About CID Lab
The CID Lab Focuses on Construction Integration and Digitalization Research to improve construction performance through process and stakeholder integration.
In 2025…
The CID Lab Focuses on Construction Integration and Digitalization Research to improve construction performance through process and stakeholder integration.
News
Our research has been featured many times, most recently on 2024.
Visit to the fire training center, Kelowna, BC.
Dr. Qian Chen and CID team members Jingshuo Yu, Brain Bian, and Ian Tu visited the North Okanagan Fire Training Center in Vernon to observe a firefighting drill led by Chief Dennis’s team. During the drill, a multimodal fire dataset, including RGB and thermal images, was collected. This dataset will aid in training more accurate automatic fire detection systems and contribute to improving rescue efforts in fire scenarios.
Hands on training on the use of Laser Scanning and Mixed Reality (MR)
The CID Team, led by Dr. Qian Chen and Dr. Muhammad Fawad, conducted a hands-on training session for graduate students at UBC Okanagan campus. The training focused on using advanced Laser Scanning and Mixed Reality technologies, enhancing the group’s leadership in digital construction research. The Leica BLK360 laser scanner was used to capture detailed building interior scans, while the Microsoft HoloLens XR-10 was used to implement Mixed Reality in real-world environments.
Presentation at the MICROBODD Annual Stakeholder Meeting
Recently, the CID team participated in the annual general meeting of the Miniaturized Intelligent Construction Robot for Optimal Building Operations and Defect Detection (Micro-BODD) project, where Jingshuo Yu presented our latest research progress on an automated fire detection system.
International Undergraduate Student Research Award 2024
Third-year civil engineering student Ruizhi (Wise) Chen received the IUSRA award with $10,000 for his project. He is planning to create a framework that can help the designer intuitively check on the environmental impacts of their choices.
Wise will be working alongside Assistant Professor Qian Chen in 2024 summer. This multi-disciplinary project covered 3D modelling, visual reality, computer science, and engineering design.
CID paper nominated for Best Paper in CONVR 2022
A conference paper written by Kantheepan et al. titled ‘ Exploring AR-Based Solutions to Engage Local Workforce in Prefabricated Construction’ gets nominated as one of the best papers in CONVR 2022 (22nd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality).