Construction Management Biometric Sensing Technology

Question: Discuss about theConstruction Managementfor Biometric Sensing Technology. Answer: Introduction Construction business has been in boom since almost 25 years and accidents on construction sites have been the most common issues which the industry was posed with. There have been different players in the field and they have been differentiating themselves from the other companies by introducing new technologies to face the issues and come up with possible solutions to avoid any risks in the future (Dale 2007). Though the accidents and occupational illnesses are common in a construction and a mining industry the Occupational Health and Safety field has been improved in all the developed Countries where the injury rates have reduced from 15 / 100 to almost 2 3 / 100. Human Conditions Team has recognised the need and has developed a biometric sensing technology to solve four of the construction issues related to OSHA and this has been developed by deploying Intels New Edison Platform (Horberry, Burgess-Limerick Steiner 2011). Construction is a dangerous task to be handled owing to the constant risks of the change in weather. Construction site injuries have been reported to constitute almost 19 19.5% of all the injuries in a Country especially like the US and Canada (Osisko 2011). Most common injuries include falls from great heights, repetitive stress, electrocution and weather changes. This is the most common issue as the construction is likely to grow to almost 25 35% by 2025 (Oxford Economics nd). Designing the construction safety clothing was the main attribute for Human Condition Team. They have focussed on the present clothing related to safety gear where they have designed a new smart hard hat and a safety vest which can be used on all the modern sites. The technology factors which have driven this innovation were largely dependent on the location based sensor technology where they have introduced new designs to ensure the safety of the construction workers on sites. Product Description The vest is of a reflector model which has GPS and a RTLS location ability detector, an airbag protection from a steep fall from various heights and a critical monitor. The method in which the hard hat works is that it detects the biometric signals teamed with force detection in order to report a sudden fall or an injury due to an impact of any device (Jackson 2015). The vest has an ability to report that a person has not worn it on a specific work schedule or at a site. The vest also has a LED fitment light which has been fitted into the vest and it works as a safety beacon in order to help with the visual alerting of any issue or also to identify any hazard which might happen at site. This LED fitment can also identify the employee who might be in a non safety location at a specific construction site (Teizer 2014). Methodology of the Equipment The smart vest which has been designed to provide security for the workers at a construction site is connected to a cloud based processing system and a mobile dashboard which shows instant reports to alert on critical signals, rising or falling body temperature, constant movements of the body of a worker with compromised moves at a construction location. The vest also consists of a sensor which is embedded on its exterior and this helps to provide the real time tracking of the data. The software used in this safety vest is called as BIM Building Information Modelling Software where it provides a 5 dimensional view of the entire construction project. The weather, no. of workers on site and their working conditions, materials being used on construction site can be identified and monitored throughout the process (Teizer 2014). Critique of the Model The safety information which is being tracked by using the safety vest can increase the safety measures at all the construction sites by analysing the facts like no. of tasks being worked on, no. of workers, locations of the workers, the distances to various site locations and machinery being used on site at a specific time. In addition to this, all the probable body parts which might be subjective to injury can also be predicted and monitored on a timely basis (Trudel, Nadeau, Zaras Deschamps 2012). This real time collection of information will be able to smoothen the communication process between the site engineers and the construction workers during their work or while they might be entering any of the hazardous site zones. References Dale, J 2007, Innovation in Construction : Ideas are the Currency of the future, Viewed on Oct 16th 2016, https://www.ciob.org/sites/default/files/Innovation%20in%20Construction.pdf. Horberry, T, Burgess-Limerick, R Steiner, L 2011, Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment, CRC Press, New York. Jackson, F 2015, Top Ten Construction Innovations, Viewed on Oct 16th 2016, https://raconteur.net/business/top-ten-construction-innovations. 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