scholarly journals Analyzing Accidents in Civil Construction for Safety Work at Height

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 231-242
Author(s):  
Daniel Da Silva Damasceno ◽  
Josiane De Oliveira Martins ◽  
Frank Henrique Santos Fontineles ◽  
Sara Dos Santos Santarém ◽  
David Barbosa de Alencar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Safety Devices ◽  
Physical Integrity ◽  
Safety Work ◽  
Risk Of Falls ◽  
Single Use ◽  
The Rich

In civil construction any and all services must be performed objectively and safely, especially the services at the height of the painter, where the employee is more exposed to the risk of falls and impacts of the user's own objects on lower limbs. Both the employee and the employer are responsible for everything that happens at the construction site, the employer providing safety devices and plans to minimize the rich of accidents while performing the services and the employee must obey any and all safety orders and plans aimed at not only your physical integrity but that of your colleagues doing services around you. Therefore this work will address the NR-6 regulations dealing with single use equipment, NR-18 which work conditions and environment in the construction industry and NR-35 work at height, which regulate service at height with the main focus.

scholarly journals Variety of Accident Causes in Construction Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 02006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idris Othman ◽  
Rafe Majid ◽  
Hisham Mohamad ◽  
Nasir Shafiq ◽  
Madzlan Napiah
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
The World ◽  
Entire World ◽  
Construction Works

Construction Industry is a high risk industry and widely recognised as one of most hazardous occupation in the world. The statistic of accidents in Malaysia give us a picture that Malaysian construction industry is one of the dangerous sectors that need a drastic overhaul from the current site safety practices. This paper describes a review of the accident causes occurred in construction site by various researchers during the last twenty (20) years. This paper discusses the accident causes in Malaysia construction works and entire world. The data collected shows that variety of accident causes in construction industry either in Malaysia or other country.

scholarly journals Sustainable Ship Loading Planning for Prefabricated Products in the Construction Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 8905
Author(s):  
Wen Yi ◽  
Robyn Phipps ◽  
Hans Wang
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Integer Optimization ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Capacity Limits ◽  
Proposed Model

This paper focuses on sustainable transportation of prefab products from factories to construction sites by ship. Since the transportation cost for all the prefab products of a construction site is mainly dependent on the number of cargo holds used on ships, a loading plan for prefab products that minimizes the number of holds required is highly desirable. This paper is therefore devoted to the development of an optimal loading plan that decides which prefab products are loaded into each cargo hold and how to pack these prefab products into the holds so that as few holds as possible are used. We formulate the problem as a large-scale integer optimization model whose objective function is to minimize the total number of cargo holds used and whose constraints represent the cargo hold capacity limits. We develop a heuristic to solve the problem and obtain a high-quality solution. We have tested the model and algorithm on a case study that includes 20 prefab products. We find that different cargo holds carry prefab products that have quite different densities. Moreover, the orientations of many prefab products are different from their default orientations. The results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed model and algorithm.

scholarly journals Construction safety performance assessment on construction site through frequency adjusted importance index in Tangerang Selatan

2019 ◽  
Vol 276 ◽  
pp. 02021
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Fassa ◽  
Irma Paramita Sofia
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Safety Issue ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Project Site

The construction industry has a huge contribution to economic growth in the world, including Indonesia. Massive urban development occurs as a result of significant population growth. Along with the rapid development, safety issue in the construction site is often neglected. In 2017, there were found that more than 123 thousand cases of construction site accidents have happened. This numbers has increased by almost 20% compared with the number of accidents in 2016. The purpose of this study is to identify significant safety indicators affecting the construction project in Tangerang Selatan. Based on the literature review, a list of 22 safety indicators was produced. These indicators were used in the questionnaire. The main contribution of this paper is providing safety indicators ranking that affects construction work around Tangerang Selatan. The subject of this research includes contractor and consultant experts who work in construction project around Tangerang Selatan. From the survey, we obtained 41 valid responses which then were analyzed using FAII. As a result, we found that the indicator “the company provides safety training for each worker to act safely” has been considered as the most important safety indicator. It is followed by “the contractor always provides PPE such as helmets, boots, gloves, masks, and other tools that can get me out of an accident”. Then the third result is “there are safeguards on the project site; safety signs, fire extinguishers, and security fences”.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Road Transport Pollutant Emissions from Transporting Building Materials to the Construction Site by Replacing Old Vehicles

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9316
Author(s):  
Sehee Han ◽  
Seunguk Na ◽  
Nam-Gi Lim
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Maintenance Phase ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Pollutant Emission ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
The Road ◽  
Diesel Vehicles ◽  
Material Transportation

Since the life cycle of a building spans more than 50 years, studies of the environmental impacts in the construction industry have focused on reducing the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions during the operation and maintenance phase. The products of the construction industry are assembled using various building materials manufactured outside of the construction site. Consequently, it is essential that the manufactured building materials be transported to the construction site using various types of transportation methods. However, there is a lack of studies that assess the pollutant emissions of road transport while executing a construction project. The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes in the road pollutant emissions when the old diesel vehicles for transporting building materials are replaced according to enhanced pollutant emission regulations. In this study, we found that approximately 89, 64, 77, and 64% of NOx, VOC, PM, and CO, respectively, were emitted during transportation of building materials as a proportion of the emissions during the construction of the structure. The analyzed results also show that about 10, 35, 23, and 35% of NOx, VOC, PM, and CO, respectively, were generated from material transportation as a proportion of the emissions from finishing the work. It is expected that a reduction in pollutant emissions from transporting building materials of up to approximately 64, 39, 49, and 27% of NOx, VOC, PM, and CO, respectively, can be achieved when vehicles registered before 2003 are replaced with ones that adhere to the tightened regulations.

