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From BIM to UAVs: A Systematic Review of Digital Solutions for Productivity Challenges in Construction Open

Victor Francisco Saraiva Landim, João Poças Martins, Diego Calvetti · 2025

The construction industry faces persistent productivity challenges despite the widespread adoption of advanced digital technologies. This systematic review examines how digital technologies contribute to improving on-site labor productivit…

INNOVATION FOR CIRCULAR COMPETENCY - DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORTS AWARENESS WORKSHOP Open

Diego Calvetti, Eilif Hjelseth, P. Mêda · 2025

Mathematical Modeling and Control of Non-Rigid Axisymmetric Parts Processing Open

L. F. Sulyukova, Dilfuza Yakubjanova, Diego Calvetti · 2025

This article investigates the control of technological system parameters in the processing of elastically deformed non-rigid axisymmetric parts. The developed mathematical models describe the relationships between machining accuracy and ke…

IFC Submarine Interconnection Projects Data Model Open

Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento, Diego Calvetti, Flávio Ney Magno de Araújo Filho, Nicolas Alexandros Papadopoulos, Rafael Henrique Viana Abreu , et al. · 2025

Technical specification of the O&G Subsea Flexible Interconnections IFC Data Model, containing class relationships diagram and data model tables.

Incremental digital twin framework: A design science research approach for practical deployment Open

Diego Calvetti, P. Mêda, Eilif Hjelseth, Hipólito Sousa · 2025

Innovative approaches to productivity monitoring: Integrating work sampling and electronic performance monitoring Open

Diego Calvetti, Miguel Luiz Ribeiro Ferreira · 2025

Electronic performance monitoring (EPM) in workforce productivity lacks quantitative indexes, such as labour rating factors (LRFs). This study introduces an integrated method using smartphones and work sampling (WS) to measure productivity…

Data Discovery for Digital Building Logbook (DBL): Directly Implementing and Enabling a Smarter Urban Built Environment Open

P. Mêda, Diego Calvetti, Hipólito Sousa, J. Agostinho Moreira · 2024

Digital Building Logbooks (DBLs) are the EU repositories for all building-related data. Logbook implementation conveys challenges, but it must be recognised that relevant things already exist. This article bridges the gap at the data disco…

Human-Data Interaction as a critical enabler of Electronic Performance Monitoring at construction sites Open

Diego Calvetti, Dimosthenis Kifokeris, P. Mêda, Hipólito Sousa · 2024

Human-Data Interaction (HDI) revolves around how humans generate, process, and utilise data. HDI plays a crucial role in evaluating data collection and use in the context of the construction industry, considering the impact on stakeholders…

Linked data to streaming data sensors sources for direct access Open

Diego Calvetti, Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento, Flávio Ney Magno de Araújo Filho, Rafael Henrique Viana Abreu, Nicolas Alexandros Papadopoulos · 2024

Goal: Industrial operations are complex, and data sensors assure safety and reliable information for production improvements. Multiple stakeholders can take advantage of data acquisition for post-analysis and process control. Providing use…

Experiencing Education 5.0 for Civil Engineering Open

Diego Calvetti, P. Mêda, Hipólito Sousa, Miguel Chichorro Gonçalves, José Manuel Amorim Faria , et al. · 2024

Nowadays, the construction industry's digital transformation processes are challenging civil engineering education. In general, students and society underestimate the civil engineering field as an outdated and archaic knowledge area. Despi…

Incremental Digital Twin Framework: A Design Science Research Approach for a Practical Deployment Flow Open

Diego Calvetti, P. Mêda, Eilif Hjelseth, Hipólito Sousa · 2024

Electronic performance monitoring framework to quantify unhealthy and unsafe on-site behaviours Open

Diego Calvetti, P. Mêda, Hipólito Sousa · 2024

Health and Safety (H&S) should be a significant concern in construction projects. The quantification of the work injury accidents started with work A. W. Heinrich (1931), passing per Frank E. Bird Jr. (1969) to a study by ConocoPhillips Ma…

IFC Submarine Interconnection Projects Data Model Open

Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento, Diego Calvetti, Flávio Ney Magno de Araújo Filho, Nicolas Alexandros Papadopoulos, Rafael Henrique Viana Abreu , et al. · 2023

Technical specification of the O&G Subsea Flexible Interconnections IFC Data Model, containing class relationships diagram, data model tables and IFC sample files in JSON and STEP formats. Obs. All components of the 3D model are in the ori…

O&G Subsea Flexible Interconnections IFC Data Model Open

Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento, Diego Calvetti, Flávio Ney Magno de Araújo Filho, Nicolas Alexandros Papadopoulos, Rafael Henrique Viana Abreu , et al. · 2023

Technical specification of the O&G Subsea Flexible Interconnections IFC Data Model, containing class relationships diagram, data model tables and IFC sample files in JSON and STEP formats. Obs. All components of the 3D model are in the ori…

Information needs in digital products passport – discussing data framework and reasonability Open

P. Mêda, Mustapha Munir, Diego Calvetti, Hipólito Sousa · 2023

Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are cross-sectorial data containers with relevant characteristics of products aiming to enable the circular economy. The European Union (EU) ecodesign directive proposal sets the background for the study as…

Interoperability framework for subsea sensors data Open

Diego Calvetti, Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento, Flávio Magno Araújo, Rafael H. V. Abreu, Nicolas Alexandros Papadopoulos , et al. · 2023

