November 2022
Congratulations to Chih-Shen Cheng, Ph.D. Candidate and CIBER Lab researcher, on taking top honors at the 10th annual Texas A&M Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Chih-Shen placed first in the doctoral division and the overall competition for his presentation on "artificial intelligence and drones for disaster rercovery".
Dr. Behzadan delivered an invited keynote on "leveraging community-sourced artificial intelligence for scalable and equitable disaster resilience" at the 5th International Workshop on Advances in Resilient and Intelligent Cities (ARIC), which was held as part of the 30th ACM SIGSPATIAL Conference in Seattle, WA.
June 2022
Md Nazmus Sakib, Ph.D. student and CIBER Lab researcher, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on "exploring the role of artificial intelligence and technology in workforce skilling". Sakib will officially graduate with a Ph.D. degree in summer 2022.
April 2022
We are happy to debut the Artificial Intelligence and Built Environment Lab (Urban.AI Lab) at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR). In collaboration with other researchers at the CIR, the Urban.AI Lab will focus on advancing the interface between AI, human life, and the built environment.
Bahareh Alizadeh, Ph.D. student and CIBER Lab researcher, presented her research on integrating crowdsourced data and artificial intelligence to increase spatial resolution of flood risk mapping at Planet Texas 2050 Research Symposium in Austin, TX.
Congratulations to Md Nazmus Sakib (Ph.D. Candidate in Multidisciplinary Engineering) and Chih-Shen Cheng (Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering) on successfully passing their doctoral candidacy exams. Way to go!
August 2021
We are pleased to announce that CIBER Lab, in collaboration with Louisiana State University and University of Florida has secured NSF funding to organize a workshop series on next generation learning environments for AEC education.
July 2021
Following the approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordination Board (THECB), COSC will offer the first-ever Ph.D. program in "construction science" in Texas and one of the few nationwide. The research-based program is STEM-coded and is expected to welcome its first cohort of Ph.D. students in Fall 2021.
May 2021
Nipun Nath, Ph.D. student and CIBER Lab researcher, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on "human-centered computing and visual anlytics for future of work in construction". Nipun will officially graduate with a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering in summer 2021.
Dr. Reza Akhavian, Assistant Professor at San Diego State University and CIBER Lab alumnus, has received a prestigious 5-year NSF CAREER Award for his groundbreaking research and educational program on human-robot partnership in construction.
December 2020
Nipun Nath, CIBER Lab researcher and Ph.D. student, has earned his second M.S. degree, this time in Computer Science. Congratulations and way to go!
CIBER Lab researchers, Md Nazmus Sakib and Nipun Nath, and alumnus, Yalong Pi, recently published the latest findings of their drone-related research in the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering (special collection on UASs in the AECO industry).
October 2020
CIBER Lab hosted a virtual event on citizen science for urban flood mapping to discuss how crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence (AI) can help obtain geotagged floodwater depth information from crowdsourced photos of submerged traffic signs in urban and rural environments.
August 2020
Our AI-enabled flood mapping application, BluPix, which turns traffic signs into low-tech flood sensors, was featured on KHOU11 (CBS Houston). Through this citizen science project, we aim to make a real difference in the lives of people in flood-prone communities of Texas and beyond.
CIBER Lab's work on artificial intelligence (AI) for crowdsourced flood mapping was featured on "The Academic Minute", a production of WAMC in collaboration with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). The program airs on 70 stations around the U.S. and Canada.
June 2020
CIBER Lab joins a team of researchers from Texas A&M University (lead), University of Florida, and University of Pennsylvania on this new $500K NSF cyber-human systems (CHS) project to work on bio-behavioral data analytics for personalized training ofcombat veterans in the future civilian workforce.
We are happy to report that Yalong Pi has successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation titled "aerial disaster information retrieval framework using artificial intelligence". Congratulations Yalong and way to go!
