Journal Papers

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

 

 

 

 

2026

146 Wang, M., Wang, C. C., Aleksandrov, M., Zlatanova, S., & Brilakis, I. (2026) “Automated Verticality Quality Assessment in Prefabrication Construction Using Laser Scanning and Synthetic Point Cloud”, J. of Building Engineering, Elsevier, accepted,  DOI 10.1016/j.jobe.2026.115252 
145 Luo, P., Parn, E., Kookalani, S. and Brilakis, I. (2026) “TailorAlert: Large language model–based personalized alert generation system for road infrastructure management with digital twins”, J. of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 40(2), March 2026, 14p., DOI  10.1061/JCCEE5.CPENG-7025 
144 Wang, M., Pan, Y., Lu, L., Pärn, E., Liu, J. and Brilakis, I. (2026) “Automating graph-based geometric digital model generation for building digital twin applications from point cloud and image data”, Building and Environment, Elsevier, 291, March 2026, 17p., DOI 10.1016/j.buildenv.2026.114211
143 Kai, R., Zhu, J., Green, S. and Brilakis, I. (2026) “Knowledge graphs for operational decision-making in industrial maintenance: A systematic review”, J. of Expert Systems with Applications, Elsevier, 299 (C), March 2026, 14p., DOI 10.1016/j.eswa.2025.130172
142 Zhu, J., Nisbet, N., Kang, R., Wen, Y., Wang, M. and Brilakis, I. (2026) “Revealing the internal structure of IFC-Graph for efficient querying and knowledge discovery”,  J. of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier, 70, March 2026, 19p., DOI 10.1016/j.aei.2025.104229 
141 . Kookalani, S., Green, S., Luo, P., Alavi, H., Parn, E., Sun, Z., and Brilakis, I. (2026) “Mapping digital twin applications in infrastructure and the built environment across research types, methods, sectors, phases, and scales”, Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 182 (106778), February 2026, 24p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106778 
140 Palin, D., Schaefer, S., d’Avigneau, A.M.,  Xu, J., Hadjidemetriou, G., Ambrose, M., Al-Tabbaa, A., Iida, F., Brilakis, I. and Thuruthel, T.G. (2026) “Autonomous maintenance of highway pavements: A framework towards implementation”, J. of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 152(3), January 2026, 20p., DOI 10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-16623 
139 Davletshina, D., Reja, V. K., and Brilakis, I. (2026) “Constructing and Maintaining Road Geometric Digital Twins”, J. of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 40 (1), January 2026, 21p., DOI 10.1061/jccee5.cpeng-6239 
138 Luo, P., Wen, X., Jiang, Y., Pärn, E. and Brilakis, I. (2026) “ChatTwin: Bridging the usability gap to digital twin adoption in infrastructure operations and maintenance with a Natural Language Interface”, J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 181(B), January 2026, 22p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106655 
137 Wen, Y., Qiao, Y., Lam, C.C., Brilakis, I., Lee, S. and Wong, M.O. (2026) “Semantic BIM enrichment for firefighting assets: Fire-ART dataset and panoramic image-based 3D reconstruction”, ISPRS J. of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Elsevier, 231, January 2026, pp. 679-703, 24p., DOI 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.11.015 
136 Lu, L., Pan, Y., Sheil, B., Luo, P. and Brilakis, I. (2026) “Regional graph-based pavement condition data quality assessment in support of trustworthy highway infrastructure digital twins”, J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 181(A), January 2026, 17p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106603 
135 Mahdavipour, M.A., Faramarzi, A., Dirar, S., Theofanous, M., Moghadam, S.J., Feng, Q., Kookalani, S., Pärn, E. and Brilakis, I. (2026) “Optimised steel frame design using reclaimed steel: Logistics impact on reuse efficiency”, J. of Constructional Steel Research, Elsevier, 236(B), January 2026, 16p., DOI 10.1016/j.jcsr.2025.110046 

