TY - GEN
T1 - A Meta-Analysis of Augmented Reality Challenges in the Underground Utility Construction Industry
AU - Fenais, Amr
AU - Smilovsky, Nikolas
AU - Ariaratnam, Samuel
AU - Ayer, Steven
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). All roghts reserved.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The transformation of the construction industry from 2D drawings to 3D models was a big revolution enhanced by the advent of building information modeling (BIM). The next progression to achieving the full potential of 3D planning models is to apply BIM and associated augmented reality (AR) systems, specifically for the needs of the underground utility industry. An example is the use of BIM and AR to map, detect, and visualize objects that are not visible to construction personnel. This paper identifies and discusses the various challenges of applying AR in the underground utility construction industry through a review of over 500 publications from 2006 to present and a Meta-analysis of the data. The challenges and barriers are categorized into: (1) data collection issues; (2) modeling alignment barriers; (3) hardware limitations; and (4) data storing and managing challenges. The main associated issues are discussed and further recommendations to overcome these challenges are presented. This paper provides a contribution by showing underground project stakeholders the barriers to overcome in applying AR. The main motivation of this research is to make the construction industry aware of the benefits of leveraging AR to prevent utility strikes, while enhancing productivity.
AB - The transformation of the construction industry from 2D drawings to 3D models was a big revolution enhanced by the advent of building information modeling (BIM). The next progression to achieving the full potential of 3D planning models is to apply BIM and associated augmented reality (AR) systems, specifically for the needs of the underground utility industry. An example is the use of BIM and AR to map, detect, and visualize objects that are not visible to construction personnel. This paper identifies and discusses the various challenges of applying AR in the underground utility construction industry through a review of over 500 publications from 2006 to present and a Meta-analysis of the data. The challenges and barriers are categorized into: (1) data collection issues; (2) modeling alignment barriers; (3) hardware limitations; and (4) data storing and managing challenges. The main associated issues are discussed and further recommendations to overcome these challenges are presented. This paper provides a contribution by showing underground project stakeholders the barriers to overcome in applying AR. The main motivation of this research is to make the construction industry aware of the benefits of leveraging AR to prevent utility strikes, while enhancing productivity.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784481295.009
DO - 10.1061/9780784481295.009
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85049013817
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2018: Infrastructure and Facility Management - Selected Papers from the Construction Research Congress 2018
SP - 80
EP - 89
BT - Construction Research Congress 2018
A2 - Wang, Chao
A2 - Berryman, Charles
A2 - Harper, Christofer
A2 - Lee, Yongcheol
A2 - Harris, Rebecca
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2018: Infrastructure and Facility Management, CRC 2018
Y2 - 2 April 2018 through 4 April 2018
ER -