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


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The increase in the number of publications regarding application of innovative technologies in H&S (Zhou et al. 2015).
The increase in the number of publications regarding application of innovative technologies in H&S (Zhou et al. 2015).

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Occurrence of each of the innovative information technologies.
Occurrence of each of the innovative information technologies.

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Occurrence of each of the applications.
Occurrence of each of the applications.

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Number of papers per journal or conference.
Number of papers per journal or conference.

Application of building information modelling (BIM) in health and safety (H&S) research.

Title of the tool (if applicable) and title of the paperTechnology type(s)Application(s)Reference
Use of building information modeling in design to prevent construction worker fallsBIMDesign for safety suggestionsQi et al. (2013)
8D BIM modelling tool for accident prevention through designBIMDesign for safety suggestionsKamardeen (2010)
Integration of construction worker fall safety in design through the use of building information modelingBIMDesign for safety suggestionsQi (2011)
Integration of safety in design through the use of building information modellingBIMDesign for safety suggestionsQi et al. (2011)
BIM-based planning of temporary structures for construction safetyBIMH&S issues with temporary structuresKim and Cho (2015)
Integrated building information model to identify possible crane instability caused by strong windsBIMH&S issues with temporary structuresHasan et al. (2012)
Temporary facility planning of a construction project using BIM (building information modeling)BIMH&S issues with temporary structuresKim and Ahn (2011)
Automatic design and planning of scaffolding systems using building information modelingBIMH&S issues with temporary structuresKim and Teizer (2014)
Using BIM for smarter and safer scaffolding and formwork construction: a preliminary methodologyBIMH&S issues with temporary structuresChi et al. (2012)
Integration of safety risk factors in BIM for scaffolding constructionBIMH&S issues with temporary structuresCollins et al. (2014)
Leveraging project models for automated identification of construction safety requirementsBIMHazard identificationWang and Boukamp (2007)
Tuning up BIM for safety analysis proposing modeling logics for application of BIM in Design for Safety (DfS)BIMHazard identification (fall hazards), rule checking, design for safety suggestionsTaiebat (2011)
Building information modeling (BIM) and safety: automatic safety checking of construction models and schedulesBIMHazard identification (fall hazards), rule checkingZhang et al. (2013)
Utilization of BIM-based automated safety checking in construction planningBIMHazard identification (fall hazards), rule checkingSulankivi et al. (2013)
A case study on automated safety compliance checking to assist fall protection design and planning in building information modelsBIMHazard identification (fall hazards), rule checkingMelzner et al. (2013)
Framework for work-space planning using four-dimensional BIM in construction projectsBIMHazard identification (workplace congestion hazards)Choi et al. (2014)
Design for safety: theoretical framework of the safety aspect of BIM system to determine the safety indexBIMHazard identification, others – determining safety indexTeo et al. (2016)
BIM-based fall hazard identification and prevention in construction safety planningBIMHazard identification, rule checking, fall hazardsZhang et al. (2015b)
Classification of rules for automated BIM rule checking developmentBIMRule checkingSolihin and Eastman (2015)
Automatic rule-based checking of building designsBIMRule checkingEastman et al. (2009)
Construction safety risk drivers: a BIM approachBIMSafety risk drivers, hazard identificationMalekitabar et al. (2016)
Developing a BIM-enabled bilingual safety training module for the construction industryBIMSafety trainingClevenger et al. (2014)
The development of a framework for a design for safety BIM toolBIMSafety trainingHayne et al. (2014)
A BIM-based approach for communicating and implementing a construction site safety planBIMSite safety planAzhar and Behringer (2013)

H&S research in innovative technologies that does not include BIM.

