Zhenzhong Hu

    He received both his BE and PhD degree in the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University, China. He was a visiting researcher in Carnegie Mellon University.
    He is now the associate professor in Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, and also the secretary general of the BIM Specialty Committee of the China Graphics Society.
    His research interests include information technologies in civil and marine engineering, building information modeling (BIM) and digital disaster prevention and mitigation.
  • 2016-03-05

    2016-03-05

    A new paper has been published online in Automation in construction (IF=1.812 in 2015), i.e., Zhen-Zhong Hu, Xiao-Yang Zhang, Heng-Wei Wang and Mohamad Kassem. Improving interoperability between architectural and structural design models: An industry foundation classes-based approach with web-based tools.

  • 2016-02-24

    2016-02-24

    Ming Lu, Professor of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in University of Alberta gave a lecture entitled "Turning Art into Science through Collaboration in Infrastructure Construction" on February 24th, 2016 in Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University. Prof. Lu took the automatic positioning technology of tunnel boring machine as a sample to represent the attitude of making independent and innovative projects in scientific researches. I hosted this academic meeting and nearly 20 students and teachers participated in the meeting. Then Prof. Ming Lu, with Jianping Zhang, Zhiliang Ma, and I, had further discussions on the cooperations, talent cultivation, academic discussions between two universities.

  • 2016-01-24

    2016-01-24

    The annual report of the scientific research project on "BIM Joint Research Centre of Tsinghua University (School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering) and Glodon Software Company Limited" was held in Glodon Phase II Building on January 24th, 2016. The project directors and undertakers respectively reported on the progress of 14 scientific research projects (including 3 basic research projects, 10 special system researches and development projects, and 1 industrialization project) in 2015, to promote communication between the two sides, and further clarify annual work plan and cooperation mode. More than 20 people including Zhenggang Yuan, Gang Liu, the vice-president and dean of Glodon Software Co., Ltd. respectively, and Jianping Zhang and Hongling Guo, professor and associate professor from Tsinghua University and other project principals attended the meeting.

  • 2015-12-31

    2015-12-31

    "BIM-based Design Method for Prefabricated Pipeline Components" has been published in the "Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology)". A building information model (BIM) was introduced here for designing prefabricated pipelines. An automatic prefabricated pipeline design method was developed for dividing the pipelines with a semi-automatic design method for pipeline supports and an intelligent assembling method for pipeline groups. A general-purpose prefabricated pipeline design system was then developed. The method addressed three core issues including model visualization, progressive parametric modeling and information sharing. The method has been applied to two real-world projects, enhancing the design efficiency and reducing the material waste. The "Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology)" is the core journals of China included in the EI (Engineering Index) database.

  • 2015-12-29

    2015-12-29

    The First BIM Competition organized by China Construction Industry Association was held in Haikou, Hainan Province. 532 works participated in the competition. 32 works were finally awarded the first prizes（including 14 prominent projects and 18 application projects. Two projects that our research team have participated, i.e., "Application of BIM In Jinan Yellow River Rail-Road Bridge" and "Application of BIM Technology in Steel Girder Erection for New Yangtze-River Baishatuo Grand Bridge" were awarded the first prizes in application. "Comprehensive Construction Application of BIM in Tencent Headquarters Building (Beijing)" and "Comprehensive application of BIM in New Baishatuo Yangtze-River Bridge" were awarded as the first prizes of the great projects. The research team got six first prizes in two national BIM competitions. The Report on "Comprehensive application of BIM in New Baishatuo Yangtze-River Bridge" was invited by the BIM Technical Achievement Promotion and Application Experience Exchange Meeting of The First China Construction Industry Association.