Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Safety: Automatic Safety Checking of Construction Models and Schedules
TL;DR: The developed automated safety checking platform informs construction engineers and managers by reporting, why, where, when, and what safety measures are needed for preventing fall-related accidents before construction starts, the safety area reviewed is fall protection.
About: This article is published in Automation in Construction.The article was published on 2013-01-01. It has received 671 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Building information modeling & Construction site safety.
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TL;DR: Results show scarce BIM implementation in existing buildings yet, due to challenges of (1) high modeling/conversion effort from captured building data into semantic BIM objects, (2) updating of information in BIM and (3) handling of uncertain data, objects and relations in B IM occurring inexisting buildings.
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TL;DR: The performance evaluation of a UAV system that was built to rapidly and autonomously acquire mobile three-dimensional mapping data and its execution for the generation of 3D point clouds from digital mobile images is presented.
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TL;DR: The reality of BIM, its widespread benefits and current level of uptake are discussed, as well as recommendations regarding how future BIM adoption could be developed are also highlighted.
Abstract: Rapid advancement of technology continues to leverage change and innovation in the construction industry. Continued digitization of the industry offers the opportunity to totally reinvent contemporary construction design and delivery practice for future development. Building Information Modelling (BIM) within the context of Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) has been developing since the early 2000s and is considered to be a key technology. Despite major technical advancements in BIM, it has not been fully adopted and its definitive benefits have not been fully capitalized upon by industry stakeholders. The lack of widespread uptake of BIM appears to be linked to the risks and challenges that are potentially impeding its effectiveness. This paper aims to discuss the reality of BIM, its widespread benefits and current level of uptake. The risks and challenges associated with the adoption of BIM, as well as recommendations regarding how future BIM adoption could be developed are also highlighted.
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...Other benefits associated with BIM include: improved performance outcomes by comparing different design alternatives; reduced errors and omissions leading to reduced requests for information; reduced rework and safety risks; precise scheduling [108] and the provision of the end product with an interactive Facility Management tool [109]....
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TL;DR: A systematic review under both scientometric and qualitative analysis is presented to present the current state of AI adoption in the context of CEM and discuss its future research trends.
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TL;DR: In this article, an automated rule-checking framework that integrates safety into BIM effectively and provides practitioners with a method for detecting and preventing fall-related hazards is presented. But only limited automation in modeling and planning safety processes has been exploited so far.
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TL;DR: The second edition of Pahl & Beitz as mentioned in this paper is a key text in engineering design, which has established itself as a key document in the field of engineering design and has been widely used in the literature.
Abstract: This is the second, enlarged and updated edition of Pahl & Beitz which has established itself as a key text in Engineering Design. The translation is by Ken Wallace of the University of Cambridge with the assistance of Lucienne Blessing and Frank Bauert. In order to increase the chances of success for new engineering products, the design process must be carefully planned and systematically executed. For this to be possible, the design process must be broken down into phases and steps. This study lays down a strategy for this process and brings together the extensive body of knowledge about modern approaches to systematic design. No other book in English provides so detailed and thorough an approach to engineering and design methodology.
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...Design evaluation may apply to programmatic requirements, model correctness, constructability, maintenance and other aspects of the project [32]....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of rule checking systems for building design and present a framework for considering research needed for this area to mature, as an assessment of this new emerging field.
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...The process of rule checking is composed of four major stages [31]:...
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...[31] examined several industry efforts and case studies....
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...Rule-based systems assist users to define and apply rules that identify conditions of importance in the model by executing them on a given model, and return the reports, which basically consist of “pass” or “fail” [31]....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors established a clear link between construction fatalities and the design for construction safety concept and found that 42% of fatalities reviewed were linked to the concept; the associated risk that contributed to the incident would have been reduced or eliminated had the design-for-construction safety concept been utilized.
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...the design for construction safety concept may gain momentum especially in Design-Build (DB) or Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) project delivery methods [12], as there is more scope for interaction between designer and contractor at an early stage of the project....
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...) in regards to safety is quite limited at the front-end [12]....
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TL;DR: Findings about emerging radio frequency (RF) remote sensing and actuating technology that can improve construction safety by warning or alerting workers-on-foot and equipment operators in a pro-active real-time mode once equipment gets too close in proximity to unknown or other equipment are presented.
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...Technology can potentially play a key role in reducing incident rates further, once it positively influences current practices in safety planning [27–29]....
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TL;DR: In this paper, a research study was conducted that focused on the data OSHA accumulated on construction worker accidents involving falls and identified the root causes of fall accidents and identified any additional information that might be helpful in reducing the incidence of construction worker falls in the future.
Abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigates most worker-related fatalities and many accidents involving serious injuries. A research study was conducted that focused on the data OSHA accumulated on construction worker accidents involving falls. In the construction industry, falls are the most frequently occurring types of accidents resulting in fatalities. The purpose of the study was to identify the root causes of fall accidents and to identify any additional information that might be helpful in reducing the incidence of construction worker falls in the future. While data from January 1990 through October 2001 were examined, particular emphasis was placed on fall accidents that occurred in the last 5 years of this time interval, a period when more data were accumulated and coded in the OSHA investigation reports. Results show that most fall accidents take place at elevations of less than 9.15 m (30 ft), occurring primarily on new construction projects of commercial buildings and residential projects of relatively low construction cost. Furthermore, experience does not seem to diminish accident occurrence; hazards are often misjudged by workers; and various other patterns can also be observed. Most alarming, the results show that fall accidents account for a growing proportion of the total number of construction worker fatalities.
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...Inadequate, removed, or inappropriate use of fall protection equipment contributed to more than 30% of the falls [3]....
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