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CrewLab
Building the world's largest evidence base for construction workforce wellbeing.
ABOUT CREWLAB
ACADEMIA MEETS INDUSTRY
Built in the field. Validated by research.
CrewLab operates at the intersection of academia and industry. Our work combines university-led research, real-world construction projects, and emerging technologies to create evidence-based wellbeing solutions that organizations can trust.
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Founders
Researchers with boots on the site.
Hilal Khan
Research Associate & FOUNDER
NUST-SCEE • Islamabad
Hilal Khan is the Research Associate and Lab Lead of the Automation and Robotics Lab at NUST-SCEE. With 33+ SCI publications, his research spans Optimisation, Robotics, LLMs, Agentic AI, Machine Learning, Construction Informatics, and Blockchain applications.
Ali Tahir
Research Associate & Co-Founder
NUST-SEECS • Islamabad
Ali Tahir is an AI Engineer and BS Computer Science graduate from NUST-SEECS. His work specializes in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), intelligent chatbots, and modern AI applications. He is passionate about developing scalable AI systems, automation solutions, and conversational technologies that bridge cutting-edge research with real-world impact.
Dr. Khursheed Ahmed
Assistant Professor & Co-Founder
Construction Engineering & Management
PhD from City University of Hong Kong. His work focuses on occupational health and safety, stress management, sustainable construction, and workforce wellbeing in construction environments.
Dr. Muhammad Usman Hassan
Head of CEM & Co-Founder
Construction Automation & Robotics
Assistant Professor and Head of CEM at NUST-SCEE with 18 years of experience across Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. His research focuses on construction automation, machine learning, and robotics.
33+
Scientific Publications
120+
Workers Reached
12
Industry Partners
148
Sites Surveyed
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Three ways to build with CREW Lab.
Path 01
Students & Researchers
Join a study, contribute to a publication, collaborate on innovative wellbeing research, or pursue a thesis project with CrewLab.
Path 02
Industry Partners
Bring evidence-based wellbeing programs, workforce analytics, and AI-powered insights directly to your construction projects.
Path 03
Institutions
Co-fund research, share data, support innovation, and help shape the future global wellbeing agenda in construction.