May 2020
We will work on a newly funded study by TAMU Institute of Data Science, with researchers from Computer Science and PublicHealth to analyze multimodal audiovisual data from online conversational vlogs recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, and create a dataset offace, body and speech cues in web-mined COVID-19 conversational vlogs.
March 2020
CIBER Lab alumnus, Dr. Reza Akhavian is named as one the ENR California's 2020 Top Young Professionals! This competition honors new AEC leaders, who have done exemplary work in using education and experience to complete public and private work while contributing to the common good, mentoring their colleagues, and developing technologies for fellow citizens. Congratulations Reza for making us proud!
Our new lab name is now official: Connected Informatics and Built Environment Research (CIBER) Lab. Slightly different name, but keeping the same acronym. CIBER Lab looks to the future!
February 2020
CIBER Lab leads a new project funded by Texas Sea Grant, to improve flood management practices in Texas coastal communities through citizen science and artificial intelligence (AI). In Project BluPix, we will create an AI system to estimate and map floodwater depths from crowdsourced street photos.
January 2020
We would like to welcome Bahareh Alizadeh to our group. Bahareh joins us from Sharif University of Technology to pursue her doctoral studies. Welcome aboard and best of luck with your studies at TAMU!
Nipun Nath has received a merit-based scholarship from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Nipun is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering, and a second M.S. degree in Computer Science. Congratulations and way to go! !
November 2019
Our conference paper titled "multi-dimensional sequence alignment for context-aware human action analysis of body-sensor data", co-authored by Nipun Nath (Ph.D. student) and Prabhat Shrestha (former M.S. student) recevied the Best Paper Award of the 4th International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics (ICCBEI 2019) that was held in Sendai, Japan.
October 2019
Congratulations Zahra Ghorbani on defending your thesis titled "Oil spill detection using deep neural networks". Also, congratulations Md. Nazmus Sakib on defending your thesis titled "Wearable technology to assess the effectiveness of virtual reality training for drone operators". We wish both of you the best in your future academic endeavors!
September 2019
Our conference paper on Project VERBIO, titled "virtual reality interfaces and population-specific models to mitigate public speaking anxiety", jointly written with HUBBS Lab (CSCE), received one of the only six nominations for the Best Paper Award at the 8th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) that was held in London, UK.
CIBER Lab will join forces with a multidesciplinary team of researchers from TAMU engineering, business school, and Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR) to develop a research roadmap for implementing artificial intelligence (AI) in the construction industry, and the formation of a multi-institutional team working toward an NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC).
August 2019
We would like to welcome Chih-Shen Cheng to our group. Chih-Shen joins us from National Taiwan University (NTU) to pursue his doctoral studies in a joint collaboration between Construction Science and Civil Engineering departments. Welcome aboard and best of luck with your studies at TAMU!
April 2019
Zahra Ghorbani and Nazmus Sakib, two CIBER Lab researchers have received competitive scholarships from the Construction Science Department. Zahra is the recipients of the O.N. Mitchel Jr. Graduate Fellowship, and the History Maker Homes Scholarship. Sakib is the recipient of the O.N. Mitchel Jr. Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations to both of you!
December 2018
Songjukta Datta receives the Outstanding Graduate Student Award in support of the Department of Construction Science’s research mission. The award was presented during the fall 2018 Hard Hat Ceremony in the Frymire Auditorium at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. Congratulations and way to go!
October 2018
Congratulations Songjukta Datta, CIBER Lab researcher and M.S. student on defending your thesis titled "EVAQ: person-specific evacuation simulation for large crowd egress analysis". We wish you the best in your future academic endeavors!
August 2018
Two new graduate students have joined the COSC Department to pursue their studies in CIBER Lab. Yalong Pi (Ph.D. student) and Nazmus Sakib (M.S. student) will work with Dr. Behzadan starting this fall semester. Welcome aboard and best of luck with your studies at TAMU!
