Serendipity has been shown throughout history to contribute towards creative advancements, scientific discovery and the generation of new knowledge. However, because most literature does not consider serendipitous information encounters to be typically goal-oriented, research on the use of serendipity as a recognized method of information acquisition is lacking. Building upon a review of curren...

By Words & Images " BIM is here to stay. " —Steve Jones, McGraw-Hill " The real promise of BIM lies in its application across the entire project team, especially in the area of improved building performance. " —Technology Industry Analyst, Jerry Laiserin " Get the habit of analysis—analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind. " —Frank Lloyd Wright No part of this publica...

a Australasia Joint Research Centre for Building Information Modelling, Curtin University, Australia b School of Management Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Finance & Economics, China c Department of Housing and Interior Design, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea d School of Construction Management and Real Estate, Chongqing University, China e School of Engineering and Techno...

Designing a building to be conducive to physical activity can significantly contribute to reducing sedentary behavior in a workplace. We aim to develop a game-based simulation platform that provides an intuitive, interactive tool to assess physical activity levels of an office building. The platform simulates workplace physical activity in a 3D virtual building. The assessors can freely manipul...

It is probable that a construction project anywhere in the world will encounter some form of delay as a consequence of change. The impact of the delay on a project will vary, but it is likely to have a negative financial outcome. Compensation can be requested by an affected party in the form of a claim; however, issues of liability and quantum can be difficult given the ever increasing complexi...

A Semi-Automatic Building Extraction system using two or more digitized overlapping aerial images has been enhanced by increased automation for the measurement of saddle-back-roof buildings, hip-roof buildings and boxes. All newly developed modules have been incorporated in the object oriented design of the system. The new methods consist of a ground-point and roof-top matching tool and a robus...

Nowadays, collections of texts with annotations on several levels are useful resources. Huge efforts are required to develop this resource for languages like Spanish. In this work, we present the initial step, lexical level annotation, for the compilation of an annotated Mexican corpus using Web-based sources. We also describe a method based on heterogeneous knowledge and simple Web-based sourc...