Overview
- Highlights the latest advancements in the use of automation systems for building construction and urban environment
- Surveys and compiles the use of 3D printing, drones, latest algorithms, and robots as applied in design and construction
- Considers impact of sensors, human-machine interfaces, digital twins and intelligent transport systems on data privacy and data sovereignty
- Serves as a useful reference for further research and development in the area of automation in design and smart cities
Part of the book series: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements (ACHS)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Automation of Construction and Building Services
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Impact and Implications of the Automated City
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About this book
This book highlights the latest advancements in the use of automated systems in the design, construction, operation and future of the built environment and its occupants. It considers how the use of automated decision-making frameworks, artificial intelligence and other technologies of automation are presently impacting the practice of architects, engineers, project managers and contractors, and articulates the near future changes to workflows, legal frameworks and the wider AEC industry. This book surveys and compiles the use of city apps, robots that operate buildings and fabricate structural elements, 3D printing, drones, sensors, algorithms, and advanced prefabricated modules. The book also contributes to the growing literature on smart cities, and explores the impacts on data privacy and data sovereignty that arise through the use of sensors, digital twins and intelligent transport systems. It provides a useful reference for further research and development in the area of automation in design and construction to architects, engineers, project managers, superintendents and construction lawyers, contractors, policy makers, and students.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Brydon Wang is a technology and construction lawyer with a background in architecture. He lectures in the School of Law at the Queensland University of Technology, and in both the Master of Architecture and Master of Data Science courses at the University of Queensland. Brydon holds a Master of Laws (Juris Doctor) and a Master of Public Policy and Management from Monash University, as well as a Bachelor of Architecture with Honours from the University of Melbourne. His research interests lie in the intersection of technology, construction and law. He was a UQ Global Change Scholar, Public Transport Authority CEO Scholar and a national finalist in the 2014 Australian Law Awards and has been a Project Manager with the Infrastructure Delivery team within the State Government of Western Australia. Having worked across a number of sectors including Rail, Defence, Heritage and Education, his projects have received awards such as the Master Builders Excellence in Construction Award and theNational Sustainability Award.
Prof. Wang is the TMR Chair Professor in Structural Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia. He is a Chartered Structural Engineer, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Singapore and a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers. His research interests are in the areas of structural stability, vibration, optimization and very large floating structures. He has published over 450 journal papers and 10 books in the aforementioned areas. He is the Editor‐in‐Chief of the International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics and an Editorial Board Member of several journals including Engineering Structures, Ocean Systems Engineering, Structures and International Journal of Applied Mechanics. His many awards include the NishinoMedal 2019, JN Reddy Medal 2019, Minister for National Development’s R&D Awards 2017, IStructE Structural Award for Sustainability 2016, Monash Civil Engineering Alumnus of the Year 2015 Award, Keith Eaton Award 2014, Lewis Kent Award 2009, the IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award 2013 and the US$1 million Grand Prize in the Next Generation Port Challenge.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Automating Cities
Book Subtitle: Design, Construction, Operation and Future Impact
Editors: Brydon T. Wang, C. M. Wang
Series Title: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8670-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and Robotics, Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8669-9Published: 05 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8672-9Published: 06 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-8670-5Published: 04 January 2021
Series ISSN: 2198-2546
Series E-ISSN: 2198-2554
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 342
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 108 illustrations in colour
Topics: Computational Intelligence, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Urbanism, Sustainable Development, Building Construction and Design