June 2018
A collaborative project funded by the Engineering Information Foundation (EiF) will examine how wearable devices and VR can be used to provide personalized public speaking interventions. Researchers from CIBER Lab and HUBBS Lab (TAMU CSCE) will study variations in physiological indices and speech patterns to integrate bio-signals for speech assessment, and generate data-driven real-time feedback.
May 2018
We are happy to report that Prabhat Shrestha is now officially a CIBER Lab alum. Prabhat successfully defended his thesis and graduated with a MS degree in Construction Management. Congratulations Prabhat and we wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
February 2018
Nipun Nath and Prabhat Shrestha receive research travel grants from TAMU Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGAPS) to present their work at the 2018 CRC. In addition, Nipun Nath receives an NSF-sponsored travel grant to present at the 2018 IEEE Body Sensor Networks (BSN) Conference.
September 2017
We are very excited to announce the inauguration of the Construction Informatics and Built Environment Research (CIBER) Lab in the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&M University (TAMU). Check out our social media page for more news, announcements, and updates.
May 2017
We are happy to report that one of our research papers titled "an integrated data collection and analysis framework for remote monitoring and planning of construction operations" published in the Elsevier Journal of Advanced Engineering Informatics is named one of the "most cited articles" since 2012.
April 2017
Khandakar Rashid received an outstanding oral presentation award in MSU interdisciplinary graduate research forum. More than 90 graduate students competed in this year's event, and only 11 were ultimately selected to receive this recognition. Congratulations Khandakar on this great accomplishment!
We are happy to report that Nipun Nath and Khandakar Rashid successfully defended their M.S. theses. They are both en route to pursue their studies at the Ph.D. level upon graduation from MSU. Congratulations to you and best of luck in your academic endeavors.
We would like to welcome Lorena Moreira to our research group. Lorena is joining us as a visiting researcher. She is currently completing her doctoral studies at the University of Campinas in Brazil, and is also an assistant professor at the Federal University of Bahia. Lorena works on AR visualization for building operations and maintenance.
March 2017
Congratulations to Nipun and Khandakar on receiving competitive thesis funding awards from the Graduate College at MSU. Both are expected to defend their theses in April 2017. Best of luck!
February 2017
The latest issue of the Elsevier Journal of Applied Ergonomics features our research article titled "ergonomic analysis of construction worker's body postures using wearable mobile sensors". This work reports on a scientific method that enables capturing a worker's body postures using wearable devices for rapid ergonomic assessment.
January 2017
A new graduate student has joined the TCM Department to pursue her Master of Science in Project Management. Songjukta Datta will work with Dr. Behzadan on her thesis. Welcome aboard and best of luck with your studies at MSU!
December 2016
We are happy to report that one of our research papers titled "collaborative visualization of engineering processes using tabletop augmented reality" published in the Elsevier Journal of Advances in Engineering Software is named a top five "highly cited research" article for the period of 2014-16.
August 2016
A new graduate student has joined the TCM Department to pursue his Master of Science in Project Management. Prabhat Shrestha will work with Dr. Behzadan on his thesis. Welcome aboard and best of luck with your studies at MSU!
January 2016
Dr. Behzadan's ongoing work on two research projects is featured on MSU News. These projects are funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and aim at advancing knowledge at both basic and applied levels within the construction information technology (CIT) domain.
Two new graduate students have joined the TCM Department to pursue their Master of Science in Project Management. Nipun Nath and Khandakar Rashid will work with Dr. Behzadan on their theses. Welcome aboard and best of luck with your studies at MSU!
August 2015
Dr. Behzadan has joined the Department of Technology and Construction Management (TCM) at Missouri State University (MSU) at the rank of Associate Professor. The TCM Department is part of the MSU College of Business and is housed in Glass Hall in the Springfield campus.
Dr. Akhavian has joined the School of Engineering at California State University East Bay (CSUEB) as Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering. Cal State East Bay is located in Hayward, on the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area.
July 2015
The second edition of "Fundamentals of Wearable Computers and Augmented Reality" is now available from Taylor and Francis CRC Press. Chapter 14 of this book is a comprehensvie report on AR advances in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC), and is co-authored by Dr. Behzadan and two collaborators from the University of Michigan.
