14th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality
16 - 18 Nov, 2014, Radisson BLU Hotel, Sharjah, UAE
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DAY 1 - 16 Nov 2014
18:00-20:00
Registration and welcome reception, Radisson Hotel
DAY 2 - 17 Nov 2014
8:00 – 9:00
Registration, Radisson BLU
Plenary Session 1, Room: TBC
9:00 - 9:05
Opening, Prof Sabah Alkass and Nashwan Dawood
9:05 - 9:15
Welcome by the Vice-Chancellor of University of Sharjah
9:15 - 10:00
Keynote 1, Osama Moselhi (Concordia University, Canada), Chair Prof. Sabah Alkass
Visualization of onsite construction progress using remote sensing and BIM
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:15
Coffee and Networking Break
Keynote 2, René Schumann (HOCHTIEF ViCon, Qatar-Germany), Chair Prof. Nashwan Dawood
BIM and VR Technologies implementations in capital projects
Breakout Sessions (11:20-13:00)
Session 1 - BIM & VR: Site Applications, Chair: TBC,
(Room TBC)
Session 2 - BIM & VR in Education, Learning & Collaboration,
Chair: TBC, (Room TBC)
11:20 - 11:45
An energy model for sustainable decision-making in road construction
projects
Jan Krantz, Weizhuo Lu, Tim Johansson & Thomas Olofsson
11:45 - 12:10
Can BIM support better working conditions for low-skilled labor?
Hans-Joachim Bargstädt & Abdur Rehman Nasir
Resourceplanning in penalized construction based on discrete-event
simulation
Mohammed Sadiq Altaf, Hexu Liu, Mohamed Al-Hussein & Simaan
AbouRizk
Upgrading the automated crane management system for industrial
construction projects
Zhen Lei, SangHyeok Han, Mohamed Al-Hussein, & Simaan M.
AbouRizk
Implications on facilitating interaction in public hearings with virtual
models
Janne Porkka, Mirkka Rekola, Timo Kuula, Kalle Kähkönen & Jukka
Rannisto
BIM Education: A framework for Kuwait
Nawari O. Nawari & Adel Alsaffar
Development and Evaluation of an Action-Based Educational Serious
Game about Disaster Evacuation
Shunichi Kikuchi & Koji Makanae
12:10 - 12:35
12:35 - 13:00
13:00-14:30
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:35 - 16:00
Enhancing spatial and temporal cognitive ability in construction
education through augmented reality and artificial visualizations
Ivan Mutis & Raja R.A. Issa
Lunch
Keynote 3, Charles Woodward (VTT, Finland), Chair, Professor Nashwan Dawood
Augmented Reality for AEC – Pioneering Works, Past, Present and Future
Keynote 4, Raymond Issa (University of Florida, USA), Chair Professor Nashwan Dawood
Enhancing spatial and temporal cognitive ability through augmented reality
Breakout Sessions (15:35-17:15)
Session 3 - BIM & VR: Site Applications, Chair: TBC,
(Room TBC)
Beyond classic models—design and development of a comprehensive
earthmoving simulator
Mostafa Ali, Muaz Fagiar, Yasser Mohamed & Simaan AbouRizk
Session 4 - BIM & GIS: Interoperability & Standards, Chair: TBC,
(Room TBC)
Approaches to develop a BIM-enabled code checking system that
address the fire resistance codes in Australia
Shan-Ying Shih, Willy Sher, Helen Giggins & Sittimont
Kanjanabootra
16:00 - 16:25
A dynamic automated system for site layout planning in Egypt
Elbadr M. Elgendi , Vian Ahmed, Zeeshan Aziz & Khaled Shawki
16:25 - 16:50
Using videos to create semantic virtual construction
Chin-Wei Liu & Shih-Chung Kang & Shih-Min Huang
16:50 - 17:15
Investigation of health and safety impact from the ‘Site BIM’ tools in live
construction sites
Raj Shah and Joel Edwards
An Optimized Integration of UAV, Survey, and Image-based Modeling
Strategy for DTM Reconstruction
Ming-Chang Wen, Cheng-Hsuan Yang, Tzong-Hann Wu, Er-Xuan
Sung & Shih-Chung Kang
Visualization of inspection results of concrete bridges using remote
sensing and ARCGIS
Salam R. Yaghi, Saleh Abu Dabous, Sabah Alkass & Osama Moselhi
Assisting post-earthquake reconstruction through information
visualization using GIS
Kantaro Monobe & Yoshiyuki Tokunaga
Dinner at the TBC Hotel (TBC, 19:30 - 23:30)
DAY 3 - 18 Nov 2014
Plenary Session 2 Room: TBC
9:00 - 9:40
9:40 - 10:20
10:20 - 11:00
Keynote 5, Ghassan Aouad (Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait) Chair Dr. Fikri Dweiri
Advanced IT and the readiness of technology in the Gulf region
Keynote 6, John Messner (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), Chair Professor Ray Issa