2025

134 Fauth, J., Wu, L., Chen, J., Lu, W., & Brilakis, I. (2025) “Streamlining the Building Permit Process with Modular Integrated Construction (MiC): A SWOT Analysis from Hong Kong”, ABC2: J. of Architecture, Building, Construction, and Cities, ABC2 Publishing, 2025(02), December 2025, pp. 90-98, 8p. 
133 Jing, J., Yang, X., Cheng, H., Feng, X., Zheng, H., Brilakis, I. and Liu, J. (2026) “A critical review on pavement distress detection using images and point clouds from visual features to geometric Modelling", J. of Road Engineering, Elsevier, 5(4), December 2025, pp. 583-606, 24 p., DOI 10.1016/j.jreng.2025.10.001 
132 Yin, M., Duan, W., Wu, Z., Wang, M., Tang, L., Cheung, R.C.C. and Brilakis, I. (2025) “Adaptive detection of equipment components in MEP construction drawings via graph-enhanced siamese vision”, J. of Building Engineering, Elsevier, 115, December 2025, 23 p., DOI 10.1016/j.jobe.2025.114526
131 Sun, Z., Li, J., Brilakis, I., Besklubova, S., Liang, B., Liu, Z. (2025) “Visual-semantic alignment for automatic structural defect detection and diagnosis of prestressed concrete bridges”, J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 180, December 2025, 15p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106522 
130 Blay, K.B., Darko, A., Hwang, S., Brilakis, I., Foster, F. and Wei, R. (2025) “Ensuring information security resilience in Digital-enabled Construction Projects (DCP) through quantum security technologies”, J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 179 (C), November 2025, 20p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106480 
129 Pang, E., Davletshina, D., Marie d’Avigneau, A., Park, N., de Silva, L. and Brilakis, I. (2025) “Digitalising Road Maintenance: A Novel Approach for the Preparation and Integration of 2D and 3D Road Data Through Image Shadow Removal and Point Cloud Densification”, J. of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 39(6), November 2025, 16p., DOI 10.1061/JCCEE5.CPENG-6246 
128 Li, R., Chi, H.L., Hu, Z., Li, D., Yi, W. and Brilakis, I. (2025) “Data-driven lifting-centred construction site layout planning decision approach with BIM”, J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 179, November 2025, 29p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106467 
127 Yao, H., Liu, Y., Besklubova, S., Brilakis, I., Guo, M., Wang, J., Wang, M. (2025) “A data augmentation method for pavement crack detection based on super-resolution and denoising diffusion probabilistic models”, J. of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Wiley, 40 (25), October 2025, pp. 4212-4225, 13p., DOI 10.1111/mice.70050 
126 Mok, C.Y.F., de Silva, L., Reja, V.K., Green, S., Brilakis, I.  (2025) “Data-efficient classification of road inspection texts with a semantic similarity criterion”, J. of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier, 67, September 2025, 24p., DOI 10.1016/j.aei.2025.103509 
125 Davletshina, D., Reja, V.K. and Brilakis, I. (2025) “Automating Maintenance of Road Geometric Digital Twins Through Single Scan Instance Aware Point Cloud Change Retrieval”, J. of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier, 67, September 2025, 16p., DOI 10.1016/j.aei.2025.103476 
124 Hagedorn, P., Fauth, J., Seiss, S., Zentgraf, S., Brilakis, I., Koenig, M.  (2025) “OntoBPR: An ontology-based framework for performing building permit reviews using standardized information containers”, J. of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier, 66, July 2025, 24p., DOI 10.1016/j.aei.2025.103369 