We are very happy to report that the 1st Women in Construction Workshop (WCW) was a great success! This 3-day event was held in Orlando, FL and was sponsored by a competitive grant from the EiF with the participation of 10 students from Brazil and China, invited faculty keynote speakers, and local and industry speakers.
April 2015
Dr. Behzadan is one of the recipients of the 2014-15 UCF Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award. This competitive award is given to selected full-time faculty in recognition of their teaching quality and effectiveness, continuing commitment to instruction, and innovation and creativity in instruction.
DESIMAL researcher, Reza Akhavian successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on data-driven simulation modeling of construction and infrastructure operations using process knowledge discovery. Congratulations and we wish him all the success as he enters the next phase of his professional career.
November 2014
DESIMAL is awarded a competetive grant from the Engineering Information Foundation (EiF) to host the first "Women in Construction" Camp in partnership with two universities from Brazil and China. The goal of this event will be to introduce talented female graduate students to opportunities, resources, and challenges of an independent career in academia, and to prepare them for mentoring next generations of STEM students in developing countries.
September 2014
DESIMAL researcher, Reza Akhavian has received a competitive travel grant from the Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling (SIGSIM) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to attend and present at the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) in Savannah, GA. Congratulations Reza!
August 2014
The Project Management Institute (PMI) has awarded Reza Akhavian with the prestigious Harold Kerzner Scholarship. Reza is one of the only four recipients of this scholarship which was open to all students globally who are pursuing graduate or undergraduate degrees in Project Management or related fields of study from accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities. Congratulations Reza on this great achievement!
April 2014
DESIMAL researcher, Reza Akhavian successfully passed his Ph.D. candidacy exam. Reza's work is aimed at transforming the current state of construction simulation input modeling through the use of advanced machine learning, big data analysis, and forecasting methods. Congratulations Reza.
The ASCE Committee on Student Members has selected Dr. Behzadan to receive the 2014 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award for Region 5, for his "outstanding work and dedication as a Faculty Advisor to the University of Central Florida ASCE Student Chapter". ASCE Region 5 consists of 29 branches from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
March 2014
DESIMAL researcher, Arezoo Shirazi successfully defended her MSCE Thesis titled "Context-Aware Mobile Augmented Reality Visualization in Construction Engineering Education". Congratulations Arezoo. Way to go ...
Dr. Behzadan was selected as an Outstanding Reviewer of two ASCE Journals: Construction Engineering and Management, and Computing in Civil Engineering. He has been serving as a Specialty Editor and a technical reviewer for the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management since 2009, and a technical reviewer for the Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering since 2007.
DESIMAL researcher, Reza Akhavian received the 2014-15 DRMP Scholarship from the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science. Congratulations Reza. Way to go ...
February 2014
The College of Engineering and Computer Science selected Dr. Behzadan to receive the 2014 College Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award for his "outstanding contributions in undergraduate teaching and commitment to excellence in teaching activities". The award will be formally presented at the UCF Founder's Day Honors Convocation in April 2014.
January 2014
Ph.D. Student, Reza Akhavian receives a travel grant from the ASCE Construction Institute (CI). This year, the ASCE CI awarded only 13 student travel grants for the 2014 Construction Engineering Conference (CEC) that will be held in Seattle, WA on March 27-29, 2014. Reza and 12 other doctoral students from Georgia Tech, Purdue, Arizona State, Virginia Tech, Texas Austin, North Carolina State, and Texas A&M will represent thier programs in this event. Congratulations Reza!
DESIMAL welcomes Ruiko Maharjan, our newest member. Ruiko is joining DESIMAL to pursue her Ph.D. studies in Construction Engineering. She received her Masters degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and completed her undergraduate education in Civil Engineering at the Tribhuban University.
November 2013
The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering recognized Reza Akhavian with the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. The award was presented during the 2013 Builders of the Realm ceremony. Congratulations Reza on this great achievement!
