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CAO Dongping
CAO Dongping

Associate Professor

Department: Construction Management and Real Estate

+86 021 65981705

dongping.cao@tongji.edu.cn

  • 2013-2016 Ph.D. in Construction Engineering and Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2010-2011 Ph.D. in Project Management (Visiting Student), University of Manchester
  • 2009-2015 Ph.D. in Construction Engineering and Management, Tongji University
  • 2006-2009 M.Sc. in Management Science and Engineering, Tongji University
  • 2002-2006 B.Sc. in Construction Engineering and Management, Chongqing University

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2019-Now Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University
  • 2017-2019 Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University
  • 2016-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2015-2016 Research Associate, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Building Information Modeling and Management
  • Project Networks

 TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Virtual Design and Construction
  • Project Management

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • “Exploring the Structural Characteristics and Evolutionary Mechanisms of Behavioral Responses to Technological Changes in Construction Projects Using the Embeddedness Perspective: A Longitudinal Study based on Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models”, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71802150), 01/2019-12/2021, Principal-Investigator.
  • “Evolution of Innovation Implementation Behaviors in Construction Projects: A Dynamic Network Perspective”, Shanghai Pujiang Talent Progam (Grant No. 18PJC110), 09/2018-08/2020, Principal-Investigator.
  • “Co-evolution of BIM Implementation Behaviors and Project-Based Relationship Networks”, Program for Young Excellent Talents in Tongji University (Grant No. 22120180008), 01/2018-12/2019, Principal-Investigator.
  • “Smart Construction Platform based on Cloud BIM & Image Processing”, Innovation and Technology Fund in Hong Kong (Grant No: ITP/002/16LP), 06/2016-05/2018, Co-Investigator.
  • “The Effect of Isomorphic Pressure for BIM in Hong Kong Construction Industry”, Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme in Hong Kong (Grant No: 2014.A6.054.15B), 09/2015-11/2016, Co-Investigator.
  • “Research on the Internal Mechanism and Structure Optimization for the Contractual Governance of Construction Projects with BIM Implementation”, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71272046), 01/2013-12/2016, Co-Investigator.
  • “Research on ICT-based Construction Management using Open BIM”, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2011DFG73520), 01/2012-05/2015, Co-Investigator.

SELECTED JOURNAL PAPERS (* Corresponding Author)

  • Li, X., Li, H., Cao, D.*, Tang, Y., Luo, X., Wang, G. (2019). Modeling the dynamics of project-based collaborative networks for BIM implementation in the construction industry: An empirical study in Hong Kong. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(12), 05019013.
  • Luo, X., Li, H., Wang, H., Wu, Z., Dai, F., Cao, D.* (2019). Vision-based detection and visualization of dynamic workspaces. Automation in Construction, 104, 1-13.
  • Luo, X.*, Li, H., Yang, X., Yu, Y., Cao, D. (2019). Capturing and understanding workers’ activities in far-field surveillance videos with deep action recognition and Bayesian nonparametric learning. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 34(4), 333-351.
  • Oraee, M., Hosseini, M. R.*, Edwards, D. J., Li, H., Papadonikolaki, E., Cao, D. (2019). Collaboration barriers in BIM-based construction networks: A conceptual model. International Journal of Project Management, 37(6), 839-854.
  • Cao, D., Li, H., Wang, G., Luo, X., Tan, D.* (2018). Relationship network structure and organizational competitiveness: Evidence from BIM implementation practices in the construction industry. Journal of Management in Engineering, 34(3), 04018005.
  • Luo, X., Li, H., Cao, D. *, Yu, Y., Yang, X., Huang, T. (2018). Towards efficient and objective work sampling: Recognizing workers’ activities in site surveillance videos with two-stream convolutional networks. Automation in Construction, 94, 360-370.
  • Tang, Y., Wang, G., Li, H., Cao, D. * (2018). Dynamics of collaborative networks between contractors and subcontractors in the construction industry: Evidence from National Quality Award Projects in China. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(9), 05018009. (* Corresponding Author)
  • Luo, X., Li, H., Cao, D., Dai, F., Seo, J., Lee, S. (2018). Recognizing diverse construction activities in site images via relevance networks of construction related objects detected by Convolutional Neural Networks. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 32(3), 04018012.
  • Cao, D., Li, H., Wang, G., Luo, X., Yang, X., Tan, D. (2017). Dynamics of project-based collaborative networks for BIM implementation: Analysis based on stochastic actor-oriented models. Journal of Management in Engineering, 33(3), 04016055.
  • Cao, D. *, Li, H., Wang, G., Huang, T. (2017). Identifying and contextualising the motivations for BIM implementation in construction projects: An empirical study in China. International Journal of Project Management, 35(4), 658-669. (ESI Highly Cited Paper, March 2018)
  • Cao, D. *, Li, H., Wang, G. (2017). Impacts of building information modeling (BIM) implementation on design and construction performance: A resource dependence theory perspective. Frontiers of Engineering Management, 4(1), 20-34.
  • Luo, X., Li, H., Dai, F., Cao, D., Yang, X., Guo, H. (2017). A Hierarchical Bayesian Model of workers’ responses to proximity warnings of construction safety hazards: Towards constant review of safety risk control measures. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(6), 04017006.
  • Cao, D. *, Li, H., Wang, G., Zhang, W. (2016). Linking the motivations and practices of design organizations to implement building information modeling in construction projects: Empirical study in China. Journal of Management in Engineering, 32(6), 04016013.
  • He, Q., Dong, S., Rose, T., Li, H., Yin, Q., Cao, D. (2016). Systematic impact of institutional pressures on safety climate in the construction industry. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 93, 230-239.
  • Cao, D. *, Wang, G., Li, H., Skitmore, M., Huang, T., Zhang, W. (2015). Practices and effectiveness of building information modelling in construction projects in China. Automation in Construction, 49, 113-122.
  • Cao, D. *, Li, H., Wang, G. (2014). Impacts of isomorphic pressures on BIM adoption in construction projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 140(12), 04014056.
  • Cao, D. *, Wang, G. (2014). Contractor-subcontractor relationships with the implementation of emerging interorganizational technologies: Roles of cross-project learning and pre-contractual opportunism. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 10(4), 268-284.

 

  • 2018 Selected into the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Progam
  • 2018 Best Journal Paper Award, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
  • 2017 Second Class Prize, Shanghai Science and Technology Award
  • 2017 Selected into the Program for Young Excellent Talents in Tongji University
  • 2017 Outstanding Reviewer, Automation in Construction
  • 2016 Outstanding Reviewer, International Journal of Project Management
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