Ali Rashidi

La Trobe University · Department of Engineering

In recent years, mixed reality (MR) technology has gained popularity in construction management due to its real-time visualisation capability to facilitate on-site decision-making tasks. The semantic segmentation of building components provides an attractive solution towards digital construction monitoring, reducing workloads through automation tec...

The report explores the transformative impact of Industry 4.0 on the Australian building industry, emphasizing the implementation of key principles and technologies. Industry 4.0, characterized by the integration of advanced technologies like IoT, cloud computing, AI, robotics, and automation, holds the potential to enhance sustainability, efficien...

Purpose In the realm of construction education, the investigation of immersive learning and extended reality (XR) technologies has experienced a surge in recent times. Nevertheless, there remains a notable lack of comprehension surrounding the most efficient ways to integrate these technologies into tailored teaching approaches for vocational const...

Purpose The construction industry remains one of the most hazardous industries worldwide, with a higher number of fatalities and injuries each year. The safety and well-being of workers at a job site are paramount as they face both immediate and long-term risks such as falls and musculoskeletal disorders. To mitigate these dangers, sensor-based tec...

The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the current state of Industry 4.0 (IR 4.0) with regard to construction in Australia and to identify the key factors that are driving and hindering its adoption. A literature review and desktop review were conducted to extract mainstream topics, followed by a two-folded workshop designed with a mult...

Purpose Architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) is an important industry worldwide and one of the largest economic sectors in several developing countries, particularly in Iran. The Iranian AEC sector suffers from low productivity and needs to adopt building information modeling (BIM) to reduce inefficiencies. Therefore, this paper was con...

The report aims to highlight the transformative implications of Industry 4.0 for the Australian building industry. Implementation of key principles and technologies are summarised along with an action plan and roadmap for the building industry. Industry 4.0 involves integrating advanced technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computin...

Buildings are significant sources of energy consumption due to the non-optimal configuration of shading devices that results in excessive solar heat gain. Amorphous optimization of shading devices has not been explored in-depth using sophisticated modelling tools despite research efforts to optimize shading devices for different objectives such as...

Purpose: This paper investigates how the residential real estate sector could take advantage of the virtual world envisioned by the concept of metaverse – a world of interconnected digital spaces through virtual reality that will incorporate businesses, commerce, entertainment, and social networking. Methods: This study conducted an experiment with...

While VR-based training has been proven to improve learning effectiveness over conventional methods, there is a lack of study on its learning effectiveness due to the implementation of training modes. This study aims to investigate the learning effectiveness of engineering students under different training modes in VR-based construction design trai...

Neuro-fuzzy systems (NFS), as part of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, have become popular in modeling and forecasting applications in many fields in the past few decades. NFS are powerful tools for mapping complex associations between inputs and outputs by learning from available data. Therefore, such techniques have been found helpful for...

The coordination process plays a vital role in construction projects during the design phase when interferences and clashes between design systems are identified to reduce the risk of costly reworks. Despite the fact that coordination has been studied commonly in BIM research, limited research has explored the impact of virtual reality (VR) to unde...

Purpose The construction industry has actively attempted to tackle the low-productivity issues arising from inefficient construction planning. It is imperative to understand how construction practitioners perceive technology integration in construction planning in light of emerging technologies. This study intended to uncover unique experimental fi...

Purpose – In recent years, deep learning and extended reality (XR) technologies have gained popularity in the built environment, especially in construction engineering and management. A significant amount of research efforts has been thus dedicated to the automation of construction-related activities and visualization of the construction process. T...

Purpose In recent years, deep learning and extended reality (XR) technologies have gained popularity in the built environment, especially in construction engineering and management. A significant amount of research efforts has been thus dedicated to the automation of construction-related activities and visualization of the construction process. The...

The colours in interior design traditionally represent theoretical colour schemes, theories and meanings that translate into experience, materials and surfaces. This paper is part of a larger research on colour psychology and meaning based on cultural preferences of Middle Eastern tourists who are visiting Malaysia. The purpose is for guiding the d...

