CONVR2010 (10th International Conference on 
Construction Applications of Virtual Reality 2010)
Paper List 
KeyNote:
EMERGING APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTING, INFORMATION AND 
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ARCHITECTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
Prof. Kincho H. Law (Stanford University, USA)
BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING (BIM): A VISUAL & WHOLE 
LIFE CYCLE APPROACH
Prof. Nashwan Dawood (Teesside University, UK)
D4AR – 4 DIMENSIONAL AUGMENTED REALITY – MODELS FOR 
AUTOMATION AND INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION OF CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS MONITORING
Prof. Feniosky Peña-Mora, Colombia University (US)
Invited Paper:
HOW VIRTUAL REALITY FOR CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES ADVANCES 
IN GERMANY
Prof. Hans-Joachim Bargstädt (Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany)
Accepted Papers: 
Accepted papers are reviewed at least 2 reviewers.
No. 1
STUDY ON THE USE OF 3-DIMENSIONAL DATA IN THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND 
MAINTENANCE OF BRIDGES IN JAPAN
Kazushige Endo, Noriaki Aoyama and Yuki Iboshi (National Institute for 
Land and Infrastructure Management, Japan)
No. 2
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS USING BIM-IFC
Souheil Soubra and Julien Hans (CSTB, France)
No. 3
VISUALISATION OF SEMANTIC ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION WITHIN A GAME ENGINE 
ENVIRONMENT
Pieter Pauwels, Ronald De Meyer and Jan Van Campenhout (Ghent University, 
Belgium)
No. 4
BORED PILE CONSTRUCTION VISUALIZATION BY ENHANCED PRODUCTION-LINE CHART AND 
AUGMENTED-REALITY PHOTOS
Ming Fung Siu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China) and Ming Lu 
(University of Alberta, Canada)
No. 5
A PROJECTIVE MOBILE DEVICE FOR PRESENTING LOCATION-BASED BUILDING INFORMATION IN 
A CONSTRUCTION SITE
Kai Chen Yeh, Meng Han Tsai and Shih Chung Kang (National Taiwan University, 
Taiwan)
No. 6
AUDITORY FEEDBACK FOR VR-ASSISTED CONSTRUCTION ROBOT TELE-OPERATION
Ahmad Anas Yusof, Tang Xing Xin, Kawamura Takuya and Hironao Yamada (Gifu 
University, Japan)
No. 7
VIRTUAL MODEL OF STRUCTURAL STEEL CONSTRUCTION USING COSYE FRAMEWORK
Amin Alvanchi, Reza Azimi (University of Alberta, Canada), SangHyun Lee 
(University of Michigan, USA), Simaan M. AbouRizk (University of Alberta, 
Canada)
No. 8
INTUITIONISTIC APPROACH TOWARD CAPTURING AND MODELING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
Madalina Wierzbicki-Neagu and Clarence W. de Silva (University of British 
Columbia, Canada)
No. 9
RESOLVING INCORRECT VISUAL OCCLUSION IN OUTDOOR AUGMENTED REALITY USING TOF 
CAMERA AND OPENGL FRAME BUFFER
Suyang Dong and Vineet R. Kamat (University of Michigan, USA)
No. 10
SEMI-AUTOMATIC 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF PIECEWISE PLANAR BUILDING MODELS FROM SINGLE 
IMAGE
Chen Feng, Fei Deng (Wuhan University, China) and Vineet R. Kamat 
(University of Michigan, USA)
No. 11
PHOTOGRAMMETRY ASSISTED RAPID MEASUREMENT OF EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED BUILDING DAMAGE
Fei Dai (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China), Suyang Dong, Vineet R. Kamat 
(University of Michigan, USA) and Ming Lu (University of Alberta, Canada)
No. 12
VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE OF OUTDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENT USING A VR AVATAR
Takuya Onoue, Nobuyoshi Yabuki, Shinji Yoshida and Tomohiro Fukuda (Osaka 
University, Japan)
No. 13
LEARNING AND TEACHING DOMESTIC CONSTRUCTION COMPETENCE USING SERIOUS VIDEO GAME 
TECHNOLOGY
Sidney Newton, Russell Lowe and Patrick Xiao Wei Zou (The University of 
New South Wales, Australia)
No. 14
CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS PLANNING BY SIMULATION
Julia Katharina Voigtmann and Hans-Joachim Bargstadt (Bauhaus-University 
Weimar, Germany)
No. 15
FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT OF AN AR SYSTEM FOR SUPERVISION, COMMENTING, AND 
STRATEGIZING IN CONSTRUCTION
Siwook Lee, Do Hyoung Shin and Sungkwon Woo (Inha University, 
Korea)
No. 16
AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF WORKSPACE REQUIREMENTS USING QUALITATIVE AND 
QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION
Hans-Joachim Bargstadt, Amir Elmahdi (Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany)
No. 17
DEVELOPMENT OF AN EARTHWORK SIMULATION SYSYTEM BASED ON BLOCK MODEL
Takashi Aruga (Conport, Co., Ltd, Japan.) , Nobuyoshi Yabuki(Osaka 
University, Japan) and Masanori Joko (Cyber and Real Infrastructure Research 
Group, Japan)
No. 18
SHAPE MEASUREMENT PLANNING OF OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTIONS WITH MATHEMATICAL 
PROGRAMMING AND ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
Hiroshige Dan, Yoshihiro Yasumuro, Taisuke Ishigaki and Tatsuaki 
Nishigata (Kansai University, Japan)
No. 19
USER-CENTERED DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF E-HERITAGE: A VIRTUAL REALITY PROTOTYPE 
FOR LEARNING ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE IN INFORMAL EDUCATION
Juliana Aida Abu Bakar, Puteri Shireen Jahn Kassim, Murni Mahmud, Kamarul 
Bahrin Buyong and Maisarah Ali (International Islamic University, 
Malaysia)
No. 20
4D WORKSPACE CONFLICT DETECTION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM
I-Chen Wu, Yen-Chang Chiu (National Kaohsiung University of Applied 
Sciences, Taiwan)
No. 21
INVESTIGATION OF THE NOH STAGE SPACE BASED ON THE PLOT ”JO-HA-KYU” USING VR
Naomi Matsunaga (Lemon Gasui Co Ltd., Japan) ,Nobuyoshi Yabuki (Osaka 
University, Japan), Yuichi Kameyama (Leon Studio Co Ltd., Japan) and Tomohiro 
Fukuda (Osaka University, Japan)
No. 22
CROSS-SECTIONAL SPACE DESIGN METHOD IN REAL-WORLD AND VIRTUAL-WORLD THAT USES 
THE CONTENTS ORIENTED SPATIAL MODEL
Hidenori Watanave (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) and Kiyoshi 
Hoshino (Tsukuba University, Japan)
No. 23
A REINFORCING BAR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT USING VR AND 3D CAD
Yasuo Fujisawa, Shinichiro Sakashita (Yachiyo Engineering Co.,Ltd., 
Japan) and Nobuyoshi Yabuki (Osaka University, Japan) 
No. 24
DEALING WITH BIASED RELIABILITY OF ON SITE DATA FOR THE SIMULATION OF CIVIL 
ENGINEERING PROCESSES
Karin Ailland and Hans-Joachim Bargstadt(Bauhaus-University Weimar, 
Germany)
No. 25
VISUAL MODELING OF OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTIONS BY DATA FUSION OF LASER SCANNING AND 
STRUCTURE-FROM-MOTION
Yoshihiro Yasumuro, Hiroshige Dan, Tatsuaki Nishigata and Taisuke 
Ishigaki (Kansai University, Japan)
No. 26
MIXED REALITY FOR MOBILE CONSTRUCTION SITE VISUALIZATION AND COMMUNICATION
Charles Woodward, Mika Hakkarainen, Otto Korkalo, Tuomas Kantonen, 
Miika Aittala, Kari Rainio and Kalle Kahkonen(VTT Technical Research Centre of 
Finland, Finland)
No. 27
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION SYSTEM USING VR TECHNOLOGY FOR FLOW 
SIMURATION
Tasuku Yamazaki, Kazuo Kashiyama (Chuo University, Japan), Akira Kageyama 
(Kobe University, Japan), Nobuaki Ohno (JAMSTEC, Japan) and Hideo Miyachi (CYBERNET 
Inc., Japan)
No. 28
DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPERIENCED-BASED ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE EVALUATION SYSTEM USING 
VR TECHNOLOGY
Keisuke Shibata, Kazuo Kashiyama (Chuo University, Japan), Shinji Tajika 
(Keiyo Gas Co.,Ltd, Japan), Masayuki Shimura (Civil Engineering and 
Eco-Technology Consultants, Japan)
No. 29
OPTIMIZING SYSTEM FROM 3D LASER SCANNER DATA TO A VR MODEL FOR URBAN DESIGN 
STUDY
Kensuke Kitagawa, Tomohiro Fukuda and Nobuyoshi Yabuki (Osaka University, 
Japan)
No. 30
APPLICATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY TO PRE-PROCESSING FOR 3-D FINITE 
ELEMENT SIMULATIONS
Kazuo Kashiyama, Tasuku Yamazaki, Takayuki Miyawaki (Chuo University, 
Japan), Kenji Hayashida (Kyushu University, Japan), Nobuaki Ohno (JAMSTEC, 
Japan), Akira Kageyama (Kobe University, Japan) and Kenjiro Terada 
(Tohoku University, Japan)
No. 31
ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR SITE LAYOUT PLANNING
Chi En Yang, Je Chian Lin, Wei Han Hung and Shih Chung Kang 
(National Taiwan University)
No. 32
3D VISUALIZATION OF ARTICULATED MICRO-TUNNEL BORING MACHINE DURING PIPE-JACKING 
OPERATIONS
Xiong Liang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China), Ming Lu 
(University of Alberta, Canada) and Jian Ping Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)
No. 33
LEARNING FROM VIDEOGAMES LEVEL DESIGN: AN EDUCATIONAL POINT OF VIEW FOR 
