The report focuses on the latest technological developments in construction management, based on existing scientific literature and the authors ‘own studies. The report introduces the attempts of using information technologies in design, engineering, construction technologies, and maintenance and management of constructed facilities. The scope encompasses all stages of the construction life cycle from initial planning and design, through construction of the facility, its operation and maintenance, to the eventual dismantling and recycling of buildings and engineering structures. The issues include but not limited to:computer-aided design, product modeling, decision support systems, classification and standardization, product data interchange; computer-aided engineering, process simulation models, graphics; robotics, metrology, logistics, automated inspection, demolition/remediation; and facilities management, management information systems, intelligent control systems.

Professor Dr. Chen Wang MIEEE, MRICS, MIETI, MCRIOCM is a Distinguished Professor in the College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China, and a National-level Talent Plan Laureates. He is the Head of Department, Department of Construction Management, and the Director of Intelligence and Automation in Construction Fujian Province Higher-educational Engineering Research Centre, and Research Advisor, The Nan Yang Academy of Sciences (NASS) Singapore. He served as a senior engineer of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), which is the main contractor of the 2008 Olympics Beijing National Aquatics Center known as "Water Cube" and the Russian Federal Building in Moscow. His expertise include Modern Construction Machinery and Equipment, Building Automation & Robotics, System Dynamics, Mathematics Modeling for Civil Engineering, Swarm Intelligence, Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), Fuzzy-QFD, Tensile Membrane Steel Structure, 3D Printing in Building & Surveying Education, Vertical Greenery Systems, Repertory Grid, sustainability in construction management, international BOT projects, energy conservation, and building integrated solar application, supported by his over 100 ISI-indexed vast publications. He is an IEEE professional member (U.S.), RICS member (U.K.), International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI) Senior Member, and also a perpetual member of The Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management (CRIOCM), Hong Kong (International). He was awarded twice the Oversea Price by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE, U.K.), The United Kingdom in year 2011 and 2019.