Using Virtual Environments Simulation to Improve Construction Safety: An Application of 3D Online-Game Based Training

Information Technology Applications in Construction Safety Assurance

“…Information technology has been applied in a wide array of applications to provide solutions to construction safety problems. Efforts made by researchers to assess the occupational safety (Dėjus, Antuchevičienė 2013), monitor performance of workers, equipment and construction environment, to replace human operations with robots and to collaborate among themselves are vital in creating a safe-working environment and in reducing casualties (Shin et al 2014;Moon et al 2014a;Ma et al 2014;Kim et al 2014;Han et al 2014;Guo et al 2014;Fung et al 2014;Choe et al 2014;Zhu et al 2013;Zhang et al 2013a;Ye et al 2013;Wu et al 2013a;Wang 2013;Sparer, Dennerlein 2013;Sepasgozar, Bernold 2013;Schikora et al 2013;Rubio-Romero et al 2013;Qin 2013;Melzner et al 2013;Marzouk, Ali 2013;Luo et al 2013;Li et al 2013;Kivrak et al 2013;Kim, Park 2013;Kasirossafar, Shahbodaghlou 2013a;Hinze et al 2013;Hammad et al 2013;Ding et al 2013aDing et al , 2013cZhou et al 2012;Zhao, Ye 2012;Yang et al 2012;Ren et al 2012;Li, Hua 2012;Li et al 2012a;Huang 2012;Hamidi et al 2012;…”