123 Lu, L., Marie d’Avigneau, A., Pan, Y., Sun, Z., Luo, P. and Brilakis, I.  (2025) “Modelling Heterogeneous Spatiotemporal Pavement Data for Condition Prediction and Preventive Maintenance in Digital Twin-enabled Highway Management”, J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 174, June 2025, 19p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106134 
122 Wong, M.O., Sun, Y., Ying, H., Yin, M., Zhou, H., Brilakis, I., Kelly, T., Lam, C.C.  (2025) “Image-based Scan-to-BIM for Interior Building Component Reconstruction”, J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 173, May 2025, 27p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106091
121 Zhu, J., Nisbet, N., Yin, M., Wei, R. and Brilakis, I.  (2025) “Releasing the Power of Graph for Building Information Discovery”, J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 172, April 2025, 17p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106034 
120 Zhang, J., Yang, X., Wang, W., Wang, H., Brilakis, I., Davletshina, D., Heikkila, R. and Ding, L. (2025) “Crack Segmentation Guided Measurement with Lightweight Distillation Network on Edge Device”, J. of Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Wiley, 40(16), March 2025, pp. 2269-2286, 18p., DOI 10.1111/mice.13446 
119 Yin, M., Reja, V.K., Wei, R., Brilakis, I., Sheil, B., Perrotta, F., Marie d'Avigneau, A. and Lu, L. (2025) “Exploring the Value of Digital Twins for Information Management in Highway Asset Maintenance”, J. of Developments in the Built Environment, Elsevier, 21, March 2025, 21p., DOI 10.1016/j.dibe.2025.100614 
118 Zhu, J., Wong, M.O., Nisbet, N., Xu, J., Kelly, T., Zlatanova, S. and Brilakis, I.  (2025) “Semantics-based Connectivity Graph for Indoor Pathfinding Powered by IFC-Graph”, J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 171, March 2025, 19p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106019 
117 Zhou, S., Lin, J., Pan, P., Pan, Y., and Brilakis, I.  (2025) “Impact of Colour and Mixing Proportion of Synthetic Point Clouds on Semantic Segmentation”, J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 171, March 2025, 16p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.105963
116 Marie d'Avigneau, A., Potseluyko, L., Anvo, N.R., Taha-Abdalgadir, H., Reja, V.K., Davletshina, D., Lam, P.H., de Silva, L., Al-Tabbaa, A. and Brilakis, I.  (2025) “CAMHighways: The Cambridge Highways dataset”, J. of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier, 64, March 2025, 25p., DOI 10.1016/j.aei.2024.103036 
115 Lu, L., Yin, M., Xie, Y., Pan, Y., Wang, M. and Brilakis, I. (2025) “Development of A Trustworthy AI-supported Digital Twin Framework for Road Operation and Maintenance”, J. of Smart Construction, ELSP, 2(1), January 2025, 28p., DOI 10.55092/sc20250001 
114 Buuveibaatar, M., Brilakis, I., Peck, M., Economides, G. and Lee, W. (2025) “A Conceptual Framework for Planning Road Digital Twins”, J. of Buildings, MDPI, 15(3), 316, January 2025, 36p., DOI 10.3390/buildings15030316 
113 Zhang, J., Yang, X., Wang, W., Brilakis, I., Davletshina, D. and Wang, H. (2025) “Robust ELM-PID Tracing Control on Autonomous Mobile Robot via Transformer-based Pavement Crack Segmentation”, J. of Measurement: J. of the International Measurement Confederation, Elsevier, 242, January 2025, 16p., DOI  10.1016/j.measurement.2024.116045