August 2013
We are very happy to announce the launch of our new YouTube video channel. This channel serves as the official online video repository of our latest research projects, experiments, and findings. All videos on this channel are publicly available to interested researchers, industry practitioners, and the general public.
DESIMAL researcher, Arezoo Shirazi was awarded the prestigious Graduate Research Excellence Fellowship by the UCF College of Graduate Studies. This Fellowship is awarded to outstanding graduate students who have excellent research backgrounds and proposals for the thesis or dissertation phase of their studies.
July 2013
The Construction Industry Institute (CII) has selected DESIMAL's work on knowledge-based construction simulation among the top 10 finalists to be presented during the Academic Poster Session in Orlando, FL on July 29-31, 2013. Ph.D. student Reza Akhavian will represent DESIMAL in this event.
The Florida Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) selected Dr. Behzadan to receive the Faculty Advisor of the Year Award for his "outstanding service and leadership to the engineering profession". The award was presented during the ASCE FL Section annual meeting in Sarasota, FL.
April 2013
DESIMAL is awarded a competetive research grant from the Engineering Information Foundation (EiF). This 1-year research project aims at assessing the benefits of mobile augmented reality (AR) in enhancing student communication and teamwork skills. Project details, results, and publications will be availalbe through this portal.
March 2013
Arezoo Shirazi represented DESIMAL in this year's FIATECH Technology Conference and Showcase that was held in San Antonio, TX. She presented her latest research findings in designing an augmented reality context-aware information delivery platform for engineering education.
DESIMAL researchers presented their latest research findings in augmented reality and data-driven simulation during the Florida Academic Virtual Reality Showcase (FLAVRS) as part of the 2013 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference in Orlando, FL.
Reza Akhavian received the 2013-14 David T. & Jane M. Donaldson Memorial Scholarship from the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science. Congratulations Reza.
Februaury 2013
Arezoo Shirazi received a competetive student scholarship from FIATECH to attend the 2013 Annual Technology Conference and Showcase that will be held in San Antonio, TX in March 25-27, 2013. Congratulations Arezoo.
DESIMAL members will present their latest research in augmented reality and simulation-based visualization at the Florida Academic Virtual Reality Showcase (FLAVRS) which will be held during the 2013 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference in Orlando, FL. Please visit our booth on March 18, 2013.
January 2013
Dr. Behzadan will deliver a keynote speech in the VI Conference on Information Technology and Communication in Construction (TIC2013) which will be held on July 24-26, 2013 in University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. He will discuss the state-of-the-art in knowledge-based simulation and augmented reality visualization in construction design and planning.
September 2012
Elsevier Journal of Automation in Construction named research paper "Ubiquitous Location Tracking for Context-Specific Information Delivery on Construction Sites" by A.H. Behzadan, Z. Aziz, C.J. Anumba, and V.R. Kamat as one of the 25 "Most Cited Automation in Construction Articles" since 2007.
August 2012
DESIMAL welcomes Arezoo Shirazi, our newest member. Arezoo is joining DESIMAL to pursue her Masters studies in Construction Engineering. She completed her undergraduate education in Civil Engineering at the University of Tehran.
April 2012
The UCF Faculty Focus (Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 5-6) featured an article titled "Educating the Millennial Student Generation: Challenges and Ways Forward" by Dr. Behzadan.
Dr. Behzadan received the 2012 Distinguished New Faculty Award during the 23rd International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. The Award pays tribute to new educators who are guiding the millennial students into the future. This award is designed to recognize new faculty by celebrating their current contributions to advancing education, and to encourage their future contributions to the teaching profession.
Dr. Behzadan received the Outstanding New Teacher Award from the Southeastern Section of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). The Award recognizes a faculty member who has less than four years of teaching experience and has demonstrated excellence in the classroom.
