PROGRAM
Days: Tuesday, October 1st Wednesday, October 2nd Thursday, October 3rd
Tuesday, October 1st
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11:00-12:30 Session 1: bSI Keynotes - The present - industry cases
Chair:
Location: Tichka
Determination of light entry areas of windows for automated code compliance checking (abstract) PRESENTER: Harald Urban |
Wednesday, October 2nd
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11:00-12:30 Session 2A: IOT and FM
Internet of Things (sensors) and Facility Management
Chair:
Location: Opale
| 11:00 | Building Management System and IoT technology: data analysis and standard communication protocols for Building Information Modeling (abstract) PRESENTER: Beatrice Maria Toldo |
| 11:20 | Portable Model Predictive Controller System Design for Demand Side Management using Semantic Web Technologies (abstract) PRESENTER: Ekaterina Petrova |
| 11:40 | Advancing Digitalization in Construction Through Automated Metadata Management and Machine Data Processing (abstract) PRESENTER: Bettina Ruottinen |
| 12:00 | Ontology-enabled Digital Building Logbooks for Facility Management (abstract)  PRESENTER: Martina Signorini |
11:00-12:30 Session 2B: Code Compliance Checking
Chair:
Location: Tichka
| 11:00 | Use case for Automated Code Compliance Checking of Accessibility Rules in BIM models using the IDS standard (abstract) PRESENTER: Eduardo A. Mendonça |
| 11:20 | BIM checking software requirements in the scope of the building authority of Vienna (abstract) PRESENTER: Harald Urban |
| 11:40 | BIM properties for a Psychological-Based Code Compliance Checking for Mental Healthcare facilities (abstract) PRESENTER: Ibrahim Motawa |
| 12:00 | From Paperwork to the Frontiers of Knowledge and Technology: What Role Can GIS-BIM Integration Play in Building Permit Issuance? (abstract) PRESENTER: Erik Poirier |
11:00-12:30 Session 2C: BIM Education and Verification
Chair:
Location: Coupole Menara
| 11:00 | An Open Platform for Building Information Modeling (BIM) Education: Conceptual Framework and Potential Impact (abstract) PRESENTER: Timur Weilbach-Eyüboglu |
| 11:20 | Neural Network for IFC class recognition (abstract) PRESENTER: Wojciech Teclaw |
| 11:40 | Generative project question answering system: triangulating three approaches for project authoring (abstract) PRESENTER: Tamer E El-Diraby |
| 12:00 | IPD+C: co-creating projects through gaming as a service (abstract) PRESENTER: Tamer E El-Diraby |
13:30-15:00 Session 3A: Knowledge Management and Dictionaries
Chair:
Location: Roseraie
| 13:30 | A Data Dictionary for the Building Energy Modeling Domain (abstract) PRESENTER: Liége Garlet |
| 13:50 | Ontology Reuse in Building Permitting (abstract) PRESENTER: Timo Hartmann |
| 14:10 | Methodology for Linking Industry Developed Ontology Modules (abstract) PRESENTER: Stephen Sabaa |
| 14:30 | Level of Information Need in Heritage Building Management: a case study in Morocco (abstract) PRESENTER: Youssef Hentour |
13:30-15:00 Session 3B: Digital Twins I
Chair:
Location: Tichka
| 13:30 | Digital Twins for Optimizing Facility Management and Retrofitting in Existing Buildings - Infrastructure Preparations and Challenges (abstract) |
| 13:50 | Exploring the Impact of Data Selection to Support Development of Predicitve Twins (abstract) PRESENTER: Ashit Harode |
| 14:10 | An Online Data Streaming Quality Detection Algorithm to Support Digital Twins (abstract) PRESENTER: J. J. McArthur |
| 14:30 | Digital Twin in Facility Management: a survey to determine the market perception in adopting digital technologies (abstract) PRESENTER: Alice Paola Pomè |
13:30-15:00 Session 3C: Querying and Checking
