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The article “Portuguese public procurement data for construction (2015-2022)” was co-authored by João Poças Martins and Luís Sanhudo from BUILT CoLAB, together with Jacques de Sousa (Construct, FEUP). This article is available online free of charge as part of volume 48 of the journal Data in Brief, to be published in June 2023. Abstract: «...

The article “Towards an airtightness compliance tool based on machine learning models for naturally ventilated dwellings”, co-authored by Vítor Cardoso of BUILT CoLAB (article resulting from his work as part of the PhD he completed in 2022 at FEUP – Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto), is available online and free to access,...

In november, the article “Impact of air barriers application in LCA and LCC of naturally ventilated dwellings in mild climate regions” was published, co-authored by Vítor Cardoso from BUILT CoLAB (article resulting from his work as part of the PhD he completed in 2022 at FEUP – Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto),...

At the end of July, the article “Construction Tasks Electronic Process Monitoring: Laboratory Circuit-Based Simulation Deployment” was published, co-authored by Luís Sanhudo from BUILT CoLAB, together with Diego Calvetti (CONSTRUCT/GEQUALTEC, Instituto da Construção), Pedro Mêda, João Poças Martins, Miguel Chichorro Gonçalves and Hipólito Sousa (CONSTRUCT/GEQUALTEC, FEUP). This article appears in issue 12 of Buildings magazine,...

The article “A labeling strategy to define airtightness performance ranges of naturally ventilated dwellings: An application in southern Europe”, by Vítor Cardoso from BUILT CoLAB (an article resulting from his work as part of the PhD he has just completed at FEUP – Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto), together with Lurdes Simões...

In April, the article “Designing and constructing internet-of-Things systems: An overview of the ecosystem” was published by João Pedro Dias from BUILT CoLAB (this article is the result of his work as part of the PhD he has just completed at FEUP – Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto), together with André Restivo...

An article co-authored by Sofia Feist, Luís Sanhudo, Vítor Esteves and António Aguiar Costa, from the BUILT CoLAB team, in cooperation with Miguel Pires, from CASAIS-Engenharia e Construção, with the title “Semi-Supervised Clustering for Architectural Modularization”, has been published online in open format. This article is part of the Special Issue “Decision Support Systems for...

It was published online, in open format, an article co-authored by Margarida Amândio, Manuel Parente and Paulo Fonseca, from the IA team at BUILT CoLAB, in collaboration with José Neves, from CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico, entitled “Intelligent Pavement Data Integration with Decision Support Systems: A Systematic Review”. This article is part of the special issue...

The article “Fuel Consumption Prediction for Construction Trucks: A Noninvasive Approach Using Dedicated Sensors and Machine Learning” of the co-authorship of Gonçalo Pereira, Manuel Parente and João Moutinho, of BUILT CoLAB, and of Manuel Sampaio, MSc student of ISEP, has been published. This paper is now part of the special issue “Artificial Intelligence in Geotechnical...

By João Moutinho Business Director BUILT CoLAB How should the construction industry react to meet the challenges of a more digital, more sustainable, more competitive society with less available labor? Construction, which encompasses buildings, infrastructure and industrial structures, is the largest industry in the global economy, representing 13% of world GDP (McKinsey, 2020). Companies that...