ISARC was created to address the needs and concerns of a global community in all fields of construction, including civil and building engineering, machine automation, robotics applications to construction, mining automation, infrastructure networks, construction and environmental sustainability, information technology innovations, planning, logistics, etc.

The focus of the conference was to learn the state of research from academic and industry presentations, interact with academic research leaders in the area of automation and robotics in construction, engage with construction industry professionals in the area of automation and robotics in construction, attend the workshop to learn about computer vision algorithms, and visit U.S. construction sites and learn about the latest techniques for construction, communication and automation.

The Georgia Tech School of Architecture team, under the primary guidance of Associate Professor Russell Gentry, made seven oral presentations and three poster presentations. Arol Wolford, Digital Building Laboratory (DBL) member, presented one of the keynote sessions, "Digital Change Unfolding". In addition, colleagues from the School of Building Construction and the School of Civil Engineering made at least five presentations. The School of Building Construction and the DFL also hosted a Georgia Tech lab visit for conference attendees.

Gentry was very proud of the School of Architecture students and noted, “their presentations were some of the strongest at the conference.”