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Journal
Automation in Construction
Year of Publication
2026
Status
Published
DOI
10.1016/j.autcon.2026.106816
Abstract

Engineering report generation from construction-site Internet of Things (IoT) data using large language models (LLMs) remains challenging due to hallucinations. Ensuring traceability and reliability in information retrieval and multi-step reasoning is essential within retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for LLM. This paper formalizes the RAG-LLM pipeline and proposes a dual-stream enhancement combining knowledge graph (KG) construction with reinforcement learning (RL)-based retriever tuning. The graph-guided module extracts structured engineering elements, while RL improves semantic alignment and tokenization of critical terms. Leveraging this dual-stream RAG, a traceable reporting agent is developed, providing end-to-end traceability of retrieval and reasoning, along with inter-step similarity measures. When collaborating with existing on-site IoT systems, the agent can extend automated monitoring to decision-making support. This paper presents a reliable approach for construction report generation and advances human-AI collaboration in construction management.

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