ARCHITECTURE
Danilo Di Mascio (G. D'Annunzio University, Italy)
No. 34
EFFECT OF SIMULATION TRAINING METHODS ON OPERATOR ANXIETY AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT
John C. Hildreth and Eric D. Heggestad (University of North Carolina at 
Charlotte, USA)
No. 35
COORDINATION AND VISUALIZATION OF DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULES IN THE CONSTRUCTION 
SUPPLY CHAIN: A POTENTIAL SOLUTION
Mohamad Kassem, Nashwan Dawood (Teesside University, UK), Claudio Benghi 
(Northumbria University, UK), Mohsin Siddiqui (King Fahd University of Petroleum 
and Minerals, SAU) and Donald Mitchell (University of Bath, UK)
No. 36
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO INTEGRATE H&S ISSUES IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT 
PLANNING USING SERIOUS GAME ENGINE TECHNOLOGIES
Rajiv Chavada and Nashwan Dawood (Teesside University, UK)
No. 37
UTILIZATION OF VR TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHWAY SAFE DRIVING EDUCATION
Tsukasa Agatsuma (FORUM8 Co.,Ltd., Japan), Ken Nakamura and Toru 
Nishimura (East Nippon Expressway Co. ,Ltd., Japan)
No. 38
VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION OF WIND POWER PLANTS USING SOUND AND 3D ANIMATED 
GRAPHICS
Nobuyoshi Yabuki (Osaka University, Japan), Kazuhiro Sugimura (JTB West), 
Yutaka Yoshimura, Tadashi Matsumoto (J-Power, Japan), Tomohiro Fukuda ;Syouji 
Aono (Osaka University, Japan)
No. 39
DEVELOPMENT OF TELE-OPERATED ROBOTICS CRANE FOR IMPROVING ERECTION OPERATION IN 
CONSTRUCTION
Hung Lin Chi, Yi Chen Chen, Shih Chung Kang and Shang-Hsien Hsieh 
(National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
No. 40
BOUNDARY GENERATING METHOD FOR COLLISION DETECTION IN VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTION
Wei Han Hung and Shih Chung Kang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
No. 41
DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSTRUCTION PLANNING TOOL BY INTEGRATION OF APPLICATION DATA
Takanori Terashima, Nami Amarume, Koji Makanae (Miyagi University, 
Japan), Nashwan Dawood (Teesside University, UK)
No. 42
SCENE SIMULATION OF BRIDGE COLLAPSE BASED ON OPENSCENEGRAPH AND FINITE ELEMENT 
METHOD
Zhen Xu, Xinzheng Lu, Xiao Lu and Aizhu Ren (Tsinghua University, China)
No. 43
DEVELOPING 5D SYSTEM CONNECTING COST, SCHEDULE AND 3D MODEL
Hando Kim (Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd., Korea), Claudio Benghi (Northumbria 
University, UK),Nashwan Dawood (Teesside University, UK), Doyoung Jung, Jaehong 
Kim (Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd., Korea), Yeongin BAEK (Sensorway Co., Ltd., 
Korea)
No. 44
DEVELOPMENT OF “GEOSPATIAL DISASTER PREVENTION INFORMATION MASH-UP SERVICE”
Mitsuaki Kobayashi, Katsuyuki Yoshida, Jun Fukami, Yuichi 
Matsumoto (JR East Consultants Company, Japan) and Takaaki Kato (University 
of Tokyo, Japan)
No. 45
DEVELOPMENT OF 3-DIMENSIONAL GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM WITH PANORAMIC IMAGES 
FOR RAILWAY FACILITY MANAGEMENT
Naoto Tsuchiya, Daisuke Nakamura (East Japan Railway Company, Japan), Naoki 
Suzukawa, Mamoru Hoshino, Kunihiko Hasebe, Yuuichi Ishihara and 
Chiyoko Matsumoto (JR East Consultants Company, Japan)
No. 46
RESEARCH ON GENERATION OF A 3D MODEL USING BREAKLINE FROM POINT CLOUD DATA
Shigenori Tanaka (Kansai University), Ryuichi Imai (National Institute for Land 
and Infrastructure Management, MLIT, Japan), Kenji NAKAMURA (Ritsumeikan 
University, Japan), and Kouhei KAWANO (Kansai University, Japan)
No. 47
RESEARCH FOR UTILIZATION OF SPATIAL INFORMATION ON WWW FOR DISASTER PREVENTION 
BY MOBILE PHONE
Kantaro Monobe (Miyagi University, Japan) and Shigenori Tanaka (Kansai 
University, Japan)
No. 48
APPLICATION OF AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY IN IMPROVING ASSEMBLY TASK 
PROFICIENCY
Lei Hou and Xiangyu Wang (University of Sydney, Australia)
No. 49
A SPATIAL CONTEXT GESTURE INTERFACE
Doo Young Kwon (Korean German Institute of Technology, Korea)
No. 50
SIMULATION-BASED APPROACH TO PLANNING TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT FOR 
MICROTUNNELING OPERATIONS IN URBAN AREAS
Sze-chun Lau (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China) and Ming Lu 
(University of Alberta, Canada)