Governments are always looking to monitor safety violations on construction sites. Those violations are not only causing numerous injuries and deaths to workers but also delays and subsequently costs to the project developers. In the hierarchy of control, personal protective equipment (PPE), albeit the least effective, is still one of the most visible and therefore fundamental controls to protect workers from workplace hazards. While PPE should be monitored at all times by the related authorities and project organizations, adequately trained staff and availability to monitor projects often fails short. Therefore, monitoring the right use of PPE electronically has yet to become a recommended practice for safety and health programs. This paper examines the application of legalizing smart hard hat to monitor the use of PPE among construction site workers. Using automated cameras and detection technology the PPE will be detected and analyzed. The proposed approach then automatically identifies violators and safety alerts will be issued correspondingly. The developed technology has been tested on real sites. Results from these tests were used for legalizing this technology for everyday construction application in the UAE.

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Traffic congestion and roads service level are major issue in many countries. Using technology such as simulation offers effective approach to better understanding the problem, and predict optimal solutions. This paper examines the application of Virtual reality (VR) for evaluating the roads service level of five different scenarios in UAE as new method to evaluate and enhance road service levels, as well as understanding the potential risks and costs for applying those scenarios into reality. The study will test the usefulness of VR simulation to enhance traffic service level, second creation of traffic objects to explore potential usage, third understand the interaction between users and digital objects. All hypothesis have significant impacts toward enhancing service level, and the overall findings are consistent and clear. The level of technological orientation was examined to the overall implementation. The results help understanding key issues and potential service level in development of future VR applications in roads construction.