multi-hop question answering in construction safety 面向建筑安全多跳问答的桥接双知识图

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Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106794

Yuxin Zhang, Xi Wang, Mo Hu, Zhenyu Zhang

{"title":"Bridging dual knowledge graphs for multi-hop question answering in construction safety","authors":"Yuxin Zhang, Xi Wang, Mo Hu, Zhenyu Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106794","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106794","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Information retrieval and question answering from safety regulations are essential for automated construction compliance checking but are hindered by the linguistic and structural complexity of regulatory text. Many queries are multi-hop, requiring synthesis across interlinked clauses. To address the challenge, this paper introduces BifrostRAG, a dual-graph retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system that models both linguistic relationships and document structure. The proposed architecture supports a hybrid retrieval mechanism that combines graph traversal with vector-based semantic search, enabling large language models to reason over both the content and the structure of the text. On a multi-hop question dataset, BifrostRAG achieves 92.8% precision, 85.5% recall, and an F1 score of 87.3%. These results significantly outperform vector-only and graph-only RAG baselines, establishing BifrostRAG as a robust knowledge engine for LLM-driven compliance checking. The dual-graph, hybrid retrieval mechanism presented in this paper offers a transferable blueprint for navigating complex technical documents across knowledge-intensive engineering domains.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8660,"journal":{"name":"Automation in Construction","volume":"183 ","pages":"Article 106794"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146048561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fusing enhanced YOLO and knowledge graph-based large language models for automatic risk perception in tower crane operations 融合增强的YOLO和基于知识图的大型语言模型进行塔机作业风险自动感知

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Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106823

Lingxiao Wang , Jingfeng Yuan , Shu Su , Hongxing Ding , Yu Bai , Miroslaw J. Skibniewski

{"title":"Fusing enhanced YOLO and knowledge graph-based large language models for automatic risk perception in tower crane operations","authors":"Lingxiao Wang , Jingfeng Yuan , Shu Su , Hongxing Ding , Yu Bai , Miroslaw J. Skibniewski","doi":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106823","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tower crane operations in construction are inherently hazardous due to complex and dynamic site environments. Enhancing operators' perceptual and cognitive capabilities is essential for ensuring safety and improving situational awareness. This paper presents an integrated framework that combines an improved YOLOv8 model with a Knowledge Graph (KG)-enhanced large language model to achieve proactive and intelligent safety management. The improved YOLOv8 incorporates attention-based optimization to improve detection accuracy for small targets in tower crane perspectives. A domain-specific safety KG is constructed to represent critical entities, relationships, and operational contexts, and is aligned with a fine-tuned GPT model, enabling semantic reasoning and context-aware hazard interpretation. The integrated system links visual perception with structured knowledge reasoning to provide real-time and interpretable safety feedback. This approach enhances the perception, understanding, and decision-making capabilities of tower crane operators, transforming safety management from reactive monitoring to proactive and intelligent control in complex construction environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8660,"journal":{"name":"Automation in Construction","volume":"183 ","pages":"Article 106823"},"PeriodicalIF":11.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146134693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Improved Boundary-Aware Mask R-CNN using stereo vision for automated rebar inspection 改进的边界感知掩膜R-CNN使用立体视觉自动钢筋检测

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Automation in Construction Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106801

Weijian Zhao , Ruoshui Xing , Cuiting Wei , Bochao Sun , Tianren Jiang , Qiliang Zhao

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