Title of the tool (if applicable) and title of the paperTechnology type(s)Application(s)Reference
Automated content analysis for construction safety: a natural language processing system to extract precursors and outcomes from unstructured injury reportsNatural language processingData extraction and structuringTixier et al. (2016)
Safety hazard identification on construction projectsDatabaseDecision support systemCarter and Smith (2006)
Computer-aided DSS for safety monitoring of geotechnicalconstructionGeographic information system (GIS)Decision support systemCheng et al. (2002)
OHS LogIntegrated safety in designConceptual frameworkDesign for safety suggestionsSchultz and Jørgensen (2014)
Design for construction safety toolboxTool to design for construction worker safetyDatabaseDesign for safety suggestionsGambatese et al. (1997)
ToolSHeD™: the development and evaluation of a decision support tool for health and safety in constructiondesignKnowledge-based systemDesign for safety suggestionsCooke et al. (2008)
The development of a knowledge-based system to deliver health and safety information to designers in the construction industryKnowledge-based systemDesign for safety suggestionsNNC Limited (2003)
MAARDPrevention guide for designers based on analysis of about 2000 accidentsManagement modelDesign for safety suggestionsSoeiro et al. (2014)
Integrative model for quantitative evaluation of safety on construction sites with tower cranesModel for quantitative evaluation of safety levelsH&S issues with temporary structuresShapira et al. (2012)
Application of 4D visualization technology for safety management in metro constructionFour-dimensional computer-aided design (4D CAD)Hazard identificationZhou et al. (2013)
ASPPAutomated safety planning approach for residential construction sites in MalaysiaDatabaseHazard identificationZolfagharian et al. (2014)
Application of geographic information systems in construction safety planningGIS, databaseHazard identificationBansal (2011)
PECASODynamic quantification and analysis of the construction workspace congestion utilizing 4D visualization4D CADHazard identification (work­place congestion hazards)Mallasi (2006)
CHAIRSafety in design toolPrompt wordsHazard identification, design for safety suggestionsWorkcover (2011)
CHASTEConstruction job safety analysisDatabaseHazard identification, job hazard analysisRozenfeld et al. (2010)
CHASTE‘CHASTE’: construction hazard assessment with spatial and temporal exposureDatabaseHazard identification, job hazard analysisRozenfeld et al. (2009)
CHASTESpatial and temporal exposure to safety hazards in constructionDatabaseHazard identification, job hazard analysisSacks et al. (2009)
Activity-based safety risk quantification for concrete formwork constructionRisk assessment softwareHazard identification, risk classificationHallowell and Gambatese (2009)
Design-for-safety-process toolCapturing safety knowledge using design-for-safety-process toolKnowledge-based systemHazard identification, safety trainingHadikusumo and Rowlinson (2004)
Design-for-safety-process toolIntegration of virtually real construction model and design-for-safety-process databaseKnowledge-based systemHazard identification, safety trainingHadikusumo and Rowlinson (2002)
VP-based safety management in large-scale construction projects: a conceptual frameworkVirtual prototypingHazard identification, safety trainingGuo et al. (2013)
CVPThe use of virtual prototyping for hazard identification in the early design stageVirtual reality (VR), 4D CADHazard identification, visual­izationChan King et al. (2012)
CHSMCSHM: web-based safety and health monitoring system for construction managementWeb-based systemMonitoring and assessing construction health and safety (H&S) performanceCheung et al. (2004)
Heat map generation for predictive safety planning: preventing struck-by and near miss interactions between workers-on-foot and construction equipmentHazard index heat mapPreventing struck-by hazardsGolovina et al. (2016)
Risk assessor modelRisk assessment in constructionRisk assessment softwareQuantifying safety risk for activitiesJannadi and Almishari (2003)
SliDeRulEQuantification and assessment of safety risk in the design of multistory buildingsOnline toolQuantifying safety risk for building elementsDharmapalan et al. (2014)
Safety planning and control modelSafety and production: an integrated planning and control modelSafety management toolSafety planningSaurin et al. (2004)
A pilot study of a 3D game environment for construction safety educationSerious gamesSafety trainingLin et al. (2011)
Predicting movements of onsite workers and mobile equipment for enhancing construction site safetySensing technologies (cameras)Sensing and warningZhu et al. (2016)
Autonomous pro-active real-time construction worker and equipment operator proximity safety alert systemSensing technologies (radiofrequency identification [RFID])Sensing and warningTeizer et al. (2010)
Recommendations for evaluating & implementing proximity warning systems on surface mining equipmentSensing technologies (RFID, radar, sonar, infrared, sonar, cameras)Sensing and warningRuff (2007)

Research combining building information modelling (BIM) with other innovative technologies.

Title of the tool (if applicable) and title of the paperTechnology type(s)Application(s)Reference
Information retrieval framework for hazard identification in constructionBIM, databaseAutomated information retrievalKim et al. (2013)
CoSMoSCoSMoS: A BIM and wireless sensor based integrated solution for worker safety in confined spacesBIM, wireless sensorsHazard identification (confined spaces)Riaz et al. (2014)
Challenges in data management when monitoring confined spaces using BIM and wireless sensor technologyBIM, wireless sensorsHazard identification (confined spaces)Riaz et al. (2015)
Integrating safety and BIM: automated construction hazard identification and preventionBIM, ontologyHazard identification (fall hazards and congestion hazards), job hazard analysis (JHA), rule check­ing, design evaluationZhang (2014)
Automated hazardous area identification using laborers’ actual and optimal routesBIM, radiofrequency identification (RFID)Hazard identification (hazards from moving through a construc­tion site)Kim et al. (2016)
CAVEBuilding safely by designBIM, virtual reality (VR)Hazard identification, educationWhyte et al. (2013)
Ontology-based semantic modeling of safety managementknowledgeBIM, ontologyHazard identification, JHAZhang et al. (2014)
Geotechnical and safety protective equipment planning using range point cloud data and rule checking in building information modelingBIM, laser scanning, point cloudHazard identification, rule check­ingWang et al. (2015)
Ontology-based semantic modeling of construction safety knowledge: towards automated safety planning for job hazard analysis (JHABIM, ontologyJHAZhang et al. (2015a)
Collecting fire evacuation performance data using BIM-based immersive serious games for performance-based fire safety designBIM, serious gamesOthers – collecting data related to evacuation performanceZhang and Issa (2015)
SAVESDesign and development of SAVES: a construction safety training augmented virtuality environment for hazard recognition and severity identificationBIM, augmented virtuality (AV)Safety trainingChen et al. (2013)
SAVESSAVES: an augmented virtuality strategy for training construction hazard recognitionBIM, AVSafety trainingChen et al. (2014)
Construction safety training using immersive virtual realityBIM, VRSafety trainingSacks et al. (2013)
A BIM-RFID unsafe on-site behavior warning systemBIM, RFIDSensing and warningGuo et al. (2014)
A framework for construction safety management and visualization systemBIM, augmented reality (AR), Game technologiesVisualization, educationPark and Kim (2013)
CAVEHazard recognition and risk perception in constructionVR, BIMVisualization, others – hazard identification testingPerlman et al. (2014)
Safety by design: dialogues between designers builders using virtual realityVR, BIMVisualization, others – testing collaboration potentialSacks et al. (2015)
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