Chair:
Location: Opale
| 13:30 | Implementing IDS encoding for a BIM object standard based on model uses (abstract) PRESENTER: Eduardo Toledo Santos |
| 13:50 | Enabling Comprehensive Querying of Road and Civil Structure Data using Graph-based Methods (abstract) PRESENTER: Ina Heise |
| 14:10 | Advancements and Gaps in Information Compliance Checking (ICC) automation with Information Delivery Specification (IDS) (abstract) PRESENTER: Tomo Cerovsek |
| 14:30 | A New Graph-based Approach for Building Information Query (abstract) PRESENTER: Junxiang Zhu |
15:30-17:00 Session 4A: Digital Twins II
Chair:
Location: Tichka
| 15:30 | Transformative Potential of Next-Generation Digital Twins in the AECO Industry: Digital Twins Terms and Maturity Models (abstract) PRESENTER: Ashit Harode |
| 15:50 | A DevOps Approach for the Systematic Development and Evolution of Digital Twins of Built Assets (abstract) PRESENTER: Sara Aissat |
| 16:10 | Digital Twin Framework for Integrating Machine Learning for Energy Consumption Prediction in the Built Environment (abstract) PRESENTER: Raja R. A. Issa |
| 16:30 | Promoting Green Public Procurement: Information Modelling and Management for a model-based and open-source waste management evaluation in the Italian Design-Build procedure (abstract) PRESENTER: Silvia Meschini |
15:30-17:00 Session 4B: Enabling Permitting and Assessment
Chair:
Location: Roseraie
| 15:30 | BIM Information reliability consequences for digital permit checking (abstract) PRESENTER: Leon van Berlo |
| 15:50 | Fire resistance assessment of building structures: performance-based approach in a BIM environment (abstract) PRESENTER: Alessandro Carbonari |
| 16:10 | Evaluation of Theory and Practices for Assessing Local Environmental Impacts in Construction Projects (abstract) PRESENTER: Roya Amrollahibuki |
| 16:30 | Multiple schema integration trough a common intermediate model: a floorplan extraction case study (abstract) |
15:30-17:00 Session 4C: Construction Management
Chair:
Location: Opale
| 15:30 | Automatic Inference of Construction Delays through Analysis of Weekly Progress Reports Using LLMs (abstract)  PRESENTER: Aritra Pal |
| 15:50 | Implementation of IFC-based process models for collaborative management of temporal scheduling through Linked Data (abstract) PRESENTER: Davide Avogaro |
| 16:10 | A literature review on analytical methods in construction master scheduling to generate a competitive advantage (abstract) PRESENTER: Philipp Zielke |
| 16:30 | Modelling Patterns in Construction Labour Productivity (abstract) PRESENTER: Asitha Rathnayake |
Thursday, October 3rd
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09:00-10:30 Session 5A: Sustainabilty I
Chair:
Location: Opale
| 09:00 | Ranking domain data sources which influence building circularity passports (abstract) PRESENTER: Calin Boje |
| 09:20 | Streamlining Level(s) circularity and cost indicators estimation using Digital Product Passports (abstract) PRESENTER: Pedro Mêda Magalhães |
| 09:40 | An end-to-end Asset Life Cycle Knowledge Graph (abstract) PRESENTER: Conor Shaw |
| 10:00 | Digital building documentation as a basis for the sustainable and resource-saving construction, operation and dismantling of buildings (abstract) PRESENTER: Agnes Kelm |
09:00-10:30 Session 5B: Computer-Vision and Surveying
Chair:
Location: Tichka
| 09:00 | ViTPoseActivity: A Multifaceted Computer Vision Approach to On-Site Activity Monitoring (abstract) PRESENTER: Fabian Pfitzner |
| 09:20 | A Computer Vision Approach for Monitoring of Construction Waste in Static Dumpsters (abstract) PRESENTER: Benjamin Rafatian |
