4D-BIM Based Real Time Augmented Reality Navigation System for Tower Crane Operation

Lin, Zhiyang; Petzold, Frank; Hsieh, Shang‐Hsien

doi:10.1061/9780784482865.088

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“…AR can also be used to create virtual mock-ups of the construction site, which can be helpful for planning logistics and identifying potential issues (Chalhoub and Ayer 2019). Additionally, there are AR applications that provide stepped instructions and guidance to workers on site, helping to reduce the risk of errors or accidents (Kwiatek et al 2019;Lin et al 2020). Furthermore, AR can be used to check that construction work is being completed to the correct specifications and standards, enabling quality control and ensuring that the final product meets the desired standards (Zhou et al 2017).…”

Section: Construction Phasementioning

confidence: 99%

Extended Reality as a Catalyst for Circular Economy Transition in the Built Environment

Soman,

Nikolić,

Sanchez

2024

Circular Economy and Sustainability

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Extended reality (XR) technologies refer to mixed reality and virtual reality configurations that augment real or represent fully virtual information in an intuitive and immersive manner, transforming the way we plan, design, construct, and operate built environment assets. XR offers great potential to support and accelerate the transition of built environment practices to a circular economy by supporting decisions based on narrow, slow, close, and regenerate strategies. Narrow strategies use XR to simulate the building process to identify potential issues, reduce material waste, and avoid costly mistakes. Slow strategies use XR to enable construction with durable materials and designing for adaptability to extend the lifespan of buildings. Close strategies use XR to facilitate material recovery and support repurposing and reuse, thus reducing waste. Regenerate strategies use XR as a motivational tool to engage citizens, communities, and professionals in design and management decisions. However, applying XR is not without challenges, including technical and process-related limitations, potential misuse, and a lack of rich digital twins. Future research opportunities include the development of rich and accurate digital twins, ethical and sustainable use of XR technologies, and overcoming technical and logistical challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration and user-friendly and accessible XR hardware and software.

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Section: Construction Phasementioning

confidence: 99%

Extended Reality as a Catalyst for Circular Economy Transition in the Built Environment

Soman,

Nikolić,

Sanchez

2024

Circular Economy and Sustainability

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“…This is due to the high demand for cognitive overload for operating these pieces of machinery, which leads to a higher risk of human errors. This could harm the operators as well as other people and places close to the machine (Akyeampong et al , 2014; Chen et al , 2011; Lin et al , 2020; Sangiorgio et al , 2021; Sitompul and Wallmyr, 2019). Overall, this study identified various issues that using traditional methods of operations can cause for the operators, mainly linked to high demand for cognitive workload and lack of sufficient visibility.…”

Section: Operation In Constructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Augmented reality in design and construction: thematic analysis and conceptual frameworks