March 2012
The ASCE-UCF Student Chapter received the overall 5th Place Award in the ASCE Southeast Student Competitions held in Tallahassee, FL. In total, 25 different schools attended the competitions and competed in several categories. ASCE-UCF also received the 3rd Place Award in Balsa Tower and the 2nd Place Award in Professional Paper competitions.
M.S.C.E. student Reza Akhavian successfully defended his Thesis titled "A Framework for Process Data Collection, Analysis, and Visualization in Construction Projects". Congratulations Reza!
M.S.C.E. student Reza Akhavian was awarded a $4,000 DRMP Scholarship by the College of Engineering and Computer Science at UCF for the 2012-13 academic year. Congratulations Reza!
February 2012
For the second year in a row, Dr. Behzadan was selected as an Outstanding Reviewer of the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management for his outstanding service to the Journal. He has been serving as the Assistant Specialty Editor in the area of Quantitative Methods and a technical reviewer for the Journal since 2009.
December 2011
M.S.C.E. student Reza Akhavian was nominated by the College of Engineering and Computer Science to receive the UCF Order of Pegasus Award, which recognizes exemplary performance by students in the areas of academic achievement, outstanding university involvement, leadership, and community service. The Order of Pegasus is the most prestigious and significant student award that can be attained at the University.
Dr. Behzadan was nominated by the University of Central Florida (UCF) to receive the Distinguished New Faculty Award sponsored by the International Academy for the Scholarship of Learning Technology.
November 2011
Dr. Andrew Yun (Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering) was the guest speaker of "Civil Engineering Measurements" class. His talk was titled "State-of-the-Art Monitoring Technologies for Civil Infrastructure Systems". He discussed several techniques from interdisciplinary fields including structural dynamics, smart sensing, data communication, and advanced data processing algorithms. Examples of field and laboratory validation tests on full-scale nonlinear viscous dampers, suspension bridges, retaining walls, slopes, and tunnels subjected to different loading conditions and long-term environmental effects were also presented.
May 2011
UCF Chapter was selected by the ASCE Committee of Student Activities to receive a Letter of Honorable Mention for its "outstanding activities" as recorded in the 2010 Chapter annual report.
March 2011
M.S.C.E. student Reza Akhavian competed in the UCF Graduate Research Forum which featured poster displays representing research conducted by UCF graduate students from a variety of colleges and disciplines. His research poster titled "Dynamic Data Driven Simulation and Visualization of Construction Activities". Participating students were provided with an opportunity to showcase their research and creative projects and to receive valuable feedback from faculty judges.
February 2011
Dr. Behzadan was selected as an Outstanding Reviewer of the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management for his outstanding service to the Journal. He has been serving as the Assistant Specialty Editor in the area of Quantitative Methods and a technical reviewer for the Journal since 2009.
March 2010
UCF Chapter ranked 11th in the 2010 ASCE/AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition at Purdue University: University of Central Florida's Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was listed among top competitors in several categories. Competing against 45 teams from U.S., Canada, China, and Puerto Rico, UCF was placed at 25 in construction speed, 10 in lightness, 20 in display, 8 in stiffness, 21 in economy, 8 in efficiency, and 11 in overall performance.
UCF Chapter Wins Big in ASCE
Southeastern Competitions: University of Central Florida's
Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
sweeps prizes at the 2010 Southeastern Conference at Auburn
University, AL. Among other prizes and recognitions, UCF
wins the first prize in steel bridge competition, third
prize in concrete canoe competition, and second prize for
overall performance. With this win, the UCF steel bridge
team advances to the ASCE national competitions which will
take place at Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) in May
2010.
October 2009
CGN3501 (Civil Engineering Materials) class visited the CEMEX local concrete production plant in Winter Park, FL. CEMEX is a global building materials company that provides products and service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. CEMEX operations network produces, distributes, and markets cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and related building materials in more than 50 countries. Founded in Mexico in 1906, CEMEX maintains trade relationships with more than 100 nations and has grown from a local player to one of the top global companies in the construction industry, with more than 50,000 employees worldwide.