D8.4 – Report on outcomes of COGITO system pre-validation
Creators: name: Meusburger, Elias
name: Leeb, Daniel
name: Giannakis, Giorgos
name: Papafragkakis, Apostolos
name: Vassiliadis, Michael
name: Tsatsoulis, Panagiotis
name: Proko, Lauren
name: Lilis, Georgios
name: Katsigarakis, Kyriakos
name: Bosché, Frédéric
name: Bueno Esposito, Martín
name: Sinanis, Tasos
name: Pantraki, Evangelia
name: Chatzakis, Michalis
name: Tsakiris, Thanos
name: Dimitriadis, Vasilios
name: García-Castro, Raúl
name: González-Gerpe, Salvador
name: Bernardos, Socorro
name: Andriopoulos, Panos
name: Moraitis, Panagiotis
name: Simopoulos, Ioannis
name: Straka, Martin
name: Belej, Bohuš
name: Mikołajczyk, Agnieszka
name: Falcioni, Damiano
name: Johansen, Karsten
name: Hong, Kepeng
name: Teizer, Jochen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This deliverable presents the findings of the work conducted under the task "T8.2 - COGITO ICT System Pre-Validation." The primary objective of this task has been to rigorously test the COGITO tools in relevant environments, concluding with a small-scale pre-validation of the COGITO in an actual infrastructure construction project.

The term "relevant environments" pertains to reference datasets that allow early testing of the COGITO tools and their interfaces with the purpose of identifying and mitigating undesired tool behaviours before deployment in real-world scenarios. To facilitate this early beta-testing process, the consortium established a school pre-validation pilot, utilising the School sample project provided by Autodesk, tailored to the needs of the COGITO ecosystem. This preliminary testing phase was followed by the release of updated, fully functional versions of all COGITO components that were qualified for pre-validation in actual environments.

Subsequently, the updated versions of the COGITO tools were demonstrated in an actual, medium-scale infrastructure construction site in Karlsruhe, Germany. The project involved the renewal of a 1.3km path with two parallel tracks as part of a public transport infrastructure initiative. Complying with the guidelines for developing ‘as planned data’ (BIM Model, Schedules, Resources etc.) as well as acquiring ‘as-built data’ (images, point clouds, videos, resources’ location data etc.) as they were drafted by the COGITO consortium, sufficient data were collected. The collected data were then processed using the COGITO ecosystem, and manual verification of the COGITO tools' outputs was carried out to evaluate their operational effectiveness as well as their accuracy.

Throughout the document's preparation, the valuable experience gained from employing the tools in near-real-life conditions has been incorporated into the activities of task "T8.1 – End-to-end ICT System Integration, Testing, and Refinement." This process has allowed for necessary refinements to the tools and interfaces. Based on this experience, user manuals and supporting documents, including requirements and guidelines, have been authored and are continuously updated to facilitate the further deployment of the COGITO toolset to pilot sites and enable its supervised and unsupervised (to the extent possible) utilisation by professionals in the AEC industry.