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Digital and Intelligent Construction and Smart Operation & Maintenance

Team Basic Information

  • Team Name
    Digital and Intelligent Construction and Smart Operation & Maintenance Research Team
  • Affiliated College
    College of Civil and Transportation Engineering
  • Year Established
    2018

Team Overview

Research Directions and Features

Centering on whole-life-cycle engineering management, the team relies on the State Key Laboratory, the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, and the Sino-Australia Joint Research Center in BIM and Smart Construction at Shenzhen University. Guided by the concept of sustainable development, it takes serving the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the construction of major disciplinary platforms as its purpose, and takes interdisciplinary integration and organized scientific research as its starting point. Aiming to achieve "digitalization, industrialization, intelligentization, and low-carbonization" of the construction industry, the team takes digital and intelligent construction and smart operation & maintenance of urban underground space as its main line, and energy conservation, emission reduction, and resilient city research as its features. Keeping closely abreast of the industry research frontier, it makes full use of technologies such as BIM, artificial intelligence, brain-computer interaction, intelligent equipment, big data, the Internet of Things, GIS, and simulation. Seizing the opportunity of organized scientific research on urban underground space, the team is committed to building itself into a world-class research team for digital and intelligent construction and O&M management.


Main Research Directions

  • Direction 1:Digital and intelligent construction and O&M management
  • Direction 2:Dual-carbon management and sustainable construction
  • Direction 3:Disaster prevention and mitigation for coastal urban buildings and infrastructure

Landmark Technologies / Theories

Keywords

Intelligent construction, building energy conservation, waste management, intelligent construction equipment, disaster preventio

Team Positioning

  • Basic rese
  • Applicatio
  • Industry-a
  • Others

Supporting Disciplines

  • Pillar discipline:Management Science and Engineering
  • Related discipline:Civil Engineering

Team Members

Name

Title / Position

Research Direction

Role in the Team

Ding Zhikun

Professor / Vice Dean

Sustainable construction, human factors engineering

Academic Leader

Mo Jinhan

Distinguished Professor

Air safety and energy saving, solar energy utilization

Core Technical Member

Ding Zhixiong

Distinguished Professor

Building energy conservation, smart O&M

Core Technical Member

Li Jingru

Professor

Dual-carbon management, disaster prevention and mitigation

Core Technical Member

Fan Cheng

Professor / Department Head

Building energy conservation, smart O&M

Core Technical Member

Song Botong

Associate Professor

Engineering project management

Core Technical Member

Wang Gang

Associate Professor

Engineering project management

Core Technical Member

Mo Like

Associate Professor

Construction safety management, smart O&M

Core Technical Member

Jiang Weiping

Associate Professor

Engineering project management

Core Technical Member

Li Shenghan

Associate Professor

Smart O&M

Core Technical Member

Wu Zezhou

Associate Professor / Deputy Department Head

Sustainable construction, dual-carbon management

Core Technical Member

Li Zhengdao

Associate Professor

Intelligent construction, building industrialization

Core Technical Member

Liao Longhui

Associate Professor / Deputy Department Head

Engineering knowledge management, emergency management

Core Technical Member

Tan Yi

Associate Professor

Digital and intelligent construction, machine vision

Core Technical Member

Wu Huanyu

Associate Professor

Sustainable construction, construction robots

Core Technical Member

Wang Huilong

Associate Professor

Building energy conservation, smart O&M

Core Technical Member

Yuan Lili

Lecturer

Engineering project management

Core Technical Member

Wu Lingyi

Laboratory Technician

Sustainable construction, intelligent construction

Core Technical Member

Cheng Jing

Assistant Professor

Dual-carbon management, smart cities

Core Technical Member

Ouyang Yewei

Assistant Professor

Intelligent construction, human-robot collaboration

Core Technical Member

Cao Ruijun

Assistant Professor

Whole-life-cycle low-carbon technology

Core Technical Member

Amirhossein Karamoozian

Assistant Professor

Engineering risk management

Core Technical Member

Xie Zhuwei

Assistant Professor

Building energy conservation, smart O&M

Core Technical Member

Research Facilities and Resources

Supporting Platforms

  • State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Maintenance of Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineering in Extreme Environment
  • State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building and Urban Science
  • Key Laboratory of Coastal Urban Resilient Infrastructures (Shenzhen University), Ministry of Education
  • Sino-Australia Joint Research Center in BIM and Smart Construction

Core Equipment

No.

