Building an Emergent Learning Environment for Construction Health and Safety by Merging Serious Games and 4D Planning

Miller, Geoff; Dawood, Nashwan; Kassem, Mohamad

doi:10.1061/9780784412343.0017

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“…Virtual environments (including IVEs) are considered to be important tools for the education and training of AEC professionals in BIM models [47,51,54,58,63,68]. Virtual reality has also been used for construction safety training and for developing a better understanding of construction processes for students [39].…”

Section: Use Of Virtual Environments In Architecture Engineering Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immersive virtual environments versus physical built environments: A benchmarking study for building design and user-built environment explorations

Heydarian

Carneiro

Gerber

et al. 2015

Automation in Construction

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Section: Use Of Virtual Environments In Architecture Engineering Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immersive virtual environments versus physical built environments: A benchmarking study for building design and user-built environment explorations

Heydarian

Carneiro

Gerber

et al. 2015

Automation in Construction

274

163

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“…Games can provide real-life learning experiences for both field training and theoretical knowledge, e.g., through case scenarios (Mohd et al, 2019). Serious games offer users the opportunity to interact with simulated construction sites and develop skills accordingly (Miller et al, 2012).…”

Section: Game Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving construction safety with virtual-design construction technologies – a review

Afzal¹,

Shafiq²,

Jassmi³

2021

ITcon

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The construction industry is prone to major safety hazards owing to the complex and onsite nature of construction projects. Hence, construction researchers have been pursuing concepts, methods, and tools using advancing technologies to improve construction safety management. Subsequently, the rapid digitization of construction work practices is providing opportunities to improve construction safety. Research has revealed that construction safety management practices can benefit from the applications of virtual design construction technologies (VDC), such as building information modeling (BIM), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), geographic information systems (GIS), and gaming technology. This study comprehensively reviews 191 research articles, published between 2010 and 2019, focusing on providing an overview of the implementation and application of VDC technologies for improving construction safety. The objective of this review is to critically collect and analyze applications of VDC technologies and present a holistic view of the features and functions of VDC technologies that can impact jobsite safety improvement in the construction industry. The review showed that VDC technologies can substantially improve construction safety. Emerging digital technologies, such as BIM, VR, AR, GIS, and gaming technologies can transform the traditional document-oriented safety procedures into digitalized safety practices allowing safety managers to visualize and analysis construction sites virtually to devise proactive safety measures and effective safety trainings. This study also highlights challenges such as research gaps regarding these digital tools that are currently impeding their widespread use in construction safety.

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“…The use of game engines for skill development has become a growing area of interest for the construction research community, and such engines are increasingly being used for capacity-building purposes in different industries, such as defense, medicine, architecture, and education [36]. Serious games can give a chance for users to interact with a construction site and develop skills accordingly [37]. Traditional training methodologies are not effective for improving the hazard-identification capabilities of workers.…”

Section: Game Technologiesmentioning

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Potential of Virtual Design Construction Technologies to Improve Job-Site Safety in Gulf Corporation Council

Shafiq

Afzal

2020

Sustainability

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With the advancement of digital design practices in the global construction industry, different aspects related to the project lifecycle are extracting their benefits, including making improvements in safety. The objective of this paper is to ascertain the awareness of these technologies, their potential, and any barriers related to the use of different virtual design construction (VDC) tools, such as building information modeling, virtual reality, augmented reality, and geographic information systems, to improve job-site safety in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The paper presents an overview of the GCC construction industry and highlights current safety management practices and problems in the region. The potential of VDC tools for improving job-site safety is discussed and presented. The study has used a questionnaire survey to identify the drivers and barriers of using VDC tools in improving job-site safety management in the GCC region. The results indicated that “designing emergency and evacuation plans” and “fall-hazard prevention strategies” are the two best safety applications of these tools if used proactively. Similarly, “lack of knowledge about return on investment for VDC tools” was considered as the predominant barrier, preventing stakeholders from using these technologies to improve construction safety. These results will help the GCC construction industry to build a strategy for the digitalization of proactive constructability analysis techniques for improving job-site safety. Overall, due to the multilingual dynamics of this region, it is recommended that VDC tools should become more prevalent so that the transfer of safety information and hazard prevention becomes easier, mitigating safety risks.

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Building an Emergent Learning Environment for Construction Health and Safety by Merging Serious Games and 4D Planning

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

Immersive virtual environments versus physical built environments: A benchmarking study for building design and user-built environment explorations

Immersive virtual environments versus physical built environments: A benchmarking study for building design and user-built environment explorations

Improving construction safety with virtual-design construction technologies – a review

Potential of Virtual Design Construction Technologies to Improve Job-Site Safety in Gulf Corporation Council

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