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D-Index
38
Citations
6521
World Ranking
7991
National Ranking
2201

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Project management
  • Database

His primary scientific interests are in Construction management, Automation, Project management, Simulation and Identification. His research in Construction management intersects with topics in Indirect costs, Schedule, Operations management and Manufacturing engineering. The Project management study combines topics in areas such as Document classification, Economic impact analysis and Information management, Database.

Carlos H. Caldas combines subjects such as Performance indicator and Real-time computing with his study of Simulation. His Real-time computing research incorporates themes from Real-time data, Frame rate and 3D modeling. His Identification research includes elements of Engineering drawing, Systems engineering, Technical feasibility, Supply chain and Task.

His most cited work include:

  • Automating the task of tracking the delivery and receipt of fabricated pipe spools in industrial projects (230 citations)
  • Measuring the Impact of Rework on Construction Cost Performance (202 citations)
  • Tracking the Location of Materials on Construction Job Sites (157 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Carlos H. Caldas mainly focuses on Construction management, Productivity, Project management, Identification and Transport engineering. He brings together Construction management and Data collection to produce work in his papers. His work on Schedule and Project planning as part of general Project management study is frequently connected to Computer Applications, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them.

His Identification study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Object and Materials management. His Systems engineering research includes themes of Simulation and Process management. His Simulation study combines topics in areas such as Real-time data and 3D modeling.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Construction management (32.05%)
  • Productivity (19.87%)
  • Project management (23.08%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Productivity (19.87%)
  • Petrochemical (2.56%)
  • Benchmarking (6.41%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Carlos H. Caldas mainly investigates Productivity, Petrochemical, Benchmarking, Construction management and Knowledge management. His research integrates issues of Normalization and Engineering management in his study of Benchmarking. Carlos H. Caldas undertakes multidisciplinary investigations into Engineering management and Automation in his work.

Carlos H. Caldas has included themes like Construction engineering and Supply chain in his Construction management study. Carlos H. Caldas has researched Identification in several fields, including Cost estimate and Manufacturing engineering. His Project planning study introduces a deeper knowledge of Project management.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Method to Assess the Level of Implementation of Productivity Practices on Industrial Projects (20 citations)
  • Materials Management Practices in the Construction Industry (15 citations)
  • An Integrated Productivity-Practices Implementation Index for Planning the Execution of Infrastructure Projects (9 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Project management
  • Database

His scientific interests lie mostly in Productivity, Project planning, Knowledge management, Scope and Risk analysis. His work deals with themes such as Cost estimate, Schedule and Identification, which intersect with Scope. In his research on the topic of Risk analysis, Project management and Project management triangle is strongly related with Estimation.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Supply chain management and Process management in addition to Project management. Carlos H. Caldas merges Automation with Materials management in his study. His Materials management study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as OPM3, Program management, Management process, Systems engineering and Construction management.

Best Publications

  • Measuring the Impact of Rework on Construction Cost Performance

    Bon Gang Hwang;Stephen R Thomas;Carl T. Haas;Carlos H Caldas

  • Automating the task of tracking the delivery and receipt of fabricated pipe spools in industrial projects

    Jongchul Song;Carl T. Haas;Carlos Caldas;Esin Ergen

  • Tracking the Location of Materials on Construction Job Sites

    Jongchul Song;Carl T. Haas;Carlos H. Caldas

  • Automating hierarchical document classification for construction management information systems

    Carlos H. Caldas;Lucio Soibelman

  • Computer Vision-Based Video Interpretation Model for Automated Productivity Analysis of Construction Operations

    Jie Gong;Carlos H. Caldas;Carlos H. Caldas

  • Automated Object Identification Using Optical Video Cameras on Construction Sites

    Seokho Chi;Carlos H. Caldas

  • Real-Time Three-Dimensional Occupancy Grid Modeling for the Detection and Tracking of Construction Resources

    Jochen Teizer;Jochen Teizer;Jochen Teizer;Carlos H. Caldas;Carlos H. Caldas;Carlos H. Caldas;Carl T. Haas;Carl T. Haas;Carl T. Haas

  • Benchmarking Initiatives in the Construction Industry: Lessons Learned and Improvement Opportunities

    Dayana B. Costa;Carlos T. Formoso;Michail Kagioglou;Luis F. Alarcón

  • AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DOCUMENTS

    Carlos H. Caldas;Lucio Soibelman;Jiawei Han

  • Assessing the impact of materials tracking technologies on construction craft productivity

    David Grau;Carlos H. Caldas;Carl T. Haas;Paul M. Goodrum

  • An object recognition, tracking, and contextual reasoning-based video interpretation method for rapid productivity analysis of construction operations

    Jie Gong;Carlos H. Caldas

  • Learning and classifying actions of construction workers and equipment using Bag-of-Video-Feature-Words and Bayesian network models

    Jie Gong;Carlos H. Caldas;Chris Gordon

  • Methodology for Automating the Identification and Localization of Construction Components on Industrial Projects

    David Grau Torrent;Carlos H. Caldas

  • A proximity-based method for locating RFID tagged objects

    Jongchul Song;Carl T. Haas;Carlos H. Caldas

  • Image-Based Safety Assessment: Automated Spatial Safety Risk Identification of Earthmoving and Surface Mining Activities

    Seokho Chi;Carlos H. Caldas

  • Activity Analysis for Direct-Work Rate Improvement in Construction

    Michael C. Gouett;Carl T. Haas;Paul M. Goodrum;Carlos H. Caldas

  • Management and analysis of unstructured construction data types

    Lucio Soibelman;Jianfeng Wu;Carlos Caldas;Ioannis Brilakis

  • Using Global Positioning System to Improve Materials-Locating Processes on Industrial Projects

    Carlos H. Caldas;Carlos H. Caldas;David Grau Torrent;Carl T. Haas

  • Methodology for the Integration of Project Documents in Model-Based Information Systems

    Carlos H. Caldas;Carlos H. Caldas;Carlos H. Caldas;Lucio Soibelman;Lucio Soibelman;Lucio Soibelman;Les Gasser;Les Gasser;Les Gasser

  • Relationship between Automation and Integration of Construction Information Systems and Labor Productivity

    Dong Zhai;Paul M. Goodrum;Carl T. Haas;Carlos H. Caldas

  • Proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction

    Carlos Caldas;William O'Brien;Seokho Chi;Jie Gong

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl T. Haas
Carl T. Haas University of Waterloo
Jochen Teizer
Jochen Teizer Technical University of Denmark
Lucio Soibelman
Lucio Soibelman University of Southern California
Bon-Gang Hwang
Bon-Gang Hwang National University of Singapore
Frédéric Bosché
Frédéric Bosché University of Edinburgh
Ioannis Brilakis
Ioannis Brilakis University of Cambridge
Kara M. Kockelman
Kara M. Kockelman The University of Texas at Austin
Les Gasser
Les Gasser University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Burcu Akinci
Burcu Akinci Carnegie Mellon University
James H. Garrett
James H. Garrett Carnegie Mellon University

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