| 09:40 | Enhancement of Building Façade Inspection Through AI and UAV Technology (abstract) PRESENTER: Erhan Kurucu |
| 10:00 | Evaluating the Impact of MR and Tracking Technologies in Construction Assembly Training: A Pilot Study (abstract) PRESENTER: Darcy Zelenko |
09:00-10:30 Session 5C: Product Data, Manufacturing and pChains
Chair:
Location: Roseraie
| 09:00 | Product Data Provision from Manufacturers to the Construction Industry: A Scoping Literature Review and Case Study Analysis (abstract) PRESENTER: Benno Jochems |
| 09:20 | Use case-based evaluation of a standardised product catalogue format for configuration (abstract) PRESENTER: Noemi Kremer |
| 09:40 | Challenges and Opportunities in Digitalizing Concrete Element Supply Chains: A Case Study and Proposed National Model (abstract) PRESENTER: Teemu Alaluusua |
| 10:00 | Efficient embodied carbon assessment and tracking using openBIM and blockchain (abstract) PRESENTER: Xingbo Gong |
11:00-12:30 Session 6A: Digital Twins III
Chair:
Location: Orangeraie
| 11:00 | Digital Twin for Construction Safety Modules in the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle of Events and Information Exchange (abstract) PRESENTER: Jochen Teizer |
| 11:20 | Information requirements over the asset lifecycle to include carbon into digital twin: A UK highway example (abstract) PRESENTER: Jinying Xu |
| 11:40 | Integrated Digital Twin Framework for Adaptive Production Planning and Control in Precast Construction (abstract) PRESENTER: Timson Yeung |
| 12:00 | Crowdsourced Virtual Reality-based Experiment in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (abstract) PRESENTER: Jieyu Chen |
11:00-12:30 Session 6B: Space, Geometry and Semantics
Chair:
Location: Tichka
| 11:00 | Towards a Common Digital Space: Proposing a Schema for Spatially Linking of Heterogeneous Resources (abstract) PRESENTER: Anne Göbels |
| 11:20 | From Geometry to Semantics: Elevating Building Model Semantics with Geometric Intelligence (abstract) PRESENTER: Timur Weilbach-Eyüboglu |
| 11:40 | Semantic zones for digital operations of open spaces using open-set object detection and spatial-sematic aggregation (abstract) PRESENTER: Fiona Claire Collins |
| 12:00 | 3D segmentation and classification of voxelized IFC building models with Deep Learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Johan Luttun |
11:00-12:30 Session 6C: Costs, Contracts, Frameworks
Chair:
Location: Opale
| 11:00 | Exploring the digital authentication of built asset information models at the object level (abstract) PRESENTER: Erik A. Poirier |
| 11:20 | Transforming National Guidelines into Operable Solutions in IFC: Case Study of REB 22.001 (abstract) PRESENTER: Štefan Jaud |
| 11:40 | AI-Enabled Smart Contracts in Building Information Modelling (BIM) For Unified Project Execution: A Theoretical Framework (abstract) PRESENTER: Adel Alsaffar |
| 12:00 | Cost estimation practices: a comparative analysis of traditional 5D BIM and IFC methods (abstract) PRESENTER: Jacopo Cassandro |
13:30-15:00 Session 7A: Digital Twins IIII
Chair:
Location: Roseraie
| 13:30 | Defining Digital Twin Use Cases in the AECO Industry – A Data Schema (abstract) PRESENTER: Zahra Ghorbani |
| 13:50 | From BIM to Cognitive Digital Twin (abstract) PRESENTER: J.J. McArthur |
| 14:10 | Capturing building data for establishing digital twins of buildings for quick energy performance assessment (abstract) PRESENTER: Timo Hartmann |
| 14:30 | AN EXTENSIBLE, SERVICE ORIENTED DIGITAL TWINNING FRAMEWORK TO ENABLE IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING AND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE BUILT ASSET INDUSTRY (abstract) PRESENTER: Erik Poirier |
