scholarly journals Potential of Using BIM for Improving Hong Kong's Construction Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen Wan ◽  
Sam Zulu ◽  
Fazard Khosrowshahi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Management System ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Construction Safety ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
Safety Management System ◽  
Local Construction

Given sizable capital projects in Hong Kong are using BIM from January 2018 on and site safety continues to be a concern for the local construction stakeholders. It is timely to investigate the potential of using BIM for construction safety. This research reveals the potential of using BIM for site safety is strong (85% supported), indicating Hong Kong should engage specific projects to test effectiveness of using BIM for safety, including implementation of safety management system and/or process of risk assessment.

Stakeholders Awareness of Safety Leadership Through Construction Safety Management System in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Desiderius Viby Indrayana ◽  
Akhmad Suraji
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Management System ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Construction Safety ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Safety Management System ◽  
Safety Leadership ◽  
Construction Safety Management

Construction workplace safety has become serious issues among global companies. Improvement on occupational safety and health has been carried out. However, construction still becomes a sector with the highest accident rate. Particularly in Indonesia, construction contributes to 32% of accident rate followed by transportation, forestry, and mining. Main driver to improve safety performance is safety leadership as the frontline part of Construction Safety Management System (CSMS). Since it is a non-technical aspect, stakeholders’ awareness is doubtful. Therefore, this study aims to describe Indonesia construction stakeholders’ awareness of safety leadership as part of CSMS. Questionnaire was distributed to 693 respondents comprises of government, planners, consultants, private contractors, and State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) contractors. The result was analyzed with descriptive statistic to reveal the stakeholders’ level of awareness. SOE contractor has the highest awareness of safety leadership. It is considered as obvious finding since SOE contractor becomes dominant in Indonesia’s construction industry. The majority of big-classified contractors are SOE. Meanwhile, contractors’ BOD is the lowest. The BOD commonly uses managerial leadership to run the company rather than safety leadership. However, the safety leadership should be owned by every stakeholder in construction industry whether they are in high or low management level.

scholarly journals A REAL-TIME LOCATION-BASED CONSTRUCTION LABOR SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 724-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwang-Pyo Lee ◽  
Hyun-Soo Lee ◽  
Moonseo Park ◽  
Hyunsoo Kim ◽  
Sangwon Han
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Management System ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Safety Management System ◽  
Labor Safety ◽  
Construction Safety Management ◽  
Construction Accidents ◽  
Early Warnings

The construction industry continues to record a high number of accidents compared to other industries. Furthermore, the ramifications of construction accidents are growing in terms of both economic loss and loss of life with trends toward larger-scale, more complex projects. For this reason, there is an increasing awareness of the importance of safety management in the construction industry, and the need for more effective safety management techniques. This paper introduces a real-time location-based construction labor safety management system that tracks and visualizes workers’ locations in real-time and sends early warnings to endangered workers. The system is developed by integrating: a real-time locating system (RTLS) for tracking of workers’ location; a location monitoring system for mapping the workers location on a computerized building model; and alarm technology for sending early warnings. The developed system has been applied to an apartment project and an RTLS technology test center in Korea, and proved to be effective in tracking and monitoring workers in real-time and preventing construction accidents. It is envisioned that the developed system will enable proactive construction safety management in South Korea and the methodologies developed in this study will be applicable to other contexts with minimal customization.

INCORPORATION OF EFFECTIVE SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WITH DEFINED RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
MOHAN AGRAWAL VINAY ◽  
NAVEEN KRISHNA MOHANA ◽  
PATTANAIK JANMAJAYA ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Management System ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Safety Management System
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