On 9 July 2024, a research colloquium was held at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in collaboration with University of Auckland from New Zealand. The event brought together experts and young researchers from several Bauhaus professorships as well as representatives from University of Auckland to discuss current developments and forward-looking projects in the fields of digitalisation, building information modelling (BIM) and other key areas of the construction industry.

The colloquium began with a welcome by Prof. Dr. Jürgen MelznerandDr. Judith Fauth, followed by a presentation on drone-based diagnostics of buildings by Prof. Dr. Guido Morgenthal.

The first session covered topics such as semantic standards, sustainable data integration and the inspection of complex structures using drones, as well as the integration of BIM and GIS for infrastructure projects.

Friedrich Schrödter, Mahsa Mirboland, Paul-ChristianSchuler, Paul Debus and Judith Krischler.

After a short break, the second session continued with contributions on the use of big data to improve facility management performance, current research activities on information requirements, semantic analysis of building regulations and ontology-based quality management in construction planning.

Muluken Tilahun Desbalo, Martina Mellenthin Filardo, Stefan Fuchs and Sebastian Seiß.

The lunch break was followed by an inspiring keynote by Prof. Robert Amor, who emphasised the importance of interoperability in the emerging fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Twins (DT).

The third session included presentations on digital maturity assessments for BIM in infrastructure, optimisation of digital business processes and predictive simulation of noise emissions from construction site machinery.

Markus Boden, Ronny Helbing and Nasim Babazadeh.

The colloquium ended with a farewell and the prospect of future cooperation and research exchange between the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and University of Auckland.