Introduction to Intelligent Construction Technology of Transportation Infrastructure

This book expounds on the related technologies of intelligent transportation infrastructure construction. Based on the essential characteristics of intelligent construction, "perception, analysis, decision-making, and execution," the basic structure of intelligent construction technology (ICT) is established. With the integration of engineering construction technologies, the analyses of the essence of intelligent algorithms and the feasibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are provided. The book introduces the essential characteristics of Big Data and the Internet of Things and their relationship with engineering construction. On this basis, the feasibility and implementation plan of intelligent technology applications in design, construction, and maintenance are analyzed and demonstrated with engineering examples. The book also combines ICT with intelligent construction talent training, the professional knowledge required for intelligent construction, and the theoretical basis to provide the methods for mastering new technologies. This book can be used by technical personnel in related fields such as highways, railways, airports, and urban road construction to understand and master innovative, intelligent construction technologies. It can also be a reference book for ICT-related college courses.

Dongsheng Wang is a Road and Railway Engineering Department professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. His main research areas are pavement mechanics and structural design theory, pavement materials, and constitutive relations.

About the translators:

George K. Chang is the director of research of the Transtec Group, TX, USA, and current president of ISIC.

Hao Wang is an associate professor at the Civil and Environmental Engineering of Rutgers University, NJ, USA.

Fei Wang is an assistant professor in Civil Engineering at the Tarleton State University, TX, USA.

Shihui Shen is a professorof Engineering at Pennsylvania State University – Altoona, PA, USA.

António Gomes Correia is a professor at University of Minho, Portugal, and ISIC co-founder and current vice president.

Soheil Nazarian is a professor at University of Texas - El Paso, TX, USA, the McKentas-Morkinson director of civil engineering, and the Transportation Infrastructure System Center of the school, USA, and ISIC co-founder.