scholarly journals Tension between Productivity and Respect for People in Construction

2020 ◽  
Vol 312 ◽  
pp. 05005
Author(s):  
Lesiba George Mollo ◽  
Fidelis Emuze ◽  
Nicholus Sishuba
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Management System ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Productivity in the construction industry is declining in real-time. The decline in productivity is a source of worry for practitioners and researchers. The purpose of this paper is to ascertain major factors influencing productivity in relation to the notion of respects for people (RFP) in construction. The reviewed literature influences the semi-structured questionnaire used to survey construction professionals in Johannesburg, South Africa. The results reaffirm the tension productivity increment and the enhancement of RfP as both ideas appear to be moving in opposite directions on a typical construction site. It was discovered that respect for workers on a construction site is a major concern. The paper argues that ethical reasoning affects productivity. Therefore, an appropriate management system is required to improve the workers' perception of productivity and RfP working on construction sites.

Organized Crime in the Construction Industry

1977 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph C. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Heavy Equipment ◽  
Societal Changes

The theft of heavy equipment from construction sites is an organized, systematic, criminal operation, encouraged and sustained by contractors within the construction industry and designed to enrich burglars, illicit salesmen, and seemingly legitimate businessmen. From information gathered directly from those affected and involved, the article shows how the system of organized construction site crime works, which institutions profit as a result, and how these institutions support one another to give organized theft the means to survive. Finally, it explains the reasons for failure of current attempts to fight this type of crime and suggests the types of institutional and societal changes needed to curtail it.

scholarly journals Effective Strategies of Construction Design and Management in Construction Site

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Jianhui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Technical Management ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Construction Design ◽  
Management Measures

<p>At present, all walks of life are carrying out deepening reforms, and the construction industry is exploring scientific and more feasible technical management measures to ensure the engineering quality of enterprises. Based on this, this paper briefly expounds the problems existing in the process of construction project management and construction design control, and puts forward a series of effective measures for Europeanization of construction design, aiming at improving the overall construction level of the construction industry and promoting the rapid development of the construction industry.</p>

scholarly journals AN OVERVIEW OF INDUSTRY 4.0 TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REMOTE-CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A CONSTRUCTION SITE

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
Lyubov' Adamcevich ◽  
Il'nur Harisov
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Remote Control ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Remote Control System

The development of science and technology in various areas of human life leads to the fact that an increasing number of routine operations are automated. The construction industry is no exception, which is actively developing today with the complex introduction of digital technologies. This approach is embedded in the Construction 4.0 concept, which is directly related to Industry 4.0. The article provides an overview of Industry 4.0 technologies related to the construction industry, because of which technologies that are promising for integration have been identified in order to increase the efficiency and safety of construction production through the development of a remote-control system for a construction site.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR CREATING DIGITAL ENGINEERING-TOPOGRAPHIC-TOPOGRAPHICAL PLANS USING MATERIALS OF UNMANNED AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SYSTEMS AT LOW ALTITUDES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Tatyana A. Khlebnikova ◽  
Aleksandr S. Goril'ko ◽  
Andrej M. Astapov
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Aerial Photography ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Metro Station ◽  
Aircraft Systems ◽  
Digital Engineering ◽  
Explanatory Information

Currently, the existing approaches to geodetic support for the design, survey, construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures do not fully meet the needs of the construction industry. Digital large scale topographic plans do not fully reflect the situation on the construction site. In this regard, to supplement digital engineering and topographic plans with information obtained using the survey materials of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is proposed. The article discusses the possibilities of obtaining and processing the materials of surveying with UAS at low altitudes, using the example of the construction of a new metro station in Novosibirsk. The DJI Phantom 4 PRO quadrocopter was used as a UAS. The accuracy of the obtained orthophotoplan is sufficiently suitable as explanatory information for the digital engineering and topographic plan of the object under study.

scholarly journals Using Mobile Computing and Information Technology in Civil Engineering Construction Projects

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.N. Jadid ◽  
M.M. Idress
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Engineering Construction Project ◽  
The Impact

Mobile computing technology has an enormous potential in civil engineering, mainly in the field of construction management. This paper presents an approach by using mobile computing in a civil engineering construction project, exploring how information can be exchanged at a construction site, and how billing of quantities (BOQ), drawings and specifications are shared for the benefit of the project. One of the major obstacles in using information technology (IT) when applied to civil engineering is due to the dynamic changes in the construction activities and the diversity of construction methods as compared to other industries. This has proved to be a great disadvantage when trying to give construction sites adequate IT support. Computers require infrastructure, which can be transferred easily to the head office, but rarely to the construction site itself in a systematic way. Therefore, the impact of IT on the way the construction industry actually works has not been significantly utilized. This paper consists of two main parts. The first part defines the concept of mobile computing, describes some recent research, and stresses the potential for the construction industry. The second part is focuses on an approach, implementing mobile computing in a real construction site. 

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