Name

Model

1

3D laser scanner

TX8

2

Humanoid robot

G1 EDU

3

Four-wheel eight-drive omni-directional inspection robot

PL-OM100

4

Intelligent visual grasping robot

JCB1.0

5

Autonomous navigation robot for complex and changeable environments

AR-500

Collaboration Network

  • Joint recruitment and training of doctoral students: Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. International academic coope:Joint recruitment and training of doctoral students: Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. International academic cooperation: University of Adelaide, RMIT University, Western Sydney University, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Sc

Research Projects and Achievements

Signature Research Projects

Project

Project Leader

Project Type

Duration (Years)

Indoor Air Purification

Mo Jinhan

National Natural Science Foundation of China Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars

2024-2028

Absorption-Based Thermochemical Energy Storage in Buildings

Ding Zhixiong

National Natural Science Foundation of China Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (Overseas)

2026-2029

Simulation Study on the Recycling Decision-Making Mechanism and Flexible Management Strategy of Stakeholders in Urban Construction Waste: Based on the Perceived Value Cues Perspective

Ding Zhikun

National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program

2020-2023

Intelligent Fault Diagnosis Method for Central Air-Conditioning Systems Integrating Multi-Paradigm Machine Learning under Incomplete Data

Fan Cheng

National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program

2023-2026

Model Construction, Structural Measurement, and Optimization Path Research of a Multi-Collaborative Environmental Governance System under the "Dual-Carbon" Goal Based on Machine Learning

Li Jingru

National Social Science Fund of China General Program

2022-2026

Self-Adaptive Energy-Efficiency Diagnosis Method for Central Air-Conditioning Systems Based on Cross-Building "Data-Model" Collaboration

Fan Cheng

National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program

2026-2029

Integrated Risk Measurement and Resilience Improvement Strategy Research on the Construction Waste Recycling Industry Chain

Wu Zezhou

National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program

2024-2027

Research on BIM-Driven Lean Construction and Integrated Operation Management Mechanism and Key Technologies for Prefabricated Buildings

Li Zhengdao

National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program

2021-2024

Research on a Knowledge- and Data-Driven Emergency Decision Support Mechanism for Emergencies in Urban Underground Space

Liao Longhui

National Social Science Fund of China General Program

2025-2029

Research on the Formation Mechanism and Prevention Mechanism of Cross-Regional Illegal Dumping Hotspots of Construction Waste

Wu Huanyu

National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program

2026-2029

Construction Site Model Creation Service

Ding Zhikun

Industry-Funded Project

2022-2023

Development of a Product-Level Building Demand Response Algorithm Model

Fan Cheng

Industry-Funded Project

2024-2026

Application Research of Digital Twin Technology in Utility Tunnel Construction Safety Management

Wang Gang

Industry-Funded Project

2022-2024

Research and Application of Key Technologies for Comprehensive Treatment of Construction Waste under the "Waste-Free Construction Site" Background

Wu Zezhou

Industry-Funded Project

2024-2026

Intelligent Construction Technology and Application for Super-Large Complex Steel Structure Venues

Tan Yi

Industry-Funded Project

2025-2027

Flagship Research Projects

High-Level Papers

  • Ding, Z., Xu, S., Xie, X., Zheng, K., Wang, D., Fan, J., Li, H., & Liao, L. (2024). A building information modeling-based fire emergency evacuation simulation system for large infrastructures. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 244, 109917.

  • Fan, C., Lu, M., Sun, Y., & Liang, D. (2024). A novel linear programming-based predictive control method for building battery operations with reduced cost and enhanced computational efficiency. Renewable Energy, 237, 121847.

  • He, Q., Wu, Z.*, & Chen, X. (2024). An integrated framework for automatic green building evaluation: A case study of China. Frontiers of Engineering Management, 11(2), 269-287.

  • Li, C. Z., Tam, V. W., Lai, X., Zhou, Y., & Guo, S. (2024). Carbon footprint accounting of prefabricated buildings: A circular economy perspective. Building and Environment, 258, 111602.

  • Tan, Y., Yi, W., Chen, P., & Zou, Y. (2024). An adaptive crack inspection method for building surface based on BIM, UAV and edge computing. Automation in Construction, 157, 105161.

  • Liao, L., Mo, W., Wen, Y., Liu, S., Zou, Y., Mo, L., Wu, C., and Fan, C.* (2025). Safety consultation for prefabricated construction: a localized retrieval-augmented generative question-answering system. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 39(5), 04025076.

  • Wu, H., Zuo, J., Yuan, H., Zillante, G., & Wang, J. (2023). Investigation of the social and economic impacts of cross-regional mobility of construction and demolition waste in Australia. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190, 106814.

  • Wang, H., Chen, Y., Kang, J., Ding, Z., & Zhu, H. (2023). An XGBoost-Based predictive control strategy for HVAC systems in providing day-ahead demand response. Building and Environment, 238, 110350.

  • Ouyang, Y., & Luo, X. (2025). Effects of physical fatigue superimposed on high temperatures on construction workers' cognitive performance. Safety Science, 181, 106705.

  • Cao, R., Leng, Z., Li, D., & Zou, F. (2025). Comparative life cycle assessment of three types of crumb rubber modified asphalt under different system boundaries. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 212, 107922.

Granted Invention Patents

  • Method and system for intelligent extraction of building information models based on large language models, ZL 202311529246.3. Inventors: Ding Zhikun, Liu Zhiwei.

  • Prefabricated component hoisting device and method based on the Internet of Things and Beidou positioning technology, ZL201810076290. Inventors: Li Zhengdao, Wang Jiayuan, Yu Bo, Li Zhusheng.

  • Intelligent identification and management method for pavement diseases based on BIM and LiDAR technology, ZL202210092105.9. Inventors: Tan Yi, Deng Ting, Chen Penglu, Chen Limei, Zhou Zhixiang.

  • Intelligent detection method for prefabricated components based on BIM, UAV, and robotic dog, ZL2021111268806.5. Inventors: Tan Yi, Chen Yuzhe, Deng Ting, Chen Limei.

  • Emergency decision-making method, system, and terminal for collapse accidents in underground engineering construction, ZL202410620162.9. Inventors: Liao Longhui, Mo Wenting, Wen Yuhang, Gan Cuiping.

Representative Awards

Awarded Achievement

Award Category and Level

Year

Owners of the Achievement (in order of attribution)

Key Technologies for Integrated Construction Management and Control of Urban Rail Transit Based on Digital Twin

Second Prize, Science and Technology Award of the Guangdong Civil Engineering and Architecture Society

2021

Wang Jiayuan, Ding Zhikun

Key Technologies and Application of Whole-Process Waste Reduction and Emission Reduction for Large Projects in High-Density Urban Areas

Second Prize, Science and Technology Award of the Guangdong Civil Engineering and Architecture Society

2022

Wu Huanyu, Li Yanqiu, Wu Wenxin, Wu Lingyi, Feng Ganlin, Li Wei, Long Wujian, Yu Yanwei, Ma Jun, Liu Song

Key Technologies and Application of Whole-Process Waste Reduction, Emission Reduction, and On-Site Recycling for Large Civil Engineering Projects

Second Prize, Environmental Technology Progress Award of the China Environmental Protection Industry Association

