9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Technical Tour - Mactaquac Generation Station provided by A.D. Fiander Associates, Aitken/ Mactaquac Dam

• The Mactaquac area, 20 km north of Fredericton, is uniquely defined by its hydroelectric dam on the Saint John River. The Mactaquac Generating Station offers a fascinating tour, sharing the history of the massive dam built between 1963 and 1968, and an overview of how the largest hydroelectric generating station in the Maritimes operates.

9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Workshops – Rooms 208 and 204, Wu Centre

• Workshop #1: Introduction to Reality Capture Technology for the Built Environment and HBIM. Reality capture techniques and tools, such as LiDAR, photogrammetry, 360-degree photography, virtual reality (VR) and unmanned aerial system (UAS), have been adopted by the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry with various applications on both new-build and heritage projects. These applications of reality capture include as-built documentation, construction progress monitoring, project team coordination, quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC), progress reporting, preservation planning, damage assessment, restoration, rehabilitation, and marketing, etc. The data collected through reality capture processes at historic structures can be further processed and used to develop Heritage Building Information Modeling (HBIM) models, presenting an advanced method for digital preservation and interpretation.
  
  
• Workshop #2: Reality Capture and Augmented Reality for Emergency Response. This workshop will showcase the use of Augmented Reality and Reality Capture technologies for emergency inspection, search and rescue. Inspection in confined areas after a disaster, or search and rescue for emergency responses, usually pose significant risks to the on-site personnel. Especially when the on-site activities are affected by occlusions, uncertain hazards can threaten the safety of professionals. Reality capture technologies have the potential to improve emergency responses and forensics engineering. This workshop will demonstrate the latest technologies developed by the Informatics, Cobots and Intelligent Construction (ICIC) lab at University of Florida. A robot dog carries LiDAR and depth camera sensors to enter into an unknown space. The spatial data and mesh data are captured and optimized by in a ROS system. Then a cloud server is used to transfer the real-time point cloud data to Unity, a game engine. VFX and shaders are applied to the raw point cloud data to optimize the rendering. Finally, the rendered point cloud data is sent to a HoloLens 2 headset. A search tree-based method is applied to register the point cloud model with the HoloLens 2 viewpoints, to generate an illusion of “seeing through walls”. Participants will have an opportunity to experiment with the technologies themselves.

1 – 2 p.m. | OCRC Five-Minute Student Competition – Aitken, Wu Centre

5 – 7 p.m. | Technical Tour provided by A.D. Fiander Associates, UNB Kinesiology Building

• The newest building on UNB's Fredericton campus, the Kinesiology Building is a "kinovation" space for over 600 students and was completed in 2017. The building has many features that make it LEED-certified, and offers a state-of-the-art premier teaching and performance facility for faculty, staff and students.

7 – 10 p.m. | Welcome Reception presented by Pomerleau – Long Hall, Richard J. CURRIE CENTER

Guest speakers

• Minister Jill Green, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, Government of New Brunswick
• Lorin Robar, Regional Vice President - Atlantic Canada, Pomerleau
• Brenda McCabe, Past-President, CSCE and Professor Emerita, Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto

Note: The conference registration desk in the Wu Conference Centre will be open in the main foyer from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

7 – 8:30 a.m. | Registration, Breakfast & tradeshow networking – Chancellor’s Room, Wu Centre

8:30 – 9 a.m. | Conference welcome and opening remarks – Kent Auditorium, Wu Centre

• Deputy Minister Rob Taylor, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, Government of New Brunswick
• Paul J. Mazerolle, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of New Brunswick

9 – 10:30 a.m. | Keynote speaker & plenary session 1 – auditorium, Wu Centre. Moderator Brenda McCabe with Derek Lichti, Anathea Fenton and Daniel Meissner

10:30 – 11 a.m. | Coffee break & tradeshow networking – foyer, Wu Centre

11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Technical stream presentations and Exhibitor Booth Showcase – Wu Centre

Room – Aitken

• 11 – 11:15 | Vehicle Concepts for the Photogrammetric Inspection of Hydroelectric Tunnels by Ryan Keizer, Lloyd Waugh, Rickey Dubay and Cody Bradley – Academic Paper

• 11:15 – 11:30 | Technology-Related Challenges in Implementing Mixed Reality Technology (MR) in Precast Concrete Production by Mahsa Rezvani, Lloyd Waugh and Zhen Lei – Academic Paper

