Building information modelling (BIM) to enhance occupational safety in construction activities. Research trends emerging from one decade of studies

In recent years, the use of new technologies is rapidly transforming the way working activities are managed and carried out. In the construction industry, in particular, the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) is ever increasing as a means to improve the performances of numerous activities. In such a context, several studies have proposed BIM as a key process to augment occupational safety effectively, considering that the construction industry still remains one of the most hazardous working sectors. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the recent research addressing the use of BIM to improve construction safety. A systematic review was performed considering journal papers that appeared in literature in the last decade. The results showed that the most viable and promising research directions concern knowledge-based solutions, design for safety improvement through BIM solutions, transversal applications of BIM, and dynamic visualization and feedback. The findings of this study also indicated that more practical BIM applications are needed, especially focusing on safety training and education, the use of BIM to augment safety climate and resilience, and the development of quantitative risk analysis to better support safety management. Overall, the study provided a comprehensive research synthesis augmenting knowledge on the role of BIM-based tools in construction safety, which can be considered a reference framework to enhance workers' safety by means of these new technologies

Urban Informatics

This open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. It introduces new models and tools being developed to understand and implement these technologies that enable cities to function more efficiently – to become ‘smart’ and ‘sustainable’. The smart city has quickly emerged as computers have become ever smaller to the point where they can be embedded into the very fabric of the city, as well as being central to new ways in which the population can communicate and act. When cities are wired in this way, they have the potential to become sentient and responsive, generating massive streams of ‘big’ data in real time as well as providing immense opportunities for extracting new forms of urban data through crowdsourcing. This book offers a comprehensive review of the methods that form the core of urban informatics from various kinds of urban remote sensing to new approaches to machine learning and statistical modelling. It provides a detailed technical introduction to the wide array of tools information scientists need to develop the key urban analytics that are fundamental to learning about the smart city, and it outlines ways in which these tools can be used to inform design and policy so that cities can become more efficient with a greater concern for environment and equity

Urban Informatics

This open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. It introduces new models and tools being developed to understand and implement these technologies that enable cities to function more efficiently – to become ‘smart’ and ‘sustainable’. The smart city has quickly emerged as computers have become ever smaller to the point where they can be embedded into the very fabric of the city, as well as being central to new ways in which the population can communicate and act. When cities are wired in this way, they have the potential to become sentient and responsive, generating massive streams of ‘big’ data in real time as well as providing immense opportunities for extracting new forms of urban data through crowdsourcing. This book offers a comprehensive review of the methods that form the core of urban informatics from various kinds of urban remote sensing to new approaches to machine learning and statistical modelling. It provides a detailed technical introduction to the wide array of tools information scientists need to develop the key urban analytics that are fundamental to learning about the smart city, and it outlines ways in which these tools can be used to inform design and policy so that cities can become more efficient with a greater concern for environment and equity

Guidelines for BIM implementation in work safety

Orientador: Eloisa Dezen-KempterDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de TecnologiaResumo: O BIM (Building Information Modeling) aplicado à segurança do trabalhador começou a assumir um papel importante, na medida em que se desenvolveram várias aplicações específicas para a segurança laboral. No entanto, a construção civil continua a lidar com uma alta taxa de acidentes em comparação com outras indústrias. Isso revela a necessidade de vincular o gerenciamento de segurança tradicional às ferramentas BIM no estágio inicial de planejamento do processo de construção. Nesse cenário, a pesquisa visa criar diretrizes para integrar o gerenciamento de segurança laboral na fase do planejamento e controle do projeto, utilizando ferramentas BIM. A abordagem metodológica é através do estudo de caso, e está baseado na observação empírica, permitindo fazer uma descrição das barreiras para implementação do BIM-4D, do cuidado da segurança laboral e da produtividade. Após comparar o que foi observado no estudo empírico com o identificado na literatura, propõem-se um passo de atividades usando a visualização 4D e o VANT para o planejamento e controle da segurança. Como resultado obtivemos diretrizes destinadas a auxiliar médias e pequenas empresas na implementação de BIM para a segurança laboralAbstract: BIM (Building Information Modeling) applied to worker safety has begun to play an important role as a number of specific occupational safety applications have developed. However, construction continues to deal with a high rate of accidents compared to other industries. This reveals the need to link traditional security management to BIM tools in the early stages of building process planning. In this scenery, the research aims to create guidelines with practices to integrate occupational safety management into the planning and control phase of the project using BIM tools. The methodological approach shown through a Case Study and based on empirical observation, describe the barriers and limitations in tree aspects; the implementation of BIM-4D, occupational safety, and productivity care. Was compared points observed at the case study with the empirical study identified at the literature. Our proposal is include the activity to use 4D visualization and UAV for security planning and control. As a result, we design a guideline to help, media and small businesses implement BIM for job securityMestradoCiência dos MateriaisMestra em TecnologiaCAPE

Urban Informatics

This open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. It introduces new models and tools being developed to understand and implement these technologies that enable cities to function more efficiently – to become ‘smart’ and ‘sustainable’. The smart city has quickly emerged as computers have become ever smaller to the point where they can be embedded into the very fabric of the city, as well as being central to new ways in which the population can communicate and act. When cities are wired in this way, they have the potential to become sentient and responsive, generating massive streams of ‘big’ data in real time as well as providing immense opportunities for extracting new forms of urban data through crowdsourcing. This book offers a comprehensive review of the methods that form the core of urban informatics from various kinds of urban remote sensing to new approaches to machine learning and statistical modelling. It provides a detailed technical introduction to the wide array of tools information scientists need to develop the key urban analytics that are fundamental to learning about the smart city, and it outlines ways in which these tools can be used to inform design and policy so that cities can become more efficient with a greater concern for environment and equity

Geographic Information Systems and Science

Geographic information science (GISc) has established itself as a collaborative information-processing scheme that is increasing in popularity. Yet, this interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary system is still somewhat misunderstood. This book talks about some of the GISc domains encompassing students, researchers, and common users. Chapters focus on important aspects of GISc, keeping in mind the processing capability of GIS along with the mathematics and formulae involved in getting each solution. The book has one introductory and eight main chapters divided into five sections. The first section is more general and focuses on what GISc is and its relation to GIS and Geography, the second is about location analytics and modeling, the third on remote sensing data analysis, the fourth on big data and augmented reality, and, finally, the fifth looks over volunteered geographic information.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio