Hamidreza Alavi Construction Informatics

Curriculum Vitae

CV

Education, appointments, funding, supervision and service, followed by full lists of publications, talks and teaching (generated from the rest of the site).

Profiles: Oxford Brookes University · LinkedIn · Google Scholar · ORCID · Scopus · UPC research portal (FUTUR) · UPC teaching record (APRÈN)

Education

  • PhD in Construction Engineering
  • Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
  • MSc in Construction Engineering and Management
  • MEng in Project Engineering
  • BSc in Civil Engineering

Academic appointments

  • Senior Lecturer in Construction Informatics, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, UK, 2025 – present
  • Academic Affiliate, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK, 2025 – present
  • Research and Teaching Associate, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK, 2023 – 2025
    • Curriculum development, teaching, and research on digital twins, BIM, AI, and decision-support systems
    • Work Package Leader for digital twin development in large-scale European research projects
  • Adjunct Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 2022 – 2023
  • Lecturer, EADIC (Engineering, Training & Development Solutions), Madrid, Spain, 2022 – 2024
  • Visiting Research Fellow, BIM TOPiCS Lab, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada, 2021 – 2022
  • Research and Teaching Assistant, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, 2017 – 2022

Industry experience

  • Project Manager (Digital Construction & Health Infrastructure), Top Health Tech, Spain, 2022 – 2023
  • BIM Specialist, MK Building Construction Company, Canberra, Australia, 2016 – 2017
  • Technical Office Engineer, Advanced Laboratory of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics, Bastab Bana Company, Tehran, Iran, 2012 – 2014
  • Civil Engineer Trainee, Shahrtash Company, Tehran, Iran, 2011 – 2012

Awards and honours

  • AGAUR Scholarship Award, Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (highest score among PhD students)
  • Municipal Award for Excellence in University Research (Best Proposal Award), Terrassa City Council, Barcelona, four consecutive years, 2018 – 2021
  • Top Graduate Recognition, Civil Engineering (first graduate of the Civil Engineering Department)

Professional recognition and memberships

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Advance HE, since 2024
  • Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), since 2024, including the ASCE United Kingdom International Group and the Construction Institute (CI)
  • Member, UK Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC), since 2024

Research funding

Full details on the research projects page.

  • Principal Investigator: BIM for Facility Managers (AGAUR, Catalonia, 2019 – 2022); four commissioned research projects on BIM for asset and facility management for Terrassa City Council (2018 – 2022)
  • Core team member: CIRCULAR1st (PEICTI, Spain, 2025 – 2028); VA4BHC, Virtual Assistant for Better Healthcare (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, AEI, 2022 – 2025); DigTwins4buildings (FAPERGS, Brazil, 2022 – 2023)
  • Research team member: AEGIR (Horizon Europe, 2023 – 2026); BUILDSPACE (Horizon Europe, 2023 – 2025); OMICRON (H2020, 2021 – 2024)

Supervision and examining

  • Supervised more than 50 postgraduate research dissertations and undergraduate final-year projects at Oxford Brookes University, the University of Cambridge and UPC (details)
  • Co-supervision of a PhD student; academic advisor to doctoral researchers at the University of Cambridge and UPC
  • External examiner for PhD theses and internal examiner for MSc theses at UPC; member of thesis examination panels for PhD, MSc and BSc theses

Editorial, reviewing and academic service

  • Guest Editor, Sensors, Special Issue “Intelligent Sensing, Digital Twins, and AI Applications for Smart Infrastructure and the Built Environment”, 2026 – present
  • Guest Editor, Buildings, Special Issue “Advancements in Net-Zero-Energy Buildings”, 2025 – present
  • Editorial Board Member, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (Emerald), 2023 – present
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Architecture and Infrastructure Planning, 2022 – 2023
  • Expert Reviewer, UK Research Excellence Framework (REF 2029), 2025 – present
  • Reviewer, GDI 2026, International Conference of Green + Digital + Intelligent Built Environments, held jointly with DigiBUILT 2026 (online, December 2026)
  • Reviewer of more than 100 papers for 18 journals, including Automation in Construction, Energy and Buildings, Building and Environment, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, Journal of Infrastructure Systems (ASCE), Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Data-Centric Engineering
  • Book reviewer in construction engineering and management for Taylor & Francis; grant reviewer for the Research and Sponsored Projects Office, UAE University (2022 – 2023)

Conference leadership and events

  • Area Chair and Session Chair, Cambridge conference series (SASBE 2026, Building Digital Twin Scientific Conference 2026, FUTUREROADS 2026, CONVR 2026 and ICIO 2026), University of Cambridge, July 2026
  • International Scientific Committee Member, International Conference on Digital Frontiers in Buildings and Infrastructure: DFBI 2026 (University of Barcelona) and DFBI 2025 (TU Delft)
  • Scientific Committee Member, Architecture and Infrastructure Planning: Town Planning and Management, online, February 2023
  • Workshop Instructor, “Twin Talks: 7D BIM for Facility Management”, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada, 2026
  • Workshop Organiser and Instructor, “Application of Digital Twins in Construction Management”, one-week programme for students from Beijing University of Technology, University of Cambridge, August 2024
  • Session Chair, ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE 2024), Digital Twins in Action (BIM track), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, July 2024

Skills

  • Research & Methods
    • Digital Twins, BIM, AI & Machine Learning
    • Data-driven decision support systems
    • Facility and asset management analytics
    • Point clouds, LiDAR, computer vision
  • Software & Programming
    • Revit, Navisworks, Dynamo, Solibri, ReCap
    • Python for data analytics and automation
    • IFC-based workflows and interoperability
  • Teaching & Pedagogy
    • Curriculum design and module leadership
    • Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
    • Digital and immersive learning (VR/AR)
    • Assessment design and examination

Publications

Books (2)

  1. Kookalani, S.; Alavi, H.; Rahimian, F. (2025). "Structural Design and Optimization of Lifting Self-forming GFRP Elastic Gridshells based on Machine Learning." Routledge (Taylor & Francis). Details
  2. Alavi, H.; Kookalani, S.; Rahimian, F.; Forcada, N. (2024). "Integrated Building Intelligence." Springer Nature. Details

Journal Articles (15)

  1. Alavi, A.; Alavi, H. (2026). "Digital Twin-Enabled Vehicle Routing in Logistics and Transportation." Sensors, 26(19), 5986. Details
  2. Hu, Z.; Alavi, H.; Sun, Q.; Kookalani, S.; Brilakis, I. (2026). "Geometric Fidelity Uncertainty in Cognitive Digital Twins: Automated Point Cloud Completion, Tessellation, and Industry Foundation Classes Recording for Maintenance." ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering, 12(4), 041112. Details
  3. Kookalani, S.; Green, S.; Luo, P.; Alavi, H.; Parn, E.; Sun, Z.; Brilakis, I. (2026). "Mapping digital twin applications in infrastructure and the built environment across research types, methods, sectors, phases, and scales." Automation in Construction, 182, 106778. Details
  4. Gordo-Gregorio, P.; Alavi, H.; Edwards, D. J.; Forcada, N.; Guéna, F. (2025). "An Occupant-Centric Approach on Digital Twins for Building Management." Building Research & Information, 54(1), 59–78. Details
  5. Gordo-Gregorio, P.; Alavi, H.; Forcada, N. (2025). "Decoding BIM Challenges in Facility Management Areas: A Stakeholders’ Perspective." Buildings. Details
  6. Alavi, H.; Gordo, P.; Forcada, N.; Bayramova, A.; Edwards, D. J. (2024). "AI-Driven BIM Integration for Optimizing Healthcare Facility Design." Buildings. Details
  7. Malihi, S.; Potseluyko, L.; Mathew, A.; Alavi, H.; Kumar, V.; Pan, Y.; Binni, L.; Wang, G.; Wang, X.; Brilakis, I. (2024). "Review of Multimodal Data and their Applications for Road Maintenance." Smart Construction. Details
  8. Zahedi, F.; Alavi, H.; Majrouhi Sardroud, J.; Dang, H. (2024). "Digital Twins in the Sustainable Construction Industry." Buildings. Details
  9. Fan, S.; San, W.; Wu, C.; Forcada, N.; Alavi, H. (2023). "Augmented Reality-Based Facility Maintenance Management System." Facilities. Details
  10. Gordo-Gregorio, P.; Alavi, H.; Guéna, F.; Forcada, N. (2022). "Occupants’ Perception of Digital Models for Building Management." SSRN (Technical Note). Details
  11. Alavi, H.; Bortolini, R.; Forcada, N. (2022). "BIM-based Decision Support for Building Condition Assessment." Automation in Construction. Details
  12. Cusido, J.; Alavi, H.; Llunas, L. (2022). "Predicting hospital admissions to reduce crowding in the emergency departments." Applied Sciences. Details
  13. Alavi, H.; Forcada, N. (2022). "User-Centric BIM-Based Framework for HVAC Root-Cause Detection." Energies. Details
  14. Bortolini, R.; Rodrigues, R.; Alavi, H.; Dalla Vecchia, L.; Forcada, N. (2022). "Digital twins’ applications for building energy efficiency: a review." Energies. Details
  15. Alavi, H.; Forcada, N.; Bortolini, R.; Edwards, D. J. (2021). "Enhancing occupants’ comfort through BIM-based probabilistic approach." Automation in Construction. Details

