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António Aguiar Costa is Research, Development and Innovation Director of BUILTCoLAB - Laboratory for the Digital Built Environment and Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. His major research interests are construction innovation, information management and integration in construction, Digital Construction, BIM and standardization . Presently, he is the President of the Portuguese Technical Committee for BIM Standardization, Coordinator of the BIM task force of COTEC (National Association for Innovation), Specialist at CEN/TC442 (BIM European Standards) and member of the EU BIM Task Group supported by European Commission. Additionally, is an Independent Expert for the European Committee, participating on the evaluation of H2020 proposals and Technology projects. As a Consultant, António Aguiar Costa works for companies and public organizations, defining and implementing the digital vision and the respective innovation processes, implementing BIM management procedures and BIM-based procurement frameworks. António Aguiar Costa has published more than 20 papers on BIM, e-business and construction management and procurement and is the principal investigator in several research initiatives and projects.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
António Morais Aguiar da Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, António Aguiar

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CB1D-389F-570F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5123-4451

Email addresses

  • aguiar.costa@gmail.com (Professional)
  • aguiar.costa@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Construction Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Construction Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2011
Concluded
 Advanced Studies in Civil Engineering (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"n.a." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2011
Concluded
 Civil Engineering PhD (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Social e-Business: a New Vision for Construction e-Procurement Platforms" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Merit
2007
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Overpass aesthetic analysis based on 3D automatic modelling" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2004
Concluded
 Engenharia civil (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"n.a." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
1999
Concluded
 12º Ano (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária António Sérgio, Portugal
"n.a." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09/01 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2011/10 - 2022/08/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2005/09 - 2011/10 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/10/01 - 2022/08/31 Organic Unit Director BUILTCoLAB - Collaborative Laboratory for the Digital Built Environment, Portugal
BUILTCoLAB - Collaborative Laboratory for the Digital Built Environment, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021 - Current H2020 ARISE Project
SEP-101033864
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
 Horizon 2020
Ongoing
2020/09 - Current Circular BIM
12_Call#2_Circular_BIM
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
 Unidade Nacional de Gestão do Mecanismo Financeiro do Espaço Económico Europeu
Ongoing
2020 - Current REV@Construction
046123
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2024/12/31 DT4HEALTH – Digital twin platform for intelligent and sustainable management of hospital facilities
FBR_OC2_100
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal

Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse, Norway
EEA Grants
Ongoing
2018/03 - 2020 BIMcert
SEP-210432757
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
 Horizon 2020
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability
UID/ECI/04625/2019
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/01 - 2015/07 3iB Intelligent, interactive and immersive Buildings
T363118993-00025501
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 93 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/ECI/UI0093/2011
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Santos, R.; Costa, A.A.. "Information integration and interoperability for BIM-based life-cycle assessment". 91-108. 2017.
Conference paper
  1. Sampaio, Rodrigo Pedral; Costa, António Aguiar; Flores-Colen, Inês. Corresponding author: Sampaio, Rodrigo Pedral. "Discussion of digital transition impact in Facility Management of buildings". Paper presented in Proceedings of the 22nd CIB World Building Congress, Melbourne, 2022.
    Accepted
  2. Sampaio, Rodrigo Pedral; Costa, António Aguiar; Flores-Colen, Inês. Corresponding author: Sampaio, Rodrigo Pedral. "A comparative study between different data integration approaches for FM systems and BIM". Paper presented in 1º Congresso Nacional de Engenharia e Gestão de Ativos, Coimbra, 2022.
    Under revision
  3. Sampaio, Rodrigo Pedral; Costa, António Aguiar; Flores-Colen, Inês. Corresponding author: Sampaio, Rodrigo Pedral. "Inteligência artificial aplicada à gestão do ambiente construído: Revisão de Literatura". Paper presented in 4º Congresso Português de Building Information Modelling, Portugal, Guimarães, 2022.
    Accepted
  4. Azenha, Miguel; Lino, José Carlos; Caires, Bruno; Campos, Marta; Costa, António Aguiar; Lacerda, Nuno; Martins, João Poças; et al. "Curso BIM: uma abordagem eficiente através de aprendizagem orientada por projetos, dirigida para a indústria da AEC". 2018.
    10.5281/zenodo.1226766
  5. Costa, A.A.; Lopes, P.M.; Antunes, A.; Cabral, I.; Grilo, A.; Rodrigues, F.M.. "3I Buildings: Intelligent, Interactive and Immersive Buildings". 2015.
    10.1016/j.proeng.2015.10.051
Journal article
  1. Rodrigo Sampaio; António Costa; Inês Flores-Colen. "ESTUDO COMPARATIVO ENTRE DIFERENTES TIPOS DE INTEGRAÇÃO DE SISTEMAS DE FACILITY MANAGEMENT E BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING". Revista de Ativos de Engenharia (2023): https://doi.org/10.29073/rae.v1i2.654.
    10.29073/rae.v1i2.654
  2. Joana Bastos Fernandes; Paulo Cadete Ferrão; José Dinis Silvestre; António Aguiar Costa; Verena Göswein. "Advancing Circular Economy in the existing building stock: A methodology to support building characterisation for sustainable refurbishment design". Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings (2022): https://doi.org/10.14311/APP.2022.38.0599.
    10.14311/APP.2022.38.0599
  3. Rodrigo Pedral Sampaio; António Aguiar Costa; Inês Flores-Colen. "A Systematic Review of Artificial Intelligence Applied to Facility Management in the Building Information Modeling Context and Future Research Directions". Buildings (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111939.
    10.3390/buildings12111939
  4. Ana Rocha; Poças Martins, João; Luís Jacques de Sousa; Cabaço, António; Vander Escovalo; Brandão de Vasconcelos, Ana; Costa, António Aguiar. "Medidas prioritárias para a digitalização do setor da construção". DECivil October (2022): 7-12.
    Published
  5. Sofia Feist; Luís Sanhudo; Vítor Esteves; Miguel Pires; António Aguiar Costa. "Semi-Supervised Clustering for Architectural Modularisation". Buildings 12 3 (2022): 303-303. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12030303.
    10.3390/buildings12030303
  6. Santos, Ruben; COSTA, ANTÓNIO; Silvestre, José Dinis ; Vandenbergh, Thomas; Pyl, Lincy. "BIM-based life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of an office building in Western Europe". Building and Environment (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106568.
    10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106568
  7. Vieira, R.; Carreira, P.; Domingues, P.; Costa, A.A.. "Supporting building automation systems in BIM/IFC: reviewing the existing information gap". Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 27 6 (2020): 1357-1375. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85086694843&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1108/ECAM-07-2018-0294
  8. Durão, V.; Costa, A.A.; Silvestre, J.D.; Mateus, R.; Santos, R.; de Brito, J.. "Current opportunities and challenges in the incorporation of the LCA method in BIM". Open Construction and Building Technology Journal 14 1 (2020): 336-349. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85097861913&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/1874836802014010336
  9. Santos, Ruben; Costa, António Aguiar; Silvestre, José Dinis ; Pyl, Lincy. "Development of a BIM-based Environmental and Economic Life Cycle Assessment tool". Journal of Cleaner Production 265 (2020): 121705-121705. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620317522.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121705
  10. COSTA, ANTÓNIO. "Informetric analysis and review of literature on the role of BIM in sustainable construction". Automation in Construction (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2019.02.022.
    10.1016/j.autcon.2019.02.022
  11. COSTA, ANTÓNIO. "Integration of LCA and LCC analysis within a BIM-based environment". Automation in Construction (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2019.02.011.
    10.1016/j.autcon.2019.02.011
  12. COSTA, ANTÓNIO. "Integration of environmental life cycle information in BIM objects according with the level of development". IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012075.
    10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012075
  13. Daniel Amaral Fernandes; António Aguiar Costa; Pertti Lahdenperä. "Key features of a project alliance and their impact on the success of an apartment renovation: a case study". International Journal of Construction Management (2018): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2017.1344913.
    10.1080/15623599.2017.1344913
  14. COSTA, ANTÓNIO. "Impressões qualitativas em espaços urbanos noturnos por meio de ambientes virtuais imersivos". urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2175-3369.010.001.ao08.
    10.1590/2175-3369.010.001.ao08
  15. Carreira, P.; Castelo, T.; Gomes, C.C.; Ferreira, A.; Ribeiro, C.; Costa, A.A.. "Virtual reality as integration environments for facilities management: Application and users perception". Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 25 1 (2018): 90-112. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042004654&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1108/ECAM-09-2016-0198