The future of smart city relies on technology that integrates information and communication through the foundation of rapidly growing capabilities of “Internet of Things (IoT)”. With the advancement of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies, it has emerged to become one of the most promising technology for application in various fields including archite...

The colours in interior design traditionally represent theoretical colour schemes, theories and meanings that translate into experience, materials and surfaces. This paper is part of a larger research on colour psychology and meaning based on cultural preferences of Middle Eastern tourists who are visiting Malaysia. The purpose is for guiding the d...

A retrofit plan for improving the energy efficiency of an existing building can contribute to a sustainable built environment. This study presents a novel framework for integrating mathematical optimization, 6D-Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Life Cycle Assessment to enhance existing buildings' energy efficiency through applying energy ret...

The construction industry has actively attempted to tackle the low-productivity issues arising from inefficient construction planning. With new emerging technologies, there is a need to comprehend how construction practitioners perceive the functionality of technology integration in construction planning. This study intended to uncover unique exper...

Current advances in the theory and practice of construction and infrastructure worksite safety are supported by effective decision-making to identify and minimize hazards and risks. The dynamic and complex environment of the construction and infrastructure industry imposes significant challenges for decision-makers and stakeholders. Therefore, occu...

Virtual reality (VR) technology has gained more attention in recent years where most industries, including the real estate sector are striving towards digitalization of their services. Furthermore, the advent of Covid-19 pandemic has caused a substantial shift towards digital marketing approaches. Despite the exuberance to incorporate VR as part of...

Accurate and timely information about construction processes is essential to provide greater visibility and understanding of project progress and therefore deliver the projects on time and on budget. This project has made significant advances in the knowledge and practice of acquiring and managing real-time operation data. More specific objectives...

Purpose The construction site operates under a hazardous environment that requires a high level of understanding in building systems to minimise accidents. However, the current building education generally adopts paper-based learning approaches that lack hands-on experiences. Furthermore, to achieve Industrial Revolution 4.0 in line with any unfore...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the potentials of virtual reality (VR) for residential real estate marketing to influence house purchase intention. Design/methodology/approach Based on the relevant literature in consumer behaviour, this study hypothesised the relationships between atmosphere with pleasure and arousal emotions and the subseq...

Virtual reality technology has been proven in various research as an effective visualisation tool. This research examines the potentials of virtual reality as a pre-purchase evaluation tool for potential homebuyers to facilitate home purchase decisions. An experiment was conducted to determine whether virtual reality could replace the real environm...

: The Malaysian government has been promoting the use of industrialized building system (IBS) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Productivity Thrust of the Construction Industry Transformation Program CITP2016-2020. However, the rate of BIM adaptation is hampered when the AEC industry still relies very much on traditional drawings and m...

The purpose of this study was to assess the performance, durability and mechanical strength of the following three nanofillers: Metakaolin (MK), calcined halloysite (CHAL) and non-calcined halloysite nanotubes (Hal) as Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCM) when used as a partial substitute for Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) in lightweight ceme...

Globally, the construction sector suffers from low productivity levels due to a large proportion of the workforce consisting of low-skilled laborers. There is a significant need to move from traditional approaches to advanced methods, such as Building Information Modeling, in order to integrate design and construction workflows with the aim of impr...

Background:The construction industry needs to be resilient in Malaysian economy because it contributes significantly to its socio-economy, gross domestic production, and positive employment ratios. Objective:This study is a chronological review of the fundamental issues related to the industrialization of construction in Malaysia. It covers differe...

The Sustainable Design Informatics Research Group at Universiti Putra Malaysia has embarked on developing a deeper understanding of how it can design and integrate gamification principles into a training curriculum. In lieu of introducing and innovating advanced industrialized building systems to the country, the next challenge to the technology de...

This study intends to introduce the use of digital media as a tool for learning in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. The main purpose of this paper is to determine how industrialized technology trainers in a developing country can improve their knowledge transfer to the construction workforce during their respective cap...

Intense and growing demand for affordable housing is pushing for the utilization of advanced industrialized building technologies to be implemented at a faster rate in the Malaysian construction industry. The purpose of this survey paper is to develop some understanding about the human capability gaps with the intention to developing a potential me...