Conference Papers (18)

  1. Alavi, H.; Luo, P.; Kookalani, S.; Wen, Y.; Chen, W.; Brilakis, I. (2026). "Intelligent BIM-Integrated Decision Support for Life Cycle Assessment Using Large Language Models." International Conference on Digital Frontiers in Buildings and Infrastructure (DFBI 2025). Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 848, Springer, 373–384. Details
  2. Pireneo, G.; Fabbrocino, F.; Olivieri, C.; Miano, A.; Alavi, H. (2025). "Digital Twin for Railway Infrastructure and Historic Stations: State of the Art, Technological Architecture, and Development Perspectives." Proceedings of the IMEKO TC26 MetroArcheo Conference 2025 on Metrology for Cultural Heritage, 87–91. Details
  3. Kookalani, S.; Ozturk, G.; Alavi, H.; Parn, E.; Brilakis, I. (2025). "Interpretable Machine Learning for Predicting the Fatigue Strength of Steel: Influence of Composition and Processing Parameters." Proceedings of the 42nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2025), Montreal, Canada. IAARC. Details
  4. Mathew, A.; Alavi, H.; Wang, G.; Su, Y.; Chen, W.; Brilakis, I. (2025). "Geometric Model of Hydropower Plants: A Foundational Step Towards Creating A Hydropower Digital Twin." European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2025), Porto, Portugal. Details
  5. Ling, J.; Yu, D.; Chen, W.; Łukaszewska, A.; Dzik-Bogucka, M.; Alavi, H.; Broyd, T. (2025). "Augmented Reality in The Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage: Case Study in Poland." European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2025), Porto, Portugal. Details
  6. Alavi, H.; Sheil, B.; Brilakis, I. (2025). "Evaluating the Impact of Problem-Based Learning and Digital Models on Civil Engineering Education." The Sixth International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics (ICCBEI 2025), Hong Kong, China. Kalpa Publications in Computing. Details
  7. Kookalani, S.; Parn, E.; Brilakis, I.; Pan, N.; Wang, M.; Alavi, H. (2024). "Exploring Deep Generative Models in Building Design." European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2024), Chania, Crete, Greece. Details
  8. Wang, G.; Mathew, A.; Wang, M.; Wen, Y.; Alavi, H.; Chen, W.; Brilakis, I. (2024). "Dense 3D Neural Map Reconstruction Only Using a Low-Cost LiDAR." Computing in Civil Engineering 2024 (ASCE i3CE 2024), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 583–588. Details
  9. Wang, M.; Wen, Y.; Pan, Y.; Alavi, H.; Kookalani, S.; Chen, W.; Brilakis, I. (2024). "Automatic Extraction of Building Features for Building Façades Based on Laser Scanning Technology." European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2024), Chania, Crete, Greece. Details
  10. Kookalani, S.; Parn, E.; Brilakis, I.; Luo, P.; Alavi, H.; Wang, M.; Green, S. (2024). "Matching Reused Elements to Structural Designs for Steel Reuse." Computing in Civil Engineering 2024 (ASCE i3CE 2024), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 12–19. Details
  11. Wang, M.; Wen, Y.; Pan, Y.; Wang, G.; Alavi, H.; Kookalani, S.; Brilakis, I. (2024). "Automated Generation of Geometric Digital Twins of Roof for Building Retrofitting." Computing in Civil Engineering 2024 (ASCE i3CE 2024), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 490–494. Details
  12. Alavi, H.; Chen, W.; Wang, M.; Kookalani, S.; Brilakis, I. (2024). "Enhancing Building Maintenance Efficiency Through BIM-LiDAR Integration." European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2024), Chania, Crete, Greece. Details
  13. Alavi, H.; Wang, M.; Wang, G.; Kookalani, S.; Mathew, A.; Brilakis, I. (2024). "Digital Twins in Construction: Leveraging Point Cloud Data and BIM for Monitoring Project Schedule." Computing in Civil Engineering 2024 (ASCE i3CE 2024), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 510–518. Details
  14. Abbasi, M.; Consilvio, A.; Hernández-González, I. A.; Lopez-Arevalo, P.; Alavi, H. (2024). "On supporting traffic management decisions according to bridges structural health monitoring within a digital twin-oriented platform." AIIT 4th International Conference on Transport Infrastructure and Systems (TIS ROMA 2024), Rome, Italy. Transportation Research Procedia, 90, 384–391. Details
  15. Alavi, H.; Forcada, N.; Fan, S.; San, W. (2021). "BIM-based Augmented Reality for Facility Maintenance Management." European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2021), Online, 431–438. Details
  16. Alavi, H.; Forcada, N. (2019). "BIM LOD for facility management tasks." European Conference on Computing in Construction (EC3 2019), Chania, Crete, Greece. Details
  17. Alavi, H. (2016). "Construction Information Modeling for Dam Projects." 10th National Congress of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (Persian). Details
  18. Alavi, H. (2014). "Reducing the risks of tower crane installation and operation in high-rise buildings." 2nd Conference of High-Rise Buildings, Tehran, Iran (Persian). Details

