Analysis of United Kingdom Off-Highway Construction Machinery Market and Its Consumers Using New-Sales Data

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“…[The literature confirms that use of mini-excavators has increased significantly over recent years (Holt and Edwards, 2013)]. …”

Section: Primary Causementioning

confidence: 51%

“…Construction relies extensively on mechanical machinery (also known as "plant") to maximise output and productivity (Holt and Edwards, 2013). Typical plant items include concrete mixers, excavators, dump trucks and lifting equipment (Meyer, 2006;Construction Labour Solutions, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Machinery transportation management: case study of “plant-trailer” H&S incidents

Holt

Edwards

2014

Built Environment Project and Asset Management

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“…Utilization of industrial vehicles over the past decade has been increased drastically. The global usage of excavator has been improving rapidly when compared to the other industrial vehicles (Holt & Edwards, 2013). The excavator operators endure the physical ache and fatigue in the neck, shoulder and lower back region due the coalescence of static load during prolonged sitting, regularly in awkward postures, liability to whole body vibration and handling the vehicle for a prolonged working period (Zimmerma, Cook, & Rosecrance, 1997).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Computer-aided human factors analysis of the industrial vehicle driver cabin to improve occupational health

Alphin¹

2015

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

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Industrial vehicle operator's solace and safety have gained significant consideration because of the increment in occupational health issues and accidents. The purpose of this work was to amend the design of the excavator driver cabin through human factor analysis. Thirty operators of excavators who were serving as subjects, were interviewed and identified that their wrist, upper arm and trunk were at a higher risk level while operating. Photograph of the operators was taken and the work environment was simulated. RULA (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment) and REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) scoring was made on different simulated work posture of operators using CATIA V5 and UEAT1.8 softwares. Based on overall RULA and REBA scoring, it was found nearly 46% of the operators were operating at a high hazard level and needed investigation immediately, whereas 35% of operators were at a medium risk level and only 19% of operators were operating safely. The individual RULA and REBA scoring proved prevalence of discomfort in wrist, upper arm and trunk while operating. Identifying the optimized conditions to hold the control levers will help to reduce the operator strain. From the design optimization in excavators, the optimal conditions to hold the control lever is found to be 40cm for popliteal height, 60.51 cm for distance from elbow to ground and 15.07º for reach angle from the seat reference point.

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“…For example, to boost the productivity of construction in restricted areas, mini-equipment as new technologies used extensively [31]. On the other hand, vendors correspondingly support the potential adopters in several stages.…”

Section: Dct Concepts and Adoption Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Empirical Investigation on Construction Companies' Readiness for Adopting Sustainable Technology

Foroozanfar¹,

Sepasgozar²

2017

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

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New digital technology has the potential to decrease the environmental footprint of construction activities, while they increase the productivity and safety involved in major construction projects. Digital technologies such as web-based building information modelling (BIM) and sensing technology are emerging technology that can be widely employed in construction projects in developing countries. However, the construction industry tends to be slow in adopting new digital technology to meet their objectives in developing countries. This paper aims to investigate construction technology readiness for utilization of digital technology in construction projects and to identify the factors that can potentially facilitate construction stockholders' application of digital technology.A questionnaire is designed, and an empirical investigation is conducted to collect data from construction companies including industrial and infrastructure construction companies. Regression analysis was utilized to analyze the data to measure the relations of latent factors through significance values using SPSS. The findings show the importance of a series of factors influencing construction stakeholders' intention to use a new digital technology. Based on the extensive review on the relevant literature, few empirical studies have been conducted to examine the proposed constructs including innovativeness and optimism for emerging digital technology. The results are also expected to provide a guidance to broaden understanding of adoption behavior within this context and thereby increasing the chances for successful adoption of sustainable technology and develop activity-level.

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Analysis of United Kingdom Off-Highway Construction Machinery Market and Its Consumers Using New-Sales Data

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Machinery transportation management: case study of “plant-trailer” H&S incidents

Machinery transportation management: case study of “plant-trailer” H&S incidents

Computer-aided human factors analysis of the industrial vehicle driver cabin to improve occupational health

An Empirical Investigation on Construction Companies' Readiness for Adopting Sustainable Technology

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