2024

112 Davletshina, D., Reja, V.K. and Brilakis, I. (2024) "Automating Construction of Road Digital Twin Geometry Using Context and Location Aware Segmentation", J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 168(A), December 2024, 17p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105795
111 Kookalani, S., Parn, E., Brilakis, I., Dirar, S., Theofanous, M., Faramarzi, A., Mahdavipour, M.A. and Feng, Q. (2024) "Trajectory of Building and Structural Design Automation from Generative Design Towards the Integration of Deep Generative Models and Optimization: A Review", J. of Building Engineering, Elsevier, 97, November 2024, 35p., DOI 10.1016/j.jobe.2024.110972
110 Xu, J., Anvo, N.R., Taha-Abdalgadir, H., Marie d'Avigneau, A., Palin, D., Wei, R., Hadjidemetriou, G., Schaefer, S., de Silva, L., Iida, F., Al-Tabbaa, A. and Brilakis, I. (2024) "Highway Digital Twin-Enabled Autonomous Maintenance Plant (AMP): A Perspective", J. of Data Centric Engineering, Cambridge University Press, accepted
109 Wang, M., Wang, C.C., Zlatanova, S., Shen, X. and Brilakis, I. (2024) "A Streamlined Laser Scanning Verticality Check Method for Installation of Prefabricated Wall Panels", J. of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, accepted
108 Pan, Y., Wang, M., Lu, L., Wei, R., Cavazzi, S., Peck, M. and Brilakis, I., (2024) "Scan-to-Graph: Automatic Generation and Representation of Highway Geometric Digital Twins from Point Cloud Data", J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 166, October 2024, 13p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105654
107 Jiang, Y, Su, S., Zhao, S., Zhong, R.Y., Qiu, W., Skibniewski, M.J., Brilakis, I. and Huang, G.Q. (2024) "Digital Twin-Enabled Synchronized Construction Management: A Roadmap from Construction 4.0 towards Future Prospect", J. of Developments in the Built Environment, Elsevier, 19, October 2024, 22p., DOI 10.1016/j.dibe.2024.100512
106 Lin, X., Lu, Q., Chen, L. and Brilakis, I. (2024) "Assessing Dynamic Congestion Risks of Flood-disrupted Transportation Network Systems through Time-variant Topological Analysis and Traffic Demand Dynamics", J. of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier, 62(A), October 2024, 15p., DOI 10.1016/j.aei.2024.102672
105 Malihi, S., Potseluyko, L., Mathew, A., Alavi, H., Reja, V.K.., Pan, Y., Binni, L., Wang, G., Wang, X. and Brilakis, I. (2024) "Review of multimodal data and their applications for road maintenance", J. of Smart Construction, ELSP, 1(2), September 2024, 39p., DOI 10.55092/sc20240010
104 Drobnyi, V., Li, S. and Brilakis, I. (2024) "Digitisation of Existing Buildings with Arbitrary Shaped Spaces from Point Clouds", J. of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 38(5), September 2024, 12p., DOI 10.1061/JCCEE5.CPENG-5853
103 Zhang, Y., Marie d’Avigneau, A., Hadjidemetriou, G., de Silva, L., Girolami, M. and Brilakis, I. (2024) "Bayesian Dynamic Modelling for Probabilistic Prediction of Pavement Condition", J. of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Elsevier, 133(F), July 2024, 13p., DOI 10.1016/j.engappai.2024.108637
102 Chen, J., Chan, I. and Brilakis, I. (2024) "Shifting Research from Defect Detection to Defect Modelling in Computer Vision-based Structural Health Monitoring", J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 164, May 2024, 16p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105481
101 Zhang, J., Yang, X., Wang, W., Brilakis, I., Davletshina, D., Wang, H. and Cao, M. (2024) "Segment-to-track for Pavement Crack with Light-Weight Neural Network on Unmanned Wheeled Robot", J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 161, May 2024, 15p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105346
100 Drobnyi, V., Li, S., and Brilakis, I. (2024) "Connectivity Detection for Automatic Construction of Building Geometric Digital Twins", J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 159, March 2024, 14p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105281
99 Jacobsen, E.L., Teizer, J., Wandahl, S. and Brilakis, I. (2024) "Probabilistic Forecasting of Construction Labour Productivity Metrics", J. of Information Technology in Construction, Elsevier, 29, February 2024, pp. 58-83, 26p., DOI 10.36680/j.itcon.2024.004