Preprints (2)

  1. Kookalani, S.; Brilakis, I.; Liu, H.; Hu, Z.; Alavi, H.; Chavez-Torres, J. L. (2026). "From Explainable Predictions to Reliability-Aware Design: Interpretable Machine Learning for the Fatigue Strength of Steels." SSRN preprint. Details
  2. Wang, M.; Hu, Z.; Alavi, H.; Wang, G.; Brilakis, I. (2025). "CEBIM: A Benchmark Dataset for Scan-to-BIM of Buildings from Point Cloud to IFC Models." SSRN preprint. Details

Talks

  1. Twin Talks: 7D BIM for Facility Management, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (Apr 2026).
  2. Contemporary BIM Applications (CPD webinar), School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK (Feb 2026).
  3. Digital Twin for Building Operation and Maintenance: AEGIR Project, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (Nov 2025).
  4. From Blueprint to Digital Twin: Rethinking Design Detailing through Data-Driven Modelling, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London (UCL), London, UK (Oct 2025).
  5. Smart Facilities of the Future: Integrating AI, Digital Twin, BIM, and VR/AR for Enhanced Management, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London (UCL), London, UK (Mar 2025).
  6. BIM & Digital Twins, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (Aug 2024).
  7. Introductory Lecture on Digital Twins, Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) Summer School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (Aug 2024).
  8. Enhancing Building Maintenance Efficiency Through BIM-LiDAR Integration, Computing in Construction (EC3) YouTube channel, Online (Jul 2024).
  9. Advancing Road Maintenance through Digital Twin and Decision Support System Processes, Laing O'Rourke Centre Information Technology Showcase, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (May 2024).
  10. Navisworks Comprehensive Review of BIM Projects, BIM Consulting & Solutions, Madrid, Spain (Sep 2023).
  11. The Potential of Augmented Reality (AR) for Digital Twins, Digital Roads of the Future, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (Jun 2023).
  12. BIM for Health, Top Health Tech (BEHEALTHCAREIT, S.L.), Barcelona, Spain (Jun 2023).
  13. The Promise of BIM for Improving Building Performance, Department of Civil Engineering and Project Management, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain (Nov 2022).
  14. Common Data Environments and Incident Communication, BIM Consulting & Solutions, Madrid, Spain (Sep 2022).
  15. BIM Integration with Emerging Technologies, BIM TOPiCS Lab, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada (Jan 2022).
  16. Award for University Excellence, Diari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain (Nov 2021).
  17. BIM-based Augmented Reality for Facility Managers, Computing in Construction (EC3) YouTube channel, Online (Jul 2021).
  18. Best Proposal Award (FUTUR), FUTUR (UPC), Catalonia, Spain (Dec 2020).
  19. Redacción y publicación del manuscrito, Department of Civil Engineering and Project Management, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain (Sep 2020).
  20. Best Proposal Award (Diari de Terrassa), Diari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain (Nov 2019).
  21. Thesis in 3, Computing in Construction (EC3) YouTube channel, Online (Aug 2019).
  22. BIM LOD for Facility Management Tasks, Computing in Construction (EC3) YouTube channel, Online (Aug 2019).
  23. Scholarships for University Excellence, Diari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain (Nov 2018).
  24. Municipal Award for Excellence in University Research (TV), Canal Terrassa TV, Terrassa, Spain (Nov 2018).

Teaching