News from the LaRTIC

In an interview with Annie Desrochers for the program Le 15-18 on ICI Radio-Canada Première, Professor Conrad Boton explains how virtual reality systems enable the visualization of advanced digital prototypes.

On November 25, 2024, the LaRTIC laboratory had the honor of hosting Professor Mark Hastak, President of the Council International for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), along with Don Ward, its Chief Executive Officer. This visit to the Department of Construction Engineering at ÉTS was part of their North American tour aimed at meeting key players in construction research.

On November 15, 2024, Professor Conrad Boton participated in an industry panel on BIM training. The panel, organized as part of the Journée-conférences CDP Génie 2024 at the Longueuil Campus of the Université de Sherbrooke, focused on the essential and emerging skills needed to support the digital transformation of the industry.

During the recent scientific conference, we had the privilege of delivering a keynote presentation titled "Advancing 4D Simulation for Construction Projects: Evaluating Industry Needs and Future Outlook." This session, co-presented by Professors Conrad Boton, Silvio Melhado and Adel Francis, provided an in-depth exploration of the state of 4D simulation in the construction industry and its promising future.

On August 26, 2024, at the ICCCBE2024 conference, Professors Conrad Boton and Silvio Melhado hosted a panel titled "4D-5D for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction: Perspectives and Insights," bringing together industry and academic leaders to discuss the transformative potential of 4D and 5D Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the construction sector.

We are proud to announce the successful defense, on November 9, 2023, of Hamidreza Pourzarei's doctoral thesis at the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) in Montreal.

Professor Conrad Boton paid a visit to Senghor University in Alexandria, from April 17 to 21, 2022. During this visit, he participated in a round table on using entrepreneurship principles to boost your professional career.

We are happy to welcome Dr. Numan Khan in the LaRTIC team, as a postdoctoral fellow.

Dr. Khan's skills will be very useful for LaRTIC. His research work is intended to propose and implement advanced technologies to enhance safety and reduce defects in construction projects. He published nine articles in internationally reputed journals, presented 12 conference papers in international conferences and workshops, as well as in three domestic conferences.

Areas of research

Civil engineering, mechanical engineering, structural engineering, parametric design, building information modeling

Hamidreza POURZAREI, Ph.D. student supervised by Professors Conrad Boton and Louis Rivest, won the Best Doctoral Proposal award at the international PLM20 conference.