2023

98 Hu, Z. and Brilakis, I. (2023) "Matching design-intent planar, curved, and linear structural instances in point clouds", Automation in Construction, V.158, November 2023, DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105219
97 Ariyachandra, M. R. M. F. and Brilakis, I. (2023) "Leveraging railway topology to automatically generate track geometric information models from airborne LiDAR data", Automation in Construction, V.155, November 2023, DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105068
96 Xie, H., Hong, Y., Xin, M., Brilakis, I. and Shi, O. (2023) “Identification and Analysis of Communication Barriers for Construction Projects with Time Uncertainties”, J. of Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Emerald Publishing, August 2023, 29p, DOI 10.1108/ECAM-07-2022-0669
95 Drobnyi, V., Hu, Z., Fathy, Y. and Brilakis, I. (2023) "Construction and Maintenance of Building Geometric Digital Twins: State of the Art Review", Sensors, 23(9), 4382, April 2023, DOI 10.3390/s23094382
94 Trzeciak, M. and Brilakis, I. (2023) "Dense 3D reconstruction of building scenes by AI-based camera-lidar fusion and odometry", J. of Computing in Civil Engineering, 48 p., ASCE, DOI 10.1061/JCCEE5/CPENG-4909
93 Trzeciak, M., Pluta, K., Fathy, Y., Alcalde, L., Chee, S., Bromley, A., Brilakis, I., and Alliez, P. (2023) "ConSLAM: Construction Dataset for SLAM", J. of Computing in Civil Engineering, 37(3), March 2023, 38 p., ASCE, DOI 10.1061/JCCEE5/CPENG-5212
92 Pan, Y., Braun, A., Borrmann, A. and Brilakis, I., (2023). "3D deep-learning-enhanced void-growing approach in creating geometric digital twins of buildings". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Smart Infrastructure and Construction, ICE, Dec 2022, pp.1-17. DOI 10.1680/jsmic.21.00035

2022

91 Rogage, K., Mahamedi, E., Brilakis, I. and Kassem, M. (2022) "Beyond Digital Shadows: A Digital Twin for monitoring earthwork operation in large infrastructure projects", J. of AI in Civil Engineering, 1(7), December 2022, 24 p., Springer, DOI 10.1007/s43503-022-00009-5
90 Tetteh, M.O, Chan, P.C., Darko, A., Jafari, A., Chen, W., Brilakis, I. and Chen, CST (2022) "Scientometric mapping of global research on green retrofitting of existing buildings (GREB): Pathway towards a holistic GREB framework", J. of Energy & Buildings, Elsevier,  277,  October 2022, 20p, DOI 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112532
89 Hong, Y., Xie, H., Brilakis, I., & Bhumbra, G. (2022) "Improving the accuracy of schedule information communication between humans and data". J. of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier, May 2022. DOI 10.17863/CAM.84980
88 Pan, Y., Braun, A., Brilakis, I. and Borrmann, A. (2022) "Enriching Geometric Digital Twins of Buildings with Small Objects by Fusing Laser Scanning and AI-based Image Recognition", J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 140, August 2022, 19p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104375
87 Hong, Y., Xie, H., Hovhannisyan, V. and Brilakis, I. (2022) "A graph-based approach for unpacking construction sequence analysis to evaluate schedules", J. of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier, 52, April 2022, 16p., DOI 10.1016/j.aei.2022.101625
86 Assadzadeh, A., Arashpour, M., Brilakis, I., Ngo, T. and Konstantinou, E. (2022) "Vision-Based Excavator Pose Estimation Using Synthetically Generated Datasets with Domain Randomization", J. of Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 134, February 2022, 12 p., DOI 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.104089
85 Argyroudis, S.A., Mitoulis, S.A., Chatzi, E., Baker, J.W., Brilakis, I., Gkoumas, K., Vousdoukas, M., Hynes, W., Carluccio, S., Keou, O., Frangopol, M.D. and Linkov, I. (2022) "Digital Technologies Can Enhance Global Climate Resilience of Critical Infrastructure", J. of Climate Risk Management, Elsevier, 35, January 2022, 24 p., DOI 10.1016/j.crm.2021.100387
84 Fitzsimmons, J.P., Lu, R., Hong, Y. and Brilakis, I. (2022) "Construction Schedule Risk Analysis – A Hybrid Machine Learning Approach", J. of Information Technology in Construction, 27, January 2022, pp. 70-93, 24 p., DOI 10.36680/j.itcon.2022.004