AI in Designing, Building and Maintaining Infrastructure Facilities
A special issue of Infrastructures (ISSN 2412-3811). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart Infrastructures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 243
Editor
Interests: sustainability in transportation; asphalt pavement recycling; drones for infrastructure management; innovative construction materials; AI in automated pavement condition evaluation systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the increasing demand for efficiently designing, constructing, and maintaining infrastructure facilities, there is a critical need to incorporate AI in the engineering and management of infrastructure facilities. AI plays a key role in designing, building, and managing infrastructure through automation, robotics, and smart systems. AI technologies can enable engineers and managers to (1) optimize construction materials in designing, (2) utilize robots in constructing, and (3) install smart sensors in managing infrastructure facilities while emphasizing sustainability aspects of the AI-enabled design, robotic construction, and smart maintenance operations. Various AI technologies can also be adopted to mitigate the impacts of climate changes on infrastructure performance.
This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality research papers and state-of-the-art review articles that focus on AI applications in design, construction, and management of infrastructure facilities. Submissions to this Special Issue should focus on various advances in AI technologies that have taken place worldwide in designing, constructing, and maintaining resilient and sustainable infrastructures.
This Special Issue will encompass emerging topics, including the following:
- AI in designing infrastructure facilities;
- AI in constructing infrastructure facilities;
- AI in monitoring infrastructure conditions;
- AI in evaluating innovative infrastructure materials;
- AI in optimizing recycled materials in infrastructures;
- AI in digital construction project delivery;
- AI in Bridge Management Systems (BMS);
- AI in Pavement Management Systems (PMS);
- AI in Building Information Management (BIM);
- AI in improving safety in constructed infrastructure facilities;
- AI in improving safety in roads, bridges, and railroad tracks;
- AI in detecting hazards in roads, bridges, and railroad tracks;
- AI in improving disaster preparation and response;
- AI adoption by governments and civil industries.
Prof. Dr. Hosin “David” Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- AI-enabled infrastructure design
- robotic construction of infrastructures and smart management of infrastructure facilities
- infrastructure management systems
- optimization of recycling materials
- automated infrastructure evaluation
- construction 3D printer
- disaster management system
- building information management
- safety in mobility
- safety in construction
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