The International Society for Intelligent Construction (ISIC) will conduct a webinar on “New Digital As-Built or Project Information Model (DAB/PIM)” on July 29, 2021. This topic is a part of the ISIC webinar series including BIM for Pavements, Automation in Construction, etc. Expert speakers from US FHWA, DOTs, and consultants will share their experiences and vision on DAB/PIM. The registration is free. We will provide certificates of 0.2 PDH to participants upon request.  Download English flyer. 下载中文简介。

The International Society for Intelligent Construction 2022 Conference (ISIC 2022) will be held in Guimarães, Portugal, from September 6 to 9, 2022. The conference theme is “Trends on Construction in the Post-Digital Era“. The city of Guimarães, Portugal, is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. The conference topics cover everything under the sun for intelligent construction technologies. The abstracts submission will be due on October 15, 2021 (download abstract template). Accepted papers will be included in the ISIC 2022 Conference Proceedings that will be published by Springer Series Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering and further indexing by Scopus and Web of Science. Recommend using Edge, Chrome, or a similar browser to visit the ISIC 2022 conference website (https://ICISIC2022.com) for further detail.

China has demonstrated autonomous paving at the 280 km Jinde Expressway construction project on April 24, 2021. This is by far the largest intelligent construction in China. Two autonomous XCMG pavers and fix autonomous XCMG rollers were used for this demonstration. The demonstration indicates a workforce reduction of 66% and an improvement of roller coverage of 50%. Safety features were also shown to be effective with electronic geofences, RADAR, eTicketing, remote controls, and intelligent troubleshooting, etc. Read more about this project. The Chinese version can be found here.

During the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG), we will conduct a half-day workshop on intelligent compaction technologies in earthworks on May 24, 2021. The speakers include Prof. Soheil Nazarian (UTEP, USA; International Society for Intelligent Construction ISIC Vice-President), Dr. George K. Chang (Transtec Group, USA; ISIC President), Prof. António Gomes Correia (U. Minho, Portugal; ISIC Vice-President), Prof. Ing. Cesare Sangiorgi (U. of Bologna, Italy), Hans Kloubert (BOMAG, Germany). The agenda is as follows:

1. Introduction (Nazarian) 15 minutes

2. Fundamentals of Good Earthwork (Gomes Correia) (30 minutes)

Break (10 minutes)

3. State of Practice

a. in US (Chang) (35 minutes)

b. in EU (Kloubert) (35 minutes)

Break (10 minutes)

4. State of the Art

a. in US (Nazarian) (35 minutes)

b. in EU (Sangiorgi) (35 minutes)

5. QA and Discussions (15 minutes)

The detailed descriptions of the workshop are in this document. Please visit the ICTG 2021 for registration information.

The recording for the International Society for Intelligent Construction (ISIC) webinar 003 Introduction to ICT for Transportation Infrastructure is posted. It can be freely viewed by the public. This webinar summarizes the contents of the ISIC book series No. 1, “Introduction to Intelligent Construction Technology (ICT) for Transportation Infrastructure.”  The topics will include basic ICT concepts, Artificial Intelligence, ICT framework, machine learning, perception technology, Big Data, intelligent design/construction/maintenance, and virtual construction. In the end, the essential characteristics of the above technologies will be summarized as “Perception, Analysis, Decision-making, and Execution.” Several case studies will be demonstrated to implementing the four characteristics of ICT. The speakers will deliver the webinar in Chinese with interpretation in English. This webinar is to kick off a series of lectures on the ISIC book series. These will also lead to future ISIC workshops to provide in-depth training on these topics. Simply click this link to view this webinar recording (https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/8281710010920455951).

The 2021 IC-PMTP-Veta workshop schedule is posted. Please check it out.

The International Society for Intelligent Construction (www.IS-IC.org) will conduct a webinar entitled “Introduction to Intelligent Construction Technology for Transportation Infrastructure” on April 1, 2020. (8AM to 10AM US EDT; 1PM-3PM, Portugal; 8PM-10PM, China) It is free for ISIC members. Not a member yet, join ISIC for free! We will provide certificates of 0.2 PDH to participants. This webinar summarizes the contents of the ISIC book series No. 1, “Introduction to Intelligent Construction Technology (ICT) for Transportation Infrastructure.” The topics will include basic ICT concepts, Artificial Intelligence, ICT framework, machine learning, perception technology, Big Data, intelligent design/construction/maintenance, and virtual construction. In the end, the essential characteristics of the above technologies will be summarized as “Perception, Analysis, Decision-making, and Execution.” Several case studies will be demonstrated to implementing the four characteristics of ICT. The speakers will deliver the webinar in Chinese with interpretation in English. This webinar is to kick off a series of lectures on the ISIC book series. These will also lead to future ISIC workshops to provide in-depth training on these topics. Check out the webinar webpage for further details!

Dr. George K. Chang, Transtec Group, and President of International Society for Intelligent Construction (ISIC), will deliver a keynote speech on Intelligent Construction during the Australian SPARC Hub Virtual Workshops at 6:45 PM US CST, on November 18, 2020.