  16. Carreira, P.; Costa, A.A.; Mansur, V.; Arsénio, A.. "Can HVAC really learn from users? A simulation-based study on the effectiveness of voting for comfort and energy use optimization". Sustainable Cities and Society 41 (2018): 275-285. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048481957&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scs.2018.05.043
  17. Fernandes, I.P.; Da Silva Moura, N.C.; Costa, A.A.. "Qualitative impressions in urban spaces at night through immersive virtual environments,Impressões qualitativas em espaços urbanos noturnos por meio de ambientes virtuais imersivos". Urbe 10 1 (2018): 95-110. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85062206029&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1590/2175-3369.010.001.AO08ISSN2175-3369
  18. Miguel Alves; Paulo Carreira; António Aguiar Costa. "BIMSL: A generic approach to the integration of building information models with real-time sensor data". Automation in Construction 84 (2017): 304-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2017.09.005.
    10.1016/j.autcon.2017.09.005
  19. Santos, R.; Costa, A.A.; Grilo, A.. "Bibliometric analysis and review of Building Information Modelling literature published between 2005 and 2015". Automation in Construction 80 (2017): 118-136. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85015428366&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.autcon.2017.03.005
  20. Arantes, A.; Ferreira, L.M.D.F.; Costa, A.A.. "Is the construction industry aware of supply chain management? The Portuguese contractors’ perspective". Supply Chain Management 20 4 (2015): 404-414. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930241910&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1108/SCM-06-2014-0207
  21. Aguiar Costa, A.; Grilo, A.. "BIM-based e-procurement: An innovative approach to construction e-procurement". Scientific World Journal 2015 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84930684407&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1155/2015/905390
  22. Costa, A.A.; Tavares, L.V.. "Social e-business as support for construction e-procurement: E-procurement network dynamics". Automation in Construction 43 (2014): 180-186. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84898648691&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.autcon.2014.03.019
  23. Costa, A.A.; Arantes, A.; Valadares Tavares, L.. "Evidence of the impacts of public e-procurement: The Portuguese experience". Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management 19 4 (2013): 238-246. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84882977914&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pursup.2013.07.004
  24. Costa, A.A.; Tavares, L.V.. "Advanced multicriteria models to promote quality and reputation in public construction e-marketplaces". Automation in Construction 30 (2013): 205-215. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870983912&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.autcon.2012.11.029
  25. Costa, A.A.; Tavares, L.V.. "Social e-business and the Satellite Network model: Innovative concepts to improve collaboration in construction". Automation in Construction 22 (2012): 387-397. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84857368752&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.autcon.2011.09.017
Magazine article
  1. Costa, António Aguiar; Poças Martins, João; Cabaço, António; Brandão de Vasconcelos, Ana; Luís Jacques de Sousa; Vander Escovalo; Ana Rocha; Martins, Pedro Gonçalves Lucas. "PLAN4Digital - Plano de transição digital para a indústria da construção: Modelo de maturidade e medidas prioritárias", Construção Magazine, 2022
Manual
  1. Costa, António Aguiar. BIM nas autarquias: Guia Compreensivo para a Implementação do BIM. 2020.
  2. Costa, António Aguiar. Guia de Contratação BIM. 2017.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - Current BIM Platform for the Acceleration of the Twin Transition of Buildings
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/07/02 - Current Integração e desenvolvimento de data templates LCA em objectos BIM
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 - Current BIM-based LCA optimization
Supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/07/01 - Current A metodologia BIM aplicada à Gestão de Empreendimentos de Construção
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 - Current Regras de medição integradas no modelo BIM e o seu impacto sobre a gestão de empreendimentos da construção
Supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 - Current Bridges Digital Twin
Supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 - Current • BIM e arquitectura: da aprendizagem à prática (2021)
Co-supervisor
 Arquitetura (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/09/01 - Current Proposta de um modelo de regras de medição de trabalhos de construção de edifícios e obras públicas
Supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Architecture and sustainability: manipulation of parametric tools in BIM environment for energy performance optimization
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - 2019/09 Integration of LCA and LCC with BIM for the environmental and economic assessment of Buildings
Supervisor
 Engenharia Civil (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/01/01 - Current ptBIM 2024 - 5º Congresso Português de Building Information Modelling (2023 - 2024/05/08)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/01 - Current Seminário “BIM nas Autarquias” (janeiro 2021) (2020/01)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2019/07 - Current Competências Digitais na Construção: Normalização, Capacitação e Internacionalização (julho 2019) (2019/07)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal
2020/11/26 - 2020/12/04 3ºptBIM - Congresso português de Building Information Modelling, 26, 27 novembro e 4 dezembro, FEUP, Porto (2020) (2020/11/26 - 2020/12/04)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/05/17 - 2018/05/18 ptBIM 2º Congresso português de Building Information Modelling, 17-18 maio, Lisboa (2018) (2018/05/17 - 2018/05/18)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016/11/24 - 2016/11/25 1o Congresso Português de Building Information Modelling (2016) (2016/11/24 - 2016/11/25)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019/03 - Current Ordem dos Engenheiros Vogal do colégio de Engenharia Civil da Região Sul da Ordem dos Engenheiros

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2015/03 - Current Presidente da Comissão de normalização BIM - CT197-BIM
President / Vice-president
 Instituto Português da Qualidade, Portugal
2014/04 - Current Representante nacional no CEN/TC442 (Comissão Técnica de Normalização BIM Europeia)
Member
 CEN - Comité Europeu de Normalização, Belgium

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/01/01 - 2022/05/08 ptBIM - 4º Congresso Português de Building Information Modelling Guimarães

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/01/01 - Current Presidente do Júri do Prémio Inovação Jovem Engenheiro 2022 Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal