Opportunities for improving construction health and safety using real-time H&amp;S management innovations: a socio-technical-economic perspective

Yang, Rebecca; Gunarathna, Chathuri; McDermott, Vanessa; Lingard, Helen; Zhao, Hongying; Liu, Chengyang

doi:10.1080/15623599.2018.1490866

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“…While numerous studies reviewing construction health and safety technologies have been conducted, most of the previous studies have limited research focus and performed an analysis utilising limited selection criteria and samples (Zhou et al 2012;Zhang et al 2017;Yang et al 2018;Akram et al 2019). For example, Zhou et al (2012) conducted a comprehensive review of the adoption of digital interventions and technologies for construction safety and digital design.…”

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“…Although, ; used science mapping tools to provide an overview of the evolution of research trends of innovative technologies for health and safety improvement in the construction industry the review was limited to 119 and 111 publications, respectively. Some reviews focussed on specific digital technologies such as BIM, sensor-based and real-time technologies for construction health and safety management (Yang et al 2018;Akram et al 2019).…”

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A bibliometric review of the status and emerging research trends in construction safety management technologies

Akinlolu

Haupt

Edwards

et al. 2020

International Journal of Construction Management

111

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Technologies such as virtual reality (VR), online databases, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modelling (BIM), Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), 4 D Computer-Aided Design (4 D CAD), wearable robotics have been adopted to improve construction site health and safety. However, little attempt has been made to map global research on construction health and safety technologies. Therefore, this paper conducts a review of technologies for construction health and safety management to reveal emerging research trends. A bibliometric review adopting a two-step literature selection method was conducted to compile relevant publications from the Scopus database. In total, 240 related papers were examined. VOSviewer was used to develop a co-occurrence network based on the bibliographic data obtained. The analysis focussed on co-authorship per country, country/region distribution, the number of publications annually, publication source and source and trend of research topics. Findings revealed that emerging trends in construction health and safety technologies research focussed on project health and safety design and planning, visualisation and image processing for construction projects, digital technologies for project monitoring, information management and Internet of Things, automation and robotic systems, health and safety and accident prevention and structure evaluation.

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A bibliometric review of the status and emerging research trends in construction safety management technologies

Akinlolu

Haupt

Edwards

et al. 2020

International Journal of Construction Management

111

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“…Besides the advantages of using drones, there are also some challenges to be known in order to use them effectively for construction [79][80][81][82][83]:  Although it depends on their features and the equipment they carry, the initial costs of drones are high. The cost of drones ranges from US$2,500 for a kit equipped with a small drone with a 20-megapixel camera to US$10,000 to US$15,000 for an industrial drone capable of generating the type of data required by the contractor.…”

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Using drone technologies for construction project management: A narrative review

Yıldız¹,

Kıvrak²,

Arslan³

2021

JCEMI

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The construction sector is one of the sectors where productivity is low compared to other production sectors. Studies have shown that drone technologies can increase productivity in construction. Thus, the use of drones in construction sites has increased in recent years, especially in developed countries. Although drones are technical aerial vehicles, this study focused on non-technical aspects of the use of drone technologies such as current and possible usage areas, advantages and disadvantages of using a drone, issues that should be considered while procuring a drone for a construction site and legal regulations related to the use of drones. In this context, a narrative literature review was conducted and articles examining the use of drones in construction sites were investigated. In addition to the studies in the literature, practical applications were also discussed. The study indicated that drones might make significant contributions to construction management activities. It is expected that this study serves to increase the use of drone technology in construction project management by introducing it in a comprehensive way to the stakeholders.

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“…Over the period, countless efforts have been recorded to address the jobsite safety with people or technology (Emuze & Smallwood, 2013). In the recent development, researchers are pushing sensor-based networking systems, computer vison, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Machine Learning technologies to aid the safety assurance on construction sites (Chen et al, 2019;Fang et al, 2020;Poh et al, 2018;Seo et al, 2015;Tixier et al, 2016;Yang et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2013). Though the detection process of the safety hazards is getting efficient, the overall development is evidently going into reactive type of safety management rather than the proactive one (Teizer et al, 2010).…”

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Role of a Digital Last Planner® System to Ensuring Safe and Productive Workforce and Workflow in Covid-19 Pandemic

McHugh¹,

Dave²,

Patel³

2021

Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)

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To cope with the dynamics of production, construction managers spend a significant amount of time organising the workforce, managing logistics and controlling the flow. Underestimating the process of workforce allocation and management could lead to serious productivity, safety, logistics, and coordination problems. To exacerbate this situation, the onset of the global Covid-19 pandemic has created a situation where unorganised workforce allocation and tracking could increase the health and safety risk for the project. The Last Planner® System (LPS) advocates and incorporates processes to sustain flow suggested in Lean Production theory. Hence, the complex job of creating the workforce-flow can potentially be simplified through the LPS proactive planning during lookahead discussions. The paper captures a case study where the same safety and productivity issues were heavily encountered in a project involving multiple trades (15+) and having hundreds of workers struggling in the pandemic situation. Implementing design Science approach, the team has discovered a digital workflow management system that exhibits significant improvement in coordination, control over productivity wastage and safe working environment.This research utilised a digital LPS powered by real-time cloud-based system, capable of actively tracking the agreed workforce boosting productivity whilst keeping the workforce safe and secure.

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Opportunities for improving construction health and safety using real-time H&S management innovations: a socio-technical-economic perspective

Cited by 6 publications

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A bibliometric review of the status and emerging research trends in construction safety management technologies

A bibliometric review of the status and emerging research trends in construction safety management technologies

Using drone technologies for construction project management: A narrative review

Role of a Digital Last Planner® System to Ensuring Safe and Productive Workforce and Workflow in Covid-19 Pandemic

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