2023

Li Yanqiu, Wu Huanyu, Jiao Daowei, Sun Xiaohui, Zhang Zicheng, Long Wujian, Wu Lingyi, Peng Mengqi, Cao Taibo, Bu Wei, Ma Jun, Duan Zhenhan, Feng Ganlin, Zhou Min, Liu Song

Intelligent Air-ground System for Geometric Quality Inspection of Prefabricated Components by Integrating BIM, LiDAR and UAV/UGV

Silver Medal, Geneva International Invention Exhibition

2024

Tan Yi

Key Technologies and Application of Low-Carbon Intelligent Prediction and Monitoring for Public Buildings

Second Prize, Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award

2025

Fan Cheng, Li Zhengdao, Wang Huilong, Li Renge, Mo Jinhan, He Ying, Li Bin, Dong Meng, Qi Yanlong, Liu Zhou

Achievement Translation: Technology Transfer / Industrialization Application Cases

The team proposed a complete set of key technologies for intelligent geometric quality inspection of prefabricated building components, which was appraised by the Guangdong Civil Engineering and Architecture Society as possessing significant originality and reaching an internationally leading level. The achievement has important theoretical significance and application value for the transformation and upgrading of building industrialization. The complete technology has been successfully applied to geometric quality inspection of component production in multiple prefabricated component plants and to measured quantity survey work of multiple prefabricated building projects at home and abroad. In total, it has been applied in 5 prefabricated component plant scenarios and 40 prefabricated building projects in China and abroad.


Future Development Plans

Mid- and Long-Term Goals

The mid- and long-term goals cover four aspects: technology leadership and innovation ecosystem, global cooperation network expansion, sustainable development and social value, and education and cultural influence.

Technology Leadership and Innovation Ecosystem

1.Build a world-leading BIM+ digital twin city platform supporting whole-life-cycle management of large-scale infrastructure

2.Break through key smart construction technologies (such as robotic automatic construction, AI design generation, real-time carbon footprint tracking)

3.Lead or participate in formulating 2-3 international or domestic BIM / smart construction standards

Global Cooperation Network Expansion

1.Expand cooperation from Australia to countries along the "Belt and Road" (e.g., Southeast Asia, the Middle East) and establish regional sub-centers

2.Become a smart construction technology consultant for domestic and international institutions

Sustainable Development and Social Value

1.Develop zero-carbon building technologies to support the "dual-carbon" goals of China and Australia

2.Build a smart city evaluation system and promote the construction of livable and resilient cities

Education and Cultural Influence

1.Establish international scholarships to attract top students from around the world to participate in research

2.Publish monographs in Chinese and English, forming school-level theoretical achievements (such as "Smart Construction Methodology")

Short-Term Goals

The short-term goals cover four aspects: technology R&D and standardization, international cooperation and resource integration, industrial application and commercialization, and talent cultivation and discipline development.

Technology R&D and Standardization

1.Complete key technology breakthroughs in BIM and smart construction (such as lightweight BIM engine, multi-source data fusion, digital twin basic platform)

2.Establish a Sino-Australian joint BIM standard system and promote pilot projects for mutual recognition of standards between the two countries (e.g., infrastructure and green building fields)

3.Develop 2-3 core technologies with independent intellectual property rights (such as an AI-driven construction risk early-warning system)

International Cooperation and Resource Integration

1.Regularly hold Sino-Australian BIM technology summits and industry forums to form a regular exchange mechanism

2.Establish joint laboratories or demonstration projects with leading Australian universities (e.g., University of Adelaide, University of New South Wales, RMIT University)

Industrial Application and Commercialization

1.Implement 1-2 benchmark smart construction demonstration projects (e.g., smart construction sites, modular buildings)

2.Promote the popularization of BIM technology in small and medium-sized enterprises and develop low-cost SaaS tools

Talent Cultivation and Discipline Development

1.Launch a Sino-Australian dual-supervisor joint master's/doctoral training program, cultivating 20+ interdisciplinary talents annually

2.Launch BIM+ smart construction micro-credential courses (for engineers, project managers, etc.)

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