Key constraints and mitigation strategies for prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction

BG Hwang, M Shan, KY Looi - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
Prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction (PPVC) is an innovative and cleaner
approach that has restructured the production of the construction industry. It can improve the …

Knowledge-based decision support system for prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction

BG Hwang, M Shan, KY Looi - Automation in Construction, 2018 - Elsevier
As prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction (PPVC) has gained considerable
attention worldwide in the past few years, decision-making for implementing PPVC becomes …

Safety training and positive safety attitude formation in the Australian construction industry

M Loosemore, N Malouf - Safety science, 2019 - Elsevier
Poor safety is a perennial problem for the construction industry worldwide. While there has
been a large amount of research on construction safety training and its importance in …

Integrating feature engineering, genetic algorithm and tree-based machine learning methods to predict the post-accident disability status of construction workers

K Koc, Ö Ekmekcioğlu, AP Gurgun - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
The construction industry is among the riskiest industries around the world. Hence, the
preliminary studies exploring the consequences of occupational accidents have received …

Impact of safety climate on hazard recognition and safety risk perception

B Pandit, A Albert, Y Patil, AJ Al-Bayati - Safety science, 2019 - Elsevier
Poor hazard recognition and the underestimation of safety risk can lead to catastrophic
safety incidents. Unfortunately, past research has demonstrated that a large number of …

Measuring workers' emotional state during construction tasks using wearable EEG

S Hwang, H Jebelli, B Choi, M Choi… - Journal of Construction …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
Construction workers' emotional states (eg, pleasure, displeasure, excitement, and
relaxation) are known as a critical factor that affect their performance (eg, safety, health, and …

Assessment of construction workers' perceived risk using physiological data from wearable sensors: A machine learning approach

G Lee, B Choi, H Jebelli, SH Lee - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering that workers' safe or unsafe behaviors are responses to their perceived risk
when working, understanding workers' perceived risk is vital for safety management in the …

Role of safety training: Impact on hazard recognition and safety risk perception

M Namian, A Albert, CM Zuluaga… - Journal of construction …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Hazard recognition and the accurate perception of safety risk are fundamental to the
success of any safety program. When hazards remain unrecognized, or the associated …

An experimental method to study the effect of fatigue on construction workers' safety performance

D Fang, Z Jiang, M Zhang, H Wang - Safety science, 2015 - Elsevier
Fatigue is believed to have a negative effect on workers' safety performance. The current
fatigue studies in construction have relied on questionnaire or interview survey, and due to …

The effect of personal and organizational factors on the risk-taking behavior of Hong Kong construction workers

SS Man, AHS Chan, S Alabdulkarim, T Zhang - Safety science, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Hong Kong construction industry is notorious for the high number of accidents
and fatalities. Risk-taking is one kind of unsafe behavior that can result in accidents and …