• 11:30 – 11:45 | Object-detection Applications for On-site Construction Processes: A Review by Younès Driouache and Ali Motamedi – Academic Paper

• 11:45 – 12 | Establishing a Decision-making Support Framework for Optimizing Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Flight Planning to Monitor Heritage Building Defects by Botao Li, Qinghao Zeng, Russell Gentry and Danielle Willkens – Academic Paper

• 12 – 12:15 | Multi-Dimensional Structural Assessment with a Mobile Scanning Device by Rishabh Bajaj, Zaid Abbas Al-Sabbag, Chul Min Yeum and Sriram Narasimhan – Abstract

• 12:15 - 12:30 | Distributed Collaboration in Infrastructure Assessment through Mixed and Virtual Reality by Zaid Abbas Al-Sabbag, Chul Min Yeum and Sriram Narasimhan – Abstract

Room 208

• 11 – 11:15 | Review of the Applications of Building Information Modeling in Robotics by Gareth Byers, SeyedReza RazaviAlavi and Hamid Kiavarz – Academic Paper

• 11:15 – 11:30 | Harnessing BIM-based Technology with Risk Assessment to Identify Hazards and Generate Automated Safety Schedule by Shail Pratap Singh, D.A. Patel and Suman Chauhan – Academic Paper

• 11:30 – 11:45 | Investigation of Root Causes of Delays and the Data Usage Trends in the Indian Construction Sector by Abhishek Trivedi, D A Patel, Mitesh Bhatt and V H Lad (Academic submission only, no presentation)

• 11:45 – 12 | Investigating Mixed Reality Applications in Building Inspection and Maintenance by Salman Azhar, Abuzar Haroon and Hesham Rabayah – Academic Paper

• 12 – 12:15 | Quantifying Occupants’ Energy Behaviour: A Novel Fuzzy Approach by Elham Mohamedi, Martin Wonders, Wai Lok Woo and Nima Gerami Seresht – Academic Paper

• 12:15 - 12:30 | BIM Implementation in the UK Residential Sector: Current Barriers and Potential Solutions by Lewis Turnbull, SeyedReza RazaviAlavi and Barry Gledson – Academic Paper

Room 204

• Exhibitor Booth Showcase with a presentation of services, software and equipment offerings:
  • 11 – 11:10 | Eagle GIS
  • 11:10 – 11:20 | Avetta
  • 11:20 – 11:30 | Revizto
  • 11:30 – 11:40 | ABTECH
  • 11:40 – 11:50 | NBDTI
  • 11:50 – 12:00 | Pomerleau
  • 12 – 12:10 | Fishburn Sheridan Atlantic
  • 12:10 – 12:30 | Top three teams from the 2022 Off-site Construction Student Design Competition

12:30 – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch Break provided by CPCI – Chancellor's Room, Wu Centre

1:15 - 2:45 p.m. | Keynote speaker & plenary session 2 – auditorium, Wu Centre. Moderator Mazdaq Nik-Bakht with Amin Hammad, Carl Haas and Gunho Sohn

• Dr. Amin Hammad | Abstract: Towards Near Real-time Digital Twins of Construction Sites. 4D simulation can be used in the planning phase of a project for constructability analysis, which aims to optimize construction processes and improve safety management. The same 4D simulation can be used as a digital twin in the construction phase for progress monitoring and identifying potential safety issues based on micro-schedules. A micro-schedule is a schedule listing tasks of short durations (i.e., minutes to hours) with the information of the resources assigned to each task (i.e., workers, equipment and materials). The site data can be collected using computer vision or real-time location systems (RTLS) to identify and recognize the activities of construction resources, as well as to capture the progress of the project. This talk aims to explore the possibility of developing near real-time digital twins of construction sites. The digital twin is developed as a high level of development (LOD) 4D simulation based on the captured computer vision and RTLS data. A case study based on a recent project will be used to demonstrate the proposed approach.

