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Abouhamad, M and Zayed, T (2019) Risk-Based Asset Management Framework for Subway Systems. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).
Ahn, C R, Lee, S, Sun, C, Jebelli, H, Yang, K and Choi, B (2019) Wearable Sensing Technology Applications in Construction Safety and Health. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).
- Type: Journal Article
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- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001708
- Abstract:
The advent of wearable sensing technologies has produced unprecedented opportunities for the near real-time collection and analysis of workers’ safety and health data. To encourage the proactive safety management these opportunities present, extensive research efforts have explored using various wearable sensing technologies—including motion sensors (e.g., inertial measurement units) and physiological sensors (e.g., heart-rate sensors, electrodermal-activity sensors, skin-temperature sensors, eye trackers, and brainwave monitors)—to detect potential safety hazards and to continuously monitor a worker’s health on a construction jobsite. However, these efforts tend to be piecemeal or fragmented, which presents a challenge for both the practitioners and the researchers who wish to fully understand the current developments in this area. In this context, this paper provides a critical review of the state of the art of wearable applications in construction safety and health. The review first identifies five general applications within the literature: preventing musculoskeletal disorders, preventing falls, assessing physical workload and fatigue, evaluating hazard-recognition abilities, and monitoring workers’ mental status. Second, this study identifies the challenges impeding further development and deployment of wearable applications, specifically, signal artifacts and noise in wearable-sensors’ field measurements, variable standards for personal safety and health risks in construction, users’ resistance to technology adoption, and uncertainty regarding the return on investment. Lastly, this paper recommends future research opportunities for advancing the field, especially in terms of conducting sensor fusion for wearable applications, developing a business case, and engaging wearables in risk assessment and post-injury compensability assessment.
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Demirel, H &, Volker, L, Leendertse, W and Hertogh, M (2019) Dealing with Contract Variations in PPPs: Social Mechanisms and Contract Management in Infrastructure Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).
Esmaeeli, A N and Heravi, G (2019) Real Options Approach versus Conventional Approaches to Valuing Highway Projects under Uncertainty. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).
Feng, Y and Trinh, M T (2019) Developing Resilient Safety Culture for Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).
Franco-Duran, D M and Garza, J M d l (2019) Review of Resource-Constrained Scheduling Algorithms. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).
Hamzeh, F R, El Samad, G and Emdanat, S (2019) Advanced Metrics for Construction Planning. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).
Jang, Y, Jeong, I, Cho, Y K and Ahn, Y (2019) Predicting Business Failure of Construction Contractors Using Long Short-Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).
Khalafallah, A and Shalaby, Y (2019) Change Orders: Automating Comparative Data Analysis and Controlling Impacts in Public Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).
Li, K and Cheung, S O (2019) Unveiling Cognitive Biases in Construction Project Dispute Resolution through the Lenses of Third-Party Neutrals. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).
Prakash, A and Phadtare, M (2019) Exploration of Logic in Project Marketing Using Interpretive Structural Modeling. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(11).