Title: Designing a smart construction work management system for improving the safety and productivity using wearable devices

Authors: Young-Hwan Choi; Mi-Sun Woo; Seung-Hyun Lee; Min Hong

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, Soonchunhyang University, Korea ' School of Architectural Engineering, Hongik University, Korea ' School of Architectural Engineering, Hongik University, Korea ' Department of Computer Software Engineering, Soonchunhyang University, Korea

Abstract: The main purpose of this research is to design a smart construction work management system for improving the productivity of construction operations and the workers' safety by using wearable smart devices. The proposed smart management system includes the development of smart safety helmets, watches, shoes, and applications to conveniently accumulate various construction field data in real-time. It can be applied to manage the construction workers' productivity and to improve their safety by providing a warning notification for abnormal situations. Also, it stores the data regarding construction workers' safety, physical states, and their construction work progress on to the server effectively by using a smartphone.

Keywords: safety management; wearable devices; construction operation; productivity management; quality management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVTM.2021.119792

International Journal of Virtual Technology and Multimedia, 2021 Vol.1 No.3, pp.221 - 228

Received: 28 Mar 2015
Accepted: 02 Mar 2016
Published online: 21 Dec 2021 *

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