Hajirasouli

Banihashemi

Drogemuller

et al. 2022

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Purpose This study aims to present a comprehensive review, critical analysis and implications of the augmented reality (AR) application and implementation in the construction industry arena and demonstrate the gaps along with the future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach The construction industry has been under pressure to improve its productivity, quality and sustainability. However, the conventional methods and technologies cannot respond to this industry's ever-growing demands while emerging and innovative technologies such as building information modelling, artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and AR have emerged and can be used to address this gap. AR application has been acknowledged as one of the most impactful technologies in the construction digitalization process. However, a comprehensive understanding of the AR application, its areas of effectiveness and overarching implications in a construction project life cycle remain vague. Therefore, this study uses an integration of systematic literature review and thematic analysis techniques to identify the phases of a construction project life cycle in which AR is the most effective, the current issues and problems of the conventional methods, the augmented parameters, the immediate effects of using AR on each phase and, eventually, the overall influence of AR on the entire project. Nvivo qualitative data analysis software was used to code, categorize and create themes from the collected data. The result of data analysis was used to develop four principal frameworks of the AR applications – design and constructability review session; construction operation; construction assembly; and maintenance and defect inspection and management – and the gap analysis along with the future research agenda. Findings The findings of this study indicated that the application of AR can be most effective in the following four stages of a project life cycle: design and constructability review session; construction operation; construction assembly; and site management and maintenance, including site management and defect inspection. The results also showed that the application of AR technology in the construction industry can align and address building industry objectives by various elements such as: reducing project costs through the application of digital technologies, saving time, meeting deadlines and reduction in project delays through integrated, live scheduling and increased safety and quality of the construction work and workers. Research limitations/implications One of the main limitations of this study was the lack of materials and resources on the downfalls and shortcomings of using immersive technologies, AR, in the construction project life cycle. In addition, most of the reviewed papers were focused on the experiments with simulations and in the lab environment, rather than real experiments in real construction sites and projects. This may cause limitations and inaccuracy of the collected and reported data. Practical implications The results of this study indicated that the application of AR technology in construction industry can align and address building industry objectives by various elements such as: reducing project costs through the application of digital technologies; saving time; meeting deadlines and reduction in project delays through integrated, live scheduling; and increased safety and quality of the construction work and workers. Social implications Application of AR in the various stages of a project life cycle can increase the safety and quality of the construction work and workers. Originality/value The reviewed literature indicated that substantial research and studies are yet to be done, to demonstrate the full capacity and impact of these emerging technologies in the field. The collected data and literature indicate that amongst the digital technologies, AR is one of the least researched topics in the field. Therefore, this study aims to examine the application of AR in construction projects’ life cycle to identify the stages and practices of a project life cycle where AR and its capabilities can be exploited and to identify the respective problems and issues of the conventional methods and the ways in which AR can address those shortcomings. Furthermore, this study focuses on identifying the overall outcome of AR applications in a construction project in terms of cost and time efficiency, process precision and safety.

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“…A conceptual speech-based HMI equipped with AR and interactive systems was proposed in [36] for controlling mobile cranes. An approach integrating 4D building information modeling and AR proposed in [37], provided users with real-time navigation for tower crane lifting operation with enhanced safety and efficiency. An assistance system for mobile cranes leveraging AR was developed in [38] to provide safety-related information for operators.…”

Section: Industrial Xr Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Extended Reality Application Framework for a Digital-Twin-Based Smart Crane

Yang

Autiosalo

et al. 2022

Applied Sciences

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Industry 4.0 is moving forward under technology upgrades, utilizing information technology to improve the intelligence of the industry, whereas Industry 5.0 is value-driven, aiming to focus on essential societal needs, values, and responsibility. The manufacturing industry is currently moving towards the integration of productivity enhancements and sustainable human employment. Such a transformation has deeply changed the human–machine interaction (HMI), among which digital twin (DT) and extended reality (XR) are two cutting-edge technologies. A manufacturing DT offers an opportunity to simulate, monitor, and optimize the machine. In the meantime, XR empowers HMI in the industrial field. This paper presents an XR application framework for DT-based services within a manufacturing context. This work aims to develop a technological framework to improve the efficiency of the XR application development and the usability of the XR-based HMI systems. We first introduce four layers of the framework, including the perception layer with the physical machine and its ROS-based simulation model, the machine communication layer, the network layer containing three kinds of communication middleware, and the Unity-based service layer creating XR-based digital applications. Subsequently, we conduct the responsiveness test for the framework and describe several XR industrial applications for a DT-based smart crane. Finally, we highlight the research challenges and potential issues that should be further addressed by analyzing the performance of the whole framework.

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4D-BIM Based Real Time Augmented Reality Navigation System for Tower Crane Operation

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

Extended Reality as a Catalyst for Circular Economy Transition in the Built Environment

Extended Reality as a Catalyst for Circular Economy Transition in the Built Environment

Augmented reality in design and construction: thematic analysis and conceptual frameworks

Extended Reality Application Framework for a Digital-Twin-Based Smart Crane

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