[PDF][PDF] Improving construction safety with virtual-design construction technologies-a review.

M Afzal, MT Shafiq, H Al Jassmi - Journal of Information Technology …, 2021 - academia.edu
The construction industry is prone to major safety hazards owing to the complex and onsite
nature of construction projects. Hence, construction researchers have been pursuing …

Technologies for safety and health management in construction: Current use, implementation benefits and limitations, and adoption barriers

C Nnaji, AA Karakhan - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The adoption and implementation of innovative solutions is an effective means to improve
construction safety performance. The use of technology as a preventive tool for stemming …

The effectiveness of an integrated BIM/UAV model in managing safety on construction sites

S Alizadehsalehi, I Yitmen, T Celik… - International journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction. A variety of approaches exist to achieve better construction safety performance,
but only a few consider a combination of building information modeling (BIM) and …

[PDF][PDF] Review of previous applications of innovative information technologies in construction health and safety

M Mihic, M Vukomanovic, I Završki - Organization, technology & …, 2019 - hrcak.srce.hr
Construction industry is one of the most hazardous industries to work in. This problem is
further exacerbated by the fact that safety performance improvement is stagnating …

Influential safety technology adoption predictors in construction

C Nnaji, J Gambatese, A Karakhan… - Engineering …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Existing literature suggests that construction worker safety could be optimized
using emerging technologies. However, the application of safety technologies in the …

Cloud-based safety information and communication system in infrastructure construction

PXW Zou, P Lun, D Cipolla, S Mohamed - Safety science, 2017 - Elsevier
This research aims to develop a cloud-based safety information and communication system
for improving safety performance of infrastructure projects. To achieve this aim, firstly, current …

Exploring the role of BIM in construction safety in developing countries: Toward automated hazard analysis

R Akram, MJ Thaheem, S Khan, AR Nasir, A Maqsoom - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Safety is a well-researched yet underperforming management aspect of the construction
industry. Building information modeling (BIM) can help, and some frameworks have …

Potential of virtual design construction technologies to improve job-site safety in gulf corporation council

MT Shafiq, M Afzal - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the advancement of digital design practices in the global construction industry, different
aspects related to the project lifecycle are extracting their benefits, including making …

Application of semantic Web ontologies for the improvement of information exchange in existing buildings

F Sadeghineko, B Kumar - Construction Innovation, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Facilitating the information exchange and interoperability between stakeholders
during the life-cycle of an asset can be one of the fundamental necessities for developing an …

Making the invisible visible: Stimulating work health and safety-relevant thinking through the use of infographics in construction design

H Lingard, N Blismas, J Harley, A Stranieri… - Engineering …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential to use infographics to capture,
represent and communicate important information to construction designers, such that it …