Subsea operations account for multiple sensors and systems. Monitoring and controlling offshore facilities are crucial to ensuring a safe environment for humans and sea life. Also, data post-analysis allows increased process performance fo…

Exploring the Potential of iPad-LiDAR Technology for Building Renovation Diagnosis: A Case Study Open

P. Mêda, Diego Calvetti, Hipólito Sousa · 2023

Digitalization and sustainability are twin trends in the construction industry (CI). Mobile devices are becoming more and more powerful, gaining the ability to support tasks that, until recently, were unthinkable. One example is LiDAR. The…

Construction Tasks Electronic Process Monitoring: Laboratory Circuit-Based Simulation Deployment Open

Diego Calvetti, Luís Sanhudo, P. Mêda, João Poças Martins, Miguel Chichorro Gonçalves , et al. · 2022

The domain of data processing is essential to accelerate the delivery of information based on electronic performance monitoring (EPM). The classification of the activities conducted by craft workers can enhance the mechanisation and produc…

A process-based framework for digital building logbooks Open

Pedro Mêda Magalhães, Diego Calvetti, Dimosthenis Kifokeris, Mohamad Kassem · 2022

Digital building logbooks (DBLs), as repositories of building lifecycle data, can contribute to improving the performance of and decisions about buildings. However, for DBL concept, its required data and the roles of various stakeholders. …

Industrial Plants Commissioning Procedures Using Digital Process-Oriented Architecture Open

Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento, Alessandra Brancher Roeder, Diego Calvetti, Alejandro Menés Mustelier, Fernando Rodrigues Gonzalez , et al. · 2022

In the Brazilian Oil and Gas industry, deep-water exploration projects are carried out by several international companies and rely on extensive supply chains There is a need to put into operation several industrial installations in this co…

Incremental Digital Twin Conceptualisations Targeting Data-Driven Circular Construction Open

P. Mêda, Diego Calvetti, Eilif Hjelseth, Hipólito Sousa · 2021

The construction industry faces multiple challenges, where transition to circular production is key. Digitalisation is a strategy to increase the sector’s productivity, competitiveness, and efficiency. However, digitalisation also impacts …

LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY AS A MEANS FOR ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Open

Diego Calvetti, Miguel Chichorro Gonçalves, Fabrício Peter Vahl, P. Mêda, Hipólito Sousa · 2021

Managing standards and environmental laws in the construction life cycle have become essential to constructors. In general, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods quantifying environmental impact factors in the construction phase do not measu…

3º Congresso Português de ‘Building Information Modelling’ (ptBIM 2020) Open

João Poças Martins, António Aguiar Costa, Luís Sanhudo, Josyanne Pinto Giesta, Karine Morais , et al. · 2020

A crescente importância da representação digital de elementos de construção, tornada possível pelas metodologias ‘Building Information Modelling’ (BIM), está a introduzir alterações muito relevantes no projeto, na construção e gestão de op…

Worker 4.0: The Future of Sensored Construction Sites Open

Diego Calvetti, P. Mêda, Miguel Chichorro Gonçalves, Hipólito Sousa · 2020

The digitalization of the construction industry (CI) has the aim—among others—to raise the bar of overall productivity. The craft workforce is very relevant on the overall value-chain. Therefore, a boost in this dimension impacts the entir…

People, Process, Technology in Construction 4.0 - Balancing Knowledge, Distrust and Motivations Open

P. Mêda, Hipólito Sousa, Miguel Chichorro Gonçalves, Diego Calvetti, Paulo Dias , et al. · 2020

Construction sector digital transformation is an ongoing task engaged by the urgent goals of a more sustainable, efficient and competitive industry.Construction embraces these challenges quite behind.Given its unique environment, the succe…

BIM WD: A Dimensão dos Trabalhadores Integrada nos Modelos de Informação Open

Diego Calvetti, Luís Sanhudo, P. Mêda, Miguel Chichorro Gonçalves, João Poças Martins , et al. · 2020

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Informação da Construção em Usos BIM – Estudo de Caso Open

Rui Filipe Tavares Pina, Miguel Chichorro Gonçalves, Pedro Mêda Magalhães, Diego Calvetti · 2020

Impact of BIM-based augmented reality interfaces on construction projects: protocol for a systematic review Open

Adeeb Sidani, Fábio Matoseiro Dinis, Luís Sanhudo, J. Duarte, Diego Calvetti , et al. · 2019

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been adopted in construction projects to increase efficiency. In general, improving project management and monitoring, reducing time and cost, strengthen the collaboration between stakeholders, in a…

Agile Methodology to Performance Measure and Identification of Impact Factors in the Labour Productivity of Industrial Workers Open

Diego Calvetti, Miguel Luiz Ribeiro Ferreira · 2018

The objective of this work is to adapt and test an agile methodology based on human observation that waives the data collection based on the timing of time in activity. Aiming to evaluate the productivity and non-productivity of workers in…

Multivariate Statistical Analysis Approach to Cluster Construction Workers based on Labor Productivity Performance Open

Diego Calvetti · 2018

In the construction industry, the direct workforce is one of the most important drivers of the work process. Identifying and quantifying labor productivity impact factors allows the diagnosis of recurring problems during the construction p…

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