2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | Coffee Break and Tradeshow Networking, foyer, Wu Centre

3:15 – 4:45 p.m. | Technical stream presentations – Wu Centre

Room – Aitken

• 3:30 – 3:45 | Robot-based Real-Time Point Cloud Digital Twin Modeling in Augmented Reality by Hengxu You, Fang Xu and Eric Du – Academic Paper

• 3:45 – 4:00 | An Ontology to Enable Semantic BIM-based Data Quality Assurance and Quality Control by Omar Doukari and Ali Motamedi – Abstract

• 4 – 4:15 | The interplay of BIM and Reality Capture Processes in IPD Projects by Sara Rankohi, Mario Bourgault and Ivanka Iordanova (abstract submission only, no presentation)

• 4:15 – 4:30 | Intelligent Structural Steel Tracking with a BIM / IoT Based Integrated Solution by Sara Rankohi, Daniel Barbeau, Ivanka Iordanova, Ali Motamedi and Mario Bourgault (abstract submission only, no presentation)

• 4:30 – 4:45 | Key Result Indicators (KRIs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Maintenance Management by Fereshteh Ahmadi, Emile Molewijk, Jurjen Helmus and SeyedReza RazaviAlavi – Academic Paper

Room 208

• 3:15 – 3:30 | Flexible Data Mining for Prioritizing Critical Building Components by Kareem Mostafa, Hani Ahmed and Tarek Hegazy – Academic Paper

• 3:30 – 3:45 | An Eye Tracking Based Virtual Tape Measure in Construction by Hengxu You, Fang Xu and Eric Du – Academic Paper

• 3:45 – 4:00 | IFC-BIM-based Critical Energy Consumption Zones Identification in Buildings by Hamid Kiavarz and Mojgan Jadidi – Academic Paper

• 4:15 – 4:30 | Web mapping system for visualizing past urban reality and analyzing its development history by Yun Zhang, Sasha Mullally, David Fraser, Toni MacRae, William Liu, and Sean Cox – Abstract

• 4:30 – 4:45 | Ontology-based Hazard Knowledge Representation and Identification for Deep Refurbishment Projects by Omar Doukari, James Wakefield, Pablo Martinez and Mohamad Kassem – Academic Paper

Room 204

• 3:15 – 4:45 | Workshop #3 – Creating a Domain Map of RC Data on Construction Sites by Ivanka Iordanova and. Mazdak Nik-Bakht

4:45 – 5 p.m. | Closing remarks for the day

Free evening to enjoy restaurants and entertainment in Downtown Fredericton

Note: The conference registration desk in the Wu Conference Centre will be open in the main foyer from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

7 – 8:15 a.m. | Registration, Breakfast & tradeshow networking – Chancellor’s Room, Wu Centre

8:15 – 8:30 a.m. | Conference welcome and opening remarks – Kent Auditorium, Wu Centre

8:30 – 10 a.m. | Keynote speaker & plenary session 3 – auditorium, Wu Centre – with Ionnis Brilakis

• Prof. Ioannis Brilakis | Abstract: Digital twinning methods can produce a reliable digital record of the built environment and enable owners to reliably protect, monitor and maintain the condition of their asset. The built environment is comprised of large assets that need significant resource investments to design, construct, maintain and operate them. Improving productivity, i.e., efficiency and effectiveness, and creating new, disruptive ways to address existing problems throughout their lifecycle can generate significant performance improvements in cost, time, quality, safety, sustainability, and resilience metrics for all involved parties. Creating and maintaining an up-to-date electronic record of built environment assets in the form of rich Digital Twins can help generate such improvements. This talk introduces research conducted at the University of Cambridge on inexpensive methods for generating object-oriented infrastructure geometry, detecting, and mapping visible defects on the resulting digital twin, automatically extracting defect spatial measurements, and sensor and sensor data modelling. The results of these methods are further exploited through their application in design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA), mixed-reality-enabled mobile inspection, and proactive asset protection from accidental damage.

10 – 10:30 a.m. | Coffee break provided by Dillon Consulting & tradeshow networking – foyer, Wu Centre

10:30 – 11:50 a.m. | Technical stream presentations – Wu Centre

Room – Aitken | Industry Case Studies

• 10:30 – 10:50 a.m. | Digital Tools for Inclusive Public Consultation by IC3: SeyedReza RazaviAlavi

• 10:50 – 11:10 a.m. | An Eagle's Perspective: Right of Way Management Using LiDAR Mobile Mapping Systems by Eagle: Kelsey Green and Alex Hill-Stosky

• 11:10 – 11:30 a.m. | Reality Capture and the Potential for the Digital Twin: An examination of the Matterport Pro2, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, and the Trimble XR-10 with Microsoft HoloLens 2 by Eagle: Alex Hill-Stosky and Tim Brothers (Academic Paper)