13:30-15:00 Session 7B: Process Automation
Chair:
Location: Tichka
| 13:30 | From Automatic to Autonomous: A Large Language Model-driven Approach for Generic Building Compliance Checking (abstract) PRESENTER: Huaquan Ying |
| 13:50 | A mixed methods approach for investigating the Applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Construction industry (abstract) PRESENTER: Ali Motamedi |
| 14:10 | Optimizing Email Classification in Construction industry through a Multimodal NLP Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Sherief Ali |
| 14:30 | Flexible knowledge mapping system for construction management and built environment research. (abstract) PRESENTER: Ivan Mutis |
13:30-15:00 Session 7C: Sustainability II
Chair:
Location: Opale
| 13:30 | Designing for the Extreme: Computational Strategies for Adaptable and Sustainable Housing in Northern Canada's Permafrost Regions (abstract) PRESENTER: Yakine Zerrad |
| 13:50 | Digitalizing Tolerance Management for Prefabricated HVAC Elements: A Case Study in Construction (abstract) PRESENTER: Bettina Ruottinen |
| 14:10 | Developing a Prototyping Model for the Built Environment: Lessons from an Evaporative Cooling Unit Case Study (abstract) PRESENTER: Darcy Zelenko |
| 14:30 | Experimenting automatic generation of energy renovation scenarios with ontology reasoning. (abstract) |
15:00-15:30 CIB W78 Meeting
Everybody is welcome to join the CIB W78 group meeting!
We are discussing how we would like to continue to organize the next conferences (Porto 2025, India 2026) and how we might improve our working group.
Please join!
15:30-17:00 Session 8A: Emerging Construction Practices
Chair:
Location: Palmeraie
| 15:30 | Enhancing the Visibility During Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly Using Deep Learning-based Diminished Reality (abstract) PRESENTER: Roghieh Eskandari |
| 15:50 | Implementing BIM Workflows in Prefabricated Modular Construction: From Conceptual Design to Construction (abstract) PRESENTER: D.B. Sobieraj |
| 16:10 | Evaluating the feasibility of smartwatches for allocating workers' time into workspaces on jobsites (abstract) PRESENTER: Jhonattan G. Martinez |
| 16:30 | Possible Futures for Lean Construction: A Scenario Analysis for Germany (abstract) PRESENTER: Philipp Zielke |
15:30-17:00 Session 8B: NLP & LLMs (AI)
Natural language processing and Large Language Models (the AI session)
Chair:
Location: Tichka
| 15:30 | Ontology-based Conversational AI for Water Treatment Plant Asset Management and O&M (abstract) PRESENTER: Asem Zabin |
| 15:50 | LLM based automatic relation between cost domain descriptions and IFC objects (abstract) PRESENTER: Chiara Gatto |
| 16:10 | A Generalized LLM-Augmented BIM Framework: Application to a Speech-to-BIM system (abstract) PRESENTER: Ghang Lee |
| 16:30 | Two Fundamental Questions Concerning BIM Data Representation for Machine Learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Zijian Wang |
15:30-17:00 Session 8C: Novel BIM Frameworks, Maturity and Application Domains
Chair:
Location: Opale
| 15:30 | A Review of BIM Maturity in Standards and Guidelines Across Asia (abstract) PRESENTER: Mayurachat Chatsuwan |
| 15:50 | Investigating the Dynamics of Technology Investments Through Startup Companies in the Construction Industry: A Pilot Study (abstract) PRESENTER: Busra Yucel |
| 16:10 | Maturity Model for Building Information Management and Security. (abstract) PRESENTER: Sergio Scheer |
| 16:30 | BIM for Temporary Works (abstract) PRESENTER: Ibrahim Motawa |
| 16:50 | Exploring a Holistic Framework for Digital Transformation in the AECO Industry (abstract) PRESENTER: Eilif Hjelseth |