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This book highlights the latest technologies and applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the domain of construction engineering and management. The construction industry worldwide has been a late bloomer to adopting digital technology, where construction projects are predominantly managed with a heavy reliance on the knowledge and experience of construction professionals. AI works by combining large amounts of data with fast, iterative processing, and intelligent algorithms (e.g., neural networks, process mining, and deep learning), allowing the computer to learn automatically from patterns or features in the data. It provides a wide range of solutions to address many challenging construction problems, such as knowledge discovery, risk estimates, root cause analysis, damage assessment and prediction, and defect detection. A tremendous transformation has taken place in the past years with the emerging applications of AI. This enables industrial participants to operate projects more efficiently and safely, not only increasing the automation and productivity in construction but also enhancing the competitiveness globally.

This book highlights the latest technologies and applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the domain of construction engineering and management. The construction industry worldwide has been a late bloomer to adopting digital technology, where construction projects are predominantly managed with a heavy reliance on the knowledge and experience of construction professionals. AI works by combining large amounts of data with fast, iterative processing, and intelligent algorithms (e.g., neural networks, process mining, and deep learning), allowing the computer to learn automatically from patterns or features in the data. It provides a wide range of solutions to address many challenging construction problems, such as knowledge discovery, risk estimates, root cause analysis, damage assessment and prediction, and defect detection. A tremendous transformation has taken place in the past years with the emerging applications of AI. This enables industrial participants to operate projects more efficiently and safely, not only increasing the automation and productivity in construction but also enhancing the competitiveness globally.

This book highlights the latest technologies and applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the domain of construction engineering and management. The construction industry worldwide has been a late bloomer to adopting digital technology, where construction projects are predominantly managed with a heavy reliance on the knowledge and experience of construction professionals. AI works by combining large amounts of data with fast, iterative processing, and intelligent algorithms (e.g., neural networks, process mining, and deep learning), allowing the computer to learn automatically from patterns or features in the data. It provides a wide range of solutions to address many challenging construction problems, such as knowledge discovery, risk estimates, root cause analysis, damage assessment and prediction, and defect detection. A tremendous transformation has taken place in the past years with the emerging applications of AI. This enables industrial participants to operate projects more efficiently and safely, not only increasing the automation and productivity in construction but also enhancing the competitiveness globally.

This book (1) integrates artificial intelligence into modeling, evaluation, and optimization of building systems, enabling multi-scale and multi-objective analysis; (2) uncovers the underlying mechanisms and interdependencies influencing building energy, comfort, and carbon performance across spatial and temporal dimensions; (3) presents cutting-edge analytical and optimization methods that support data-informed design, diagnosis, and operation; and (4) demonstrates the applicability and scalability of AI techniques through representative case studies and methodological examples. By uniting theoretical advancement with practical implementation, this book offers both a scientific foundation and a reference guide for researchers, engineers, and policymakers striving to enhance the intelligence, efficiency, and sustainability of the built environment.

This book provides an integrated and up-to-date overview of resilience thinking applied to urban transit systems, with a clear structure reflecting the logical progression from understanding vulnerabilities to implementing enhancement strategies. This book reveals the hidden complexities and interdependencies within urban transit systems that affect their resilience performance; presents analytical models, evaluation methods, and practical planning strategies for assessing and strengthening transit resilience; showcases real-world applications and evidence-based practices to demonstrate how resilience can be embedded in transit operations and management; promotes a deeper understanding of current advancements and inspires further research and implementation of resilience-oriented solutions in urban transit systems.

This book provides an integrated and up-to-date overview of resilience thinking applied to urban transit systems, with a clear structure reflecting the logical progression from understanding vulnerabilities to implementing enhancement strategies. This book reveals the hidden complexities and interdependencies within urban transit systems that affect their resilience performance; presents analytical models, evaluation methods, and practical planning strategies for assessing and strengthening transit resilience; showcases real-world applications and evidence-based practices to demonstrate how resilience can be embedded in transit operations and management; promotes a deeper understanding of current advancements and inspires further research and implementation of resilience-oriented solutions in urban transit systems.

This book highlights the latest technologies and applications of intelligent construction in the domain of tunneling works. Rapid urbanization has surged the rapid development of underground infrastructures in major metropolitans around the world over the past decades. The development of urban tunnel systems is a challenging task with high complexity in terms of design, construction, and maintenance. Recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have driven vast transformations around the world with successful implementations in many domains of science. Under the concept of “industry 4.0”, there are many attempts at intelligent construction using the latest ICTs, where the major applications in urban system development mainly focus on building information modelling (BIM), Internet of Things (IoT), deep learning, and computer vision. A tremendous transformation has taken place in the past years with the emerging intelligent construction applications in urban tunnel development. This enables industrial participants to operate projects more efficiently and safely, not only increasing the automation and productivity in tunnel development but also enhancing construction competitiveness globally.

This book highlights the latest technologies and applications of intelligent construction in the domain of tunneling works. Rapid urbanization has surged the rapid development of underground infrastructures in major metropolitans around the world over the past decades. The development of urban tunnel systems is a challenging task with high complexity in terms of design, construction, and maintenance. Recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have driven vast transformations around the world with successful implementations in many domains of science. Under the concept of “industry 4.0”, there are many attempts at intelligent construction using the latest ICTs, where the major applications in urban system development mainly focus on building information modelling (BIM), Internet of Things (IoT), deep learning, and computer vision. A tremendous transformation has taken place in the past years with the emerging intelligent construction applications in urban tunnel development. This enables industrial participants to operate projects more efficiently and safely, not only increasing the automation and productivity in tunnel development but also enhancing construction competitiveness globally.