Business case for VR and BIM
Coffee and Networking Break
Breakout Sessions (11:05 – 12:25)
Session 5 - BIM & VR: Site Applications, Chair: TBC,
(Room TBC)
Global positioning data to model and visualize workspace occupancy in
construction safety planning
Sijie Zhang, Nipesh Pradhananga & Jochen Teizer
Session 6 - Visualisation, Simulation & Sustainability, Chair: TBC,
(Room TBC)
Inner Surface Measurement with RGB-D Camera Using Multiple Light
Markers
Hiroki Inoue, Hiroshige Dan, Akira Kobayashi & Yoshihiro
Yasumuro
11:25 - 11:45
Automated collection, identification, localization, and analysis of workerrelated proximity hazard events in heavy construction equipment
operation
Jochen Teizer, Nipesh Pradhananga & Olga Golovina
3D-Scan Planning of Outdoor Constructions based on Structure form
Motion and Mathematical Optimization
Yuhei Kitada, Hiroshige Dan, Yoshihiro Yasumuro, Taisuke Ishigaki
Tatsuaki Nishigata & Masataka Imura
11:45 - 12:05
Modeling and visualization of safe areas for locating temporary
settlements for affected residents in case of dam failure
Sharifeh Sargolzie, Samad Sepasgozar & Leila Irajifar
The Role of Central Courtyard as A passive Strategy in Islamic
Architecture
Abdelsalam Aldawoud
11:05 - 11:25
12:05 - 12:25
12:30 - 14:00
14:05 - 14:25
14:25 - 14:45
14:45 – 15:05
15:05 – 15:25
15:25 – 16:00
Thermal Performance of Mosque Architectural Forms and its impacts on
indoor temperature and thermal comfort Al - Sharjah as a case study
Emad Mushtaha & Omar Helmy
BIM based environment assessment in the building design process
Farshid Shadram, Marcus Sandberg, Jutta Schade & Thomas
Olofsson
Lunch
Breakout Sessions (14:05 – 15:45)
Session 7 - BIM & VR in Planning, Design & Facility Management,
Session 8 - Visualisation, Simulation & Sustainability, Chair: TBC,
Chair: TBC,
(Room TBC)
(Room TBC)
Implementation and evaluation of a mobile augmented reality system for
Evaluating the Impact of Conservatory as a passive solar design on
building maintenance
energy performance and internal temperatures of UK detached dwellings
Charles Woodward, Timo Kuula, Petri Honkamaa, Mika Hakkarainen
Joseph Amoako-Attah & Ali B-Jahromi
& Paul Kemppi
The Efficacy of Virtual Reality Technologies Relative to Traditional
Rear-Screen and Kinesthetic Vision 3D Manipulator
Methods of Assessing Project Status: An Experimental Study
Chao-Chung Yang, Hsiang-Wen Yang, Tzong-Hann Wu & ShihSara Rankohi, Lloyd Waugh & David Cody Bradley
Chung Kang
Virtual Reality in the AEC industry: A literature review
Assessing water pipelines performance using acyclic simulation
Mohammed El-Abbasy1, Ahmed Senouci, Tarek Zayed, & Hassan AlSara Rankohi & Lloyd Waugh
Derham
The challenges of adopting Building Information Modelling (BIM)
VISUALISING URBAN ENERGY USE: The use of semi-automated
principles within small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
data extraction from remote sensing and open source data in urban
design and energy planning
Anas Bataw, Matthew Burrows & Richard Kirkham
Michael Crilly, Nash Dawood, Tracey Crosbie & Martin Carpenter
Coffee and networking break
Breakout Sessions (16:05 – 17:05)
Session 9 - BIM & VR in Planning, Design & Facility Management,
Session 10 - Visualisation, Simulation & Sustainability, Chair: TBC,
Chair: TBC,
(Room TBC)
(Room TBC)
16:05 - 16:25
16:25 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:05
Style over substance: the home owner's dilemma – spend on appearance,
or energy reduction
Jonathan Hubert & Ali-Bahadori-Jahromi
An exploratory evaluation of a new national online consenting system in
New Zealand
Jeff Clement Samasoni & James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi
Panorama-based change detection process: a pilot study on challenges and
solutions
David Bradley, Sara Rankohi, Jeff Rankin & Lloyd Waugh
Dynamic Web3D visualisation of oil & gas facility assets
Edvinas Rasys, Nashwan Dawood & Mohamad Kassem
The Mapping of Building Information Modelling Business Process
Model and Related Issues in Both the Schematic Design and Design
Development Phases
Ibrahim A.I. Abdelhady & James Jones
The Sensors Are Innovative in Internet of Things
Mohammadreza Rezvan & Mohammadamin Barekatain