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Smart Construction Laboratory ( SCLab ) , previously called Construction Virtual Prototyping Laboratory (CVP Lab) was founded in 2004. With external funding of approximately HK$ 2.5 millions per years (industrial donations, public grants including GRF, ITF, PPR, CIC, NSFC, etc.). Our Lab has been providing industrial services covering Building Information Modeling (BIM), process simulation solutions, and professional training to the construction industry. Construction Virtual Prototyping (CVP) provides a capacity to “construct in the computer”. It provides a modeling and simulation environment so powerful that the production, fabrication an...
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PI: A Vision-based Approach to Project Intelligence for Construction Site Monitoring Automation
PCMS Trial – Po Heung Street
PCMS Trial – Ngau Tau Kok
PI: A Vision-based Approach to Project Intelligence for Construction Site Monitoring Automation
Construction sites are generally large-scale, and diverse activities concurrently take place there. Timely and overall awareness of activities states and resource allocation is critical to many project-level management tasks, including resource level...
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Pro-active Construction Management System (PCMS)
The construction industry is undoubtedly the most dangerous industry in Hong Kong, accounting for 76% of all fatal accidents in the region and involving the loss of an estimated 145,000 man-days each year caused by accidents on sites. In light of this, how to ...
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Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-based smart alarming of tower crane hooks’ proximity
This is a brief introduction to one of our research projects—Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-based smart alarming of tower crane hooks’ proximity． Safety performance in construction industry is becoming more and more important these days. Accidents involving...
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