• 11:30 – 11:50 a.m. | Leveraging Extended Reality Capture Within Industrialized Construction Processes by DIRTT: Jeff Pierce

Room 208

• 10:30 – 10:50 a.m. | Sea Water Heating Plant Retrofit Utilizing 3-D imaging for REVIT generation and construction monitoring by MCW: Scott Shreenan

• 10:50 – 11:10 a.m. | Smart Structural Health Monitoring: applications and case studies by Move Solutions: Amber Brown

• 11:10 – 11:30 a.m. | Integrating Gaming Technologies Into Heritage Reality Capture Processes by Mark Cichy and Tim Barnes

• 11:30 – 11:50 a.m. | Use of Reality Capture Technologies in Building Assessment and Retrofits by Fishburn Sheridan and Associates: Ted Sheridan

Room 204 – Paper Presentations

• 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | The Effect of Point Cloud Scan Resolution on the Accuracy Of A Pedestrian Bridge Condition Assessment by Daniele Mognon, Rajeev Ruparathna and Niel Van Engelen – Academic Paper

• 10:45 – 11 a.m. | Human-robot collaborative workflow for remote decommissioning and demolition by Yinghui Zhao, Gabriel Earle, Daniel Lopez Morales, Carl Haas and Sriram Narasimhan – Academic paper

• 11 – 11:15 a.m. | Geometric survey through laser scanning of a historical building in Alberta by Emina Burzic, George Iskander, Neil Duncan and Nigel Shrive – Academic Paper

• 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. | Virtual Reality for the Robot-Enabled Construction Site Inspection by Gareth Byers and Seyedreza Razavialavi – Abstract

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Lunch break provided by IMAGINiT Technologies – Chancellor’s Room, Wu Centre

12:30 - 2 p.m.| Keynote speaker & plenary session 4 – auditorium, Wu Centre. Moderator Brandon Searle with Robert Alzurade and Sina Karimi from Pomerleau

2 - 2:30 p.m. | Coffee Break & tradeshow networking, foyer, Wu Centre

2:30 – 4 p.m. | Technical stream presentations – Wu Centre

Room – Aitken

• 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. | Deep Neural Networks for 3D IFC Elements Classification: A Survey by Majid Seydgar, Ali Motamedi and Erik Poirier – Academic Paper

• 2:45 – 3 p.m. | Reality Data Characterization of Recovered Construction Materials for Generative Design by Jing Zhang, Adama Olumo and Carl Haas – Academic paper

• 3 – 3:15 p.m. | Performance Assessment of Deep Neural Networks for Classification of IFC Objects from Point Cloud with Limited Labeled Data by Majid Seydgar, Ali Motamedi and Erik Poirier – Academic Paper

Room 208

• 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. | Reality data capture for reclaimed construction materials by Adama Olumo, Jing Zhang and Carl Haas – Academic Paper

• 2:45 – 3 p.m. | Apple iPhone 13 Pro LiDAR Accuracy Assessment for Engineering Applications by Jakov Jakus, Payton Chase, Audrey Hawkes, Shabnam Jabari and Kianna Clarke – Academic Paper

• 3 – 3:15 p.m. | Strategies for Efficient Modular and Offsite Construction Practice by Mohamed Al-Hussein – Industry Case Study

Room 204

• 2:30 – 4 p.m. | Workshop #4 Leveraging AR and VR for Construction Site Validation by IMAGINiT Technologies

4 - 6 p.m. | Innovation Pitch – auditorium, Wu Centre

• 4 – 4:30 | Reality Capture & Mobile Mapping: Bringing Situational Awareness into the 21st Century by Eagle GIS

• 4:30 – 5 p.m. | Imaging Metrology Research Group: Experience and Capabilities by University of Calgary

• 5 – 5:30 p.m. | Innovation in Action for the Construction Industry by IC3

• 5:30 – 6 p.m. | Advanced AI Progress Tracking by Bird Construction

6 – 6:30 p.m. | Closing remarks – auditorium, Wu Centre

6:30 – 7 p.m. | Free time and head to Conference Banquet

7 – 11 p.m. | Conference Banquet and student awards with entertainment from Shanachie Dance Company and Montgomery Street Band – Atrium, UNB Student Union Building