Publications

My publications reflect a sustained research agenda on AI-enabled digital infrastructure systems, with contributions spanning construction automation, industrialized construction, digital twins, infrastructure analytics, and data-driven decision intelligence.

Selected Publications

Foundational Contributions

• Liu, H.*, Kwigizile, V., and Huang, W. (2021).
  "Holistic Framework for Highway Construction Cost Index Development based on Inconsistent Pay Items." ASCE's Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 147 (7): 04021052. [Link].

• Yin, X., Liu, H.*, Chen, Y., and Al-Hussein, M. (2019).
  “Building Information Modelling for Off-site Construction: Review and Future Directions.” Automation in Construction, 101, 72-91. [Link]

• Liu, H.*, Sydora, C., Altaf, M., Han, S., and Al-Hussein, M. (2019). 

“Towards Sustainable Construction: BIM-enabled Design and Planning of Roof Sheathing Installation for Prefabricated Buildings.”  Journal of Cleaner Production, 235,1189-1201. [Link]

• Liu, H., Lu, M.*, and Al-Hussein, M. (2016).
  “Ontology-based Semantic Approach for Construction-oriented Quantity Take-off from BIM Models in the Light-frame Building Industry.” Advanced Engineering Informatics, 30(2), 190-207. [Link]

• Liu, H., Al-Hussein, M., and Lu, M.* (2015).
  “BIM-based Integrated Approach for Detailed Construction Scheduling under Resource Constraints.” Automation in Construction, 53, 29-43. [Link]

Recent Advances

• Alwashah, Z., Xiao, B., Liu, H.*, Mueller, S., and Shao, X. (2026)
  Reliable LLM-Driven BIM Automation Through Capability-Based Multi-Dimensional Evaluation." Automation in Construction. [Link]

• Obaidullah, H., Liu, H.*, and Abudayyeh, O. (2026).
  "Hybrid Computer Vision and Multi-Defect Data Fusion Framework for Automated Concrete Bridge Deck Condition Rating." ASCE's Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. [Link].

• Alwashah, Z., Liu, H.*, Abudayyeh, O., Kwigizile, V., Kirkpatrick, K., and Olimat, H. (2026).
  "Regional Highway Construction Cost Index Variation: Structural Disparities, Temporal Drivers, and Mechanistic Insights Across the Pandemic Period" ASCE's Journal of Management in Engineering. [Link]

• Alwashah, Z., Xiao, B., Liu, H.*, Mueller, S., and Shao, X. (2025).
  "Generative artificial intelligence for construction: Use cases, trends, challenges, and opportunities". Journal of Building Engineering. [Link]

• Obaidullah, H., Liu, H.*, and Abudayyeh, O. (2025). 

"Deep learning-driven multi-level data fusion framework for predictive maintenance and structural health monitoring of concrete bridge decks." Automation in Construction. [Link]. 

Selected Conference Publications

• Generative AI-Enabled BIM design for modular construction (ISARC 2026)

• LLM error taxonomy for BIM scripting (CRC 2026)

• Digital technologies for construction education (CRC 2026)

Selected Book/Journal Issues Edited

• Liu, H., Al-Hussein, M., Lei, Z., Li, H.X., and Han, S. (2022) 

Special Collection on Modular Construction/